U Minh Ha National Park in Ca Mau Province is inviting organisations and individuals to lease more than 1,318ha of forest for ecotourism, resort and recreational businesses.
The park's management said on November 13 that it had issued a notice inviting applications to lease forest environments for tourism, leisure and recreational activities over a 29-year period.
The area on offer covers more than 1,318ha across two sub-zones and will be divided into six functional areas: a visitor reception area, an ecotourism zone, a safari-style area, a recreated forest village and traditional craft villages, a resort area, and a commemorative tree-planting zone.
According to the park's management, applications must be submitted by December 4. Applicants are also required to provide a bank guarantee of VND 50 million (approximately USD 1,950) when registering to lease forest areas for ecotourism, resort and recreational activities.
U Minh Ha National Park covers more than 8,527ha and is part of Vietnam's network of 36 national parks. It is also one of the country's two remaining important areas of peat swamp forest.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has recognised the park as one of the three core zones of the Mui Ca Mau World Biosphere Reserve.
The wetland area is considered to have significant potential for developing ecotourism, resort and recreational activities in Ca Mau Province.
