On April 24, at the 2nd Session, the People's Council (HĐND) of Quang Ngai province, term XIV, 2026 – 2031, delegates voted to approve the draft Resolution on the policy of converting forest use purposes to other purposes to implement the Urban Area No. 1 Project in Mang Den commune.
According to the draft resolution, the total area of forest converted for land use purposes is nearly 83ha, all of which are production planted forests, belonging to sub-zones 487 and 488, Mang Den commune. This area is managed by Kon Plong One Member Limited Liability Forestry Company and Mang Den Commune People's Committee.
The Urban Area No. 1 project is invested by Sun World Group Co., Ltd., with a scale of about 264ha, and an estimated population of about 7,700 people. The total investment is about 6,600 billion VND, excluding compensation, support, and resettlement costs of about 73 billion VND.
The project is oriented to build a comprehensive sports and healthcare urban area, combining housing, commercial, service, and resort tourism; investing in synchronous technical and social infrastructure systems according to the approved plan.
According to the Provincial People's Committee, the conversion of forest use purposes to implement projects is in accordance with national forestry planning, provincial planning, land use planning and related plans; does not affect production forest land targets by 2030.
The project implementation is expected to contribute to forming a new urban space, developing types of services, tourism, healthcare; creating jobs, promoting socio-economic development in the Mang Den area. The investor is responsible for fully implementing regulations on environmental protection, replacement afforestation and related obligations according to regulations.
