📋 Tender Overview
Source of Funding / Amount: Loan: hoa binh tourism infrastructure development project
Ordinary capital resources: US$ 74.50 million
The project will expand and rehabilitate the existing rural roads around the hoa binh reservoir connecting hoa binh city to cao phong district to improve access to tourism destinations, thus opening new areas for tourism development. Improved access will boost tourist arrivals and catalyze private investment that would not occur without the proposed project investments. Upgrading climate and disaster-resilient rural roads will also allow local residents to transport agricultural products to market more efficiently, access education and health services, and improve road safety. The project will also upgrade a climate-resilient tourism port (thung nai port) located in cao phong district, 25 kilometers from hoa binh city. The upgraded port will improve water transport and recreation services on the hoa binh reservoir. One cross-river bridge will be built to relieve the growing traffic in hoa binh city and improve the connectivity with the existing northern provincial networks. The project will also (i) develop a database of hotel and accommodation facilities and tourism activities in the project area, explore the use of existing digital platforms, and support the digital transformation of micro, small and medium enterprises (msmes) in upgrading digital technology; (ii) identify appropriate digital technology solutions and assist msmes to identify and establish suitable digital systems; and (iii) provide relevant training for the msmes to market tourism services using online digital platforms.
The proposed hoa binh province tourism infrastructure development project will upgrade and construct transport infrastructure with climate-resilient features and develop digitally-enabled tourism services to improve the sustainable tourism environment of hoa binh province. The project is expected to benefit approximately 249,000 people by improved transport infrastructure and more employment and income-generating opportunities. Hoa binh is a mountainous province, located in the northwest region of viet nam, 74 kilometers south-west of ha noi. Hoa binh province land area is 466,200 hectares account for 1. 4% of the total land area of 33,121,000 hectares of viet nam. The total population is 861,216 (with 428,955 women) living in nine districts and in hoa binh city. Endowed with landscapes of green valleys, a beautiful reservoir surrounded by mountains and natural caves, and unique cultural characteristics from different ethnic groups, the province has a high potential to become a sought-after tourism destination. However, this potential is underexplored, and hoa binh province remains one of viet nams poorer provinces. In 2021, the provincial poverty rate was 6. 23% compared to the national poverty rate of 2. 23%. Roadways and waterways are the major means of transportation in hoa binh province. Road density is 0. 71 kilometers
