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Trump-Backed Golf Resort Advances as Vietnam Seizes Farmland

From The Straits Times · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Farmers in northern Vietnam are facing eviction to make way for a US$1.5 billion Trump Organization-branded luxury golf resort.
  • Eviction notices have been issued, with enforcement set to begin if farmers refuse to vacate their land.
  • The project, delayed by disputes over compensation, aims for a partial opening by the 2027 APEC summit.

Farmers in northern Vietnam have received eviction notices, signaling a critical step in the development of a US$1.5 billion luxury golf resort project bearing the Trump Organization's brand. The project, already facing delays, requires the farmers to surrender their land or face enforcement actions starting June 26, according to local officials in Hung Yen province.

One affected farmer, Khanh Huyen, a 46-year-old who cultivates fruit trees on her 540 sq m plot, expressed her distress. Her family has relied on the land for decades, generating up to 100 million dong (approximately S$4,900) annually. "That income may not have made us rich overnight but still allows us to have comfortable houses, own motorbikes or cars and provide our children with a good education," Huyen told Bloomberg News earlier in June.

That income may not have made us rich overnight but still allows us to have comfortable houses, own motorbikes or cars and provide our children with a good education.

— Khanh HuyenDescribing her family's reliance on the land being seized.

The land clearance is crucial for the resort's timeline, as developers push to open the first golf course in time for the APEC summit in 2027. For months, residents have contested the compensation offered for land that holds ancestral graves and orchards of banana, longan, and orange trees, which have sustained families for generations. The development, spanning about 900 hectares along the Red River, will include luxury hotels, golf courses, and residential estates.

The project, a collaboration between Hung Yen Hospitality Services and The Trump Organization, was launched in May 2025. At the ceremony, then-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated the venture would strengthen bilateral ties and showcase foreign investor confidence. Dang Nguyen Nam Anh, executive vice-president at Trump International Vietnam Golf & Resort Project, reported that over 80% of the planned work is complete and coordination with local authorities is ongoing. The Trump Organization did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Over 80 percent of the planned work has been completed and the project is coordinating closely with local authorities to carry out the next steps.

— Dang Nguyen Nam AnhProviding an update on the project's progress.
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Originally published by The Straits Times in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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