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Lang Co resort's 5-year decay after $2B project froze
Lang Co, a Worldbays Club member, shuttered in 2021 after profit dried up. A $2B nearby complex halted in 2019 and remains empty.
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The 6-hectare Lang Co Resort, with around 40 rooms, sits at the center of Lang Co Bay on Lac Long Quan Street in Chan May-Lang Co Commune. It began as the Lang Co Trade Union Hotel and was upgraded into a high-end resort in 2011 by Phong Huy Real Estate Co. Ltd. of Ho Chi Minh City.
The resort shut down in 2021 after the business stopped turning a profit and the owner's assets were frozen. Years of abandonment have left most of the tile roofing punctured, and rainwater has damaged the structural components inside.
Doors have been stripped from the guest rooms. Before it closed, the resort drew praise from visitors for its greenery, its pool and its prime position near the bay. Guests could walk about 100 m to Lap An Lagoon for seafood and views.
A three-story building that once housed the restaurant is now derelict, its domed roof pocked with holes and vegetation growing thick around it. Doors and interior fittings have been removed. Wooden components and roof frames throughout the buildings are badly damaged and cannot be reused. A conical viewing hut is no longer intact, with weeds overtaking the path up to it. Broken tiles litter the interiors. Crockery sits stacked in corners under a layer of dirt and sand.