Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a VND3.7 trillion (US$207 million) tourism resort project in the northern province of Phu Tho.

The resort which will be built on an area of 8,000 hectares will be located between Hung King Temple and Xuan Son National Park.

Xuan Truong Construction Enterprise, the project investor, plans to start building the resort later this year and operate it in 2010. (Pioneer)