Son Trang Tien Canh cemetery will cover 100 hectares at the foot of Ba Den Mountain in Hoa Thanh District of the province, and cost around US$20 million. The cemetery will include a crematorium, a park and separate sections for different religions.

Unlike the traditional cemeteries in Vietnam, the Malaysian-invested cemetery will have separate sections for followers of Buddhism, Roman Catholics and Caodaiism. “Stepping into the cemetery, we don’t feel the heavy atmosphere. The green air with a lot of trees and pools is the ideal grave for the dead as well as for their relatives to relax since the cemetery has the design of a park with bonsai gardens,” said Nguyen Van Hung, general director of Tri Phuc Company.he cemetery is expected to be up and running within six to 10 months.

According to the provincial Department of Planning and Investment, some South Korean and Singaporean investors have also been exploring the possibility of setting up cemetery businesses in the province.

The Tay Ninh cemetery will be the first in the Son Trang Tien Canh cemetery chain, according to Tri Phuc. The joint venture will expand its cemetery model nationwide and the second cemetery may be based in a northern province.

Fairy Park Group is a large cemetery corporation in Malaysia. From a small company Klang Fairy Park Fairy has now grown into Fairy Park Group with six subsidiaries.

Fairy Park Group provides one-stop services to customers. This style will be suitable for modern society who looks for efficiency and effectiveness. Fairy Park Group also provides packages that include well planned funeral services, graveyard designs and maintenance for their garden.

In 2007, Binh Dinh Province awarded a license to Singapore’s Optivest Investment Pte. Ltd to build and operate a modern crematorium and memorial park worth US$5 million in the central province.

The park will cover 12 hectares and have facilities for administration, ash storage, funerals and car parking in the province’s Quy Nhon City.