The first five-star standard Muong Thanh Hotel was officially opened in
the southern city of Can Tho on April 28, with the attendance of Prime
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and a number of state officials.
Covering
an area of 1.7 hectares on the Cai Khe river islet in Ninh Kieu
district, the hotel was built at a total cost of 800 billion VND (37.3
million USD).
The 19-storey hotel has 309 superior guest rooms in
line with five-star standards, a restaurant and four conference rooms
with 1,200 seat capacity.
Muong Thanh Can Tho Hotel, the 30th
of its kind in the country, will help increase the number of
high-standard rooms in the locality.
There are now
180 hotels in Can Tho City, including four four-star hotels, seven
three-star hotels and one five-star hotel, with the total guest rooms of
5,302.
According to Vo Thi Hong Anh, Vice Chairwoman of the
municipal People’s Committee, the five-star hotel, together with
Vingroup’s new commercial building, hotel and conference complex, will
improve local capacity to organise national and international
conferences from mid 2016.-VNA