Le Van Phuc, director of the provincial department of planning and investment, said that investors were interested in developing the deep-sea Le Thuy port, apartment and car cable system at the UNESCO-recognised Phong Nha-Ke Bang tourist site.

He said the province granted business licences of 24 domestic projects worth VND7 trillion ($334 million) in the first eight months of this year and approved 13 non-refundable aid projects of non-government organisations with a total capital of $1 million.