Driving range built with state money, then left idle in central Vietnam
Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 17:42 GMT+7
Authorities in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang spent US$1.26 million on building a driving range for two years, which has been left desolate since 2014 given a lack of equipment, a move that triggers many local residents to consider it a wasteful investment.
Work started on the driving range on June 14, 2012 and it was completed and handed over to its developer, the Da Nang City Department of Culture, Sports, and Culture, on August 21, 2014, Nguyen Huu Hinh, head of the Da Nang City Management Board for Construction Projects, has told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.
But the driving range has still not been put into operation as it lacks equipment for playing golf, Hinh said, adding that a bid has just been opened to procure such equipment.
