Location | Hưng Yên Province, Vietnam |
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Status | Complete |
Constructed | 2020 |
Website | www.ecopark.com.vn |
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Developer | Viet Hung Urban Development and Investment - Vihajico |
Technical details | |
Size | 500ha |
Ecopark is an urban township development on the outskirts of Hanoi, in Hung Yen Province, Vietnam. The township spans 500 hectares with an estimated investment capital of over US$8.2 billion.[1] The entire development, divided into nine construction phases, was expected to complete in an 18-year period.[2]
Ecopark was developed by Viet Hung Urban Development and Investment J.S.C (VIHAJICO), a joint venture of the following Vietnamese companies:[3]
Construction was completed in 2020.
The project has met resistance from about 2000 farmers whose land was repossessed, as in Vietnam all land belongs to the state.[4] There were protests in 2006 and 2006 during construction.[5]
On April 24, 2012, the project became one of the biggest land confrontations in Vietnam, with police troops facing farmers armed with sticks, rocks and Molotov cocktails.[4] Police fired teargas into the crowds, arrested several protesters,[6] and some villagers were beaten by the police with clubs.[7]
A farmer said "she was initially offered the equivalent of $2.63 per square meter, with the price rising three times to $7.18", while "apartments to be built at Ecopark were offered at a minimum $886 per square meter in a promotion for early buyers in May last year" [8]
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