Ecopark

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Fact sheet from campuspress.yale.edu/newurbanvietnam

Community Information

  • Developer: Viet Hung Urban Development and Investment Joint Stock Company (Vihajico)(Vietnam)1
  • Size: 500 hectares1
  • Type of housing: Villas, apartments1

Themes

A Brighter Future

  • One mission is to “Promote economic development by building a trade center and modern tourist facilities with high-quality human resources and abundant consumer resources.”1

Organic

  • ”We create an environment in harmony between nature and human beings. We focus on creating sustainable projects to bring life to the fullest.”1

  • ”Bac Hung Hai Rivers flow smoothly through. They create a good, cool atmosphere with beautiful natural landscape.”1

  • ”The idea is a green city with sustainable development and top class.”1

  • ”We create the environment. We develop green cities. Ecopark township is always eager to promote and maximize its advantages as a green, airy space.”1

Preserving the Past

  • One mission is to “preserve and honor the cultural values and historical traditions of the nation by reproducing cultural space, tourism, community traditions such as the old town, fair, and space for performing art activities.”1

  • ”Ecopark is the intersection of tradition and modernity, natural beauty and ingenuity, the busy and peaceful. The ideal place for sightseeing, relaxation, and enjoying life.”1

  • ”Revitalizing the ancient heart of modern life, we can be proud that Ecopark is where culture lasts through time.”1

Media

Images from www.ecopark.com.vn

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Sources

1Vihajico, “EcoPark,” EcoPark, accessed November 28, 2013, www.ecopark.com.vn/vi/.

This research sponsored by National Science Foundation Cultural Anthropology Program Award No. BCS-1026754.