News
24/09/2010
Within the framework of the 31st ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-31) in Hanoi, King’s Island International Golf Course (also called as Dong Mo Golf course – the first 36-hole golf course in the North, one of the oldest golf courses in Vietnam and known as one of the most beautiful golf courses in Southeast Asia and SeABank – a prominent retail bank, one of the 7 biggest CJS banks in the respect of charter capital in Vietnam, honorably provided entire sponsorship to AIPA-31 Friendship Golf Tournament in King’s Island International Golf Course on September 23rd 2010.
The tournament witnessed the participation of 50 golfers who are high-level delegates of AIPA-31, including Mr Heng Samrim - Cambodian National Assembly President, Mr. Tran Du Lich and Tran Van - Vietnam National Assembly delegates and a variety of representatives from Parliaments and Assemblies of nations attending the conference.
AIPA-31 golf tournament, presided by the Office of Vietnam National Assembly, is held to enhance friendship and exchanges among participants of the AIPA-31 General Assembly and leave good impressions and images of the country, Assembly and people of Vietnam - the host of the conference on delegates.
AIPA-31 General Assembly hosted by Vietnam in Hanoi from 20th – 25th Sep. 2010 will be presented with the participation of 19 delegations, including 9 delegations of AIPA member parliaments; a delegation of the special observer, Myanmar; 7 MP delegations of countries and observer organizations. General Assembly AIPA-31’s meetings will discuss how to strengthen coordination between AIPA and ASEAN to fortify intra connection and intensify cooperation and dialogues among countries; continue to set out measures to improve the performance of AIPA in the future.
About SeABank
South East Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank), established in 1994, is one of the earliest commercial joint stock banks (CJSB) and ranked among Top10 of biggest CJSBs of Vietnam with 93 outlets and nearly 1,400 staff all over the country. At present, SeABank has charter capital of approximately 5,335 billion VND, making it one of the 07 most powerful CJSBs in this respect in Vietnam, in which its strategic partner, Société Générale, holds 20%.
Targeting at becoming a prominent retail bank of Vietnam, SeABank provides diversified range of products and services customized to feed demands and financial capacity of particular subjects, individual as well as corporate customer segments nationwide.
About King’s Island International Golf course
Kings’Island Golf Course (Dong Mo, Son Tay, Hanoi), also known as Dong Mo Golf Course, the first 36-hole golf course in the North, is one of the earliest golf course in Vietnam and regarded as one of the most beautiful golf courses in Southeast Asia. Particularly, this is the first golf course in Vietnam to have lighting system for night playing for the entire 18 holes at Mountainview course and 8 holes at Lakeside course. In 2008, Dong Mo Golf Course was voted for "Most Beautiful Landscape Golf Course 2008" & " Best Par 5 Golf Course 2008" in the system of "Vietnam Best Golf Course 2008" implemented by Vietnam Golf Magazine in collaboration with Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.
King’s Island Golf Club currently has been joined by more than 1,400 regular members being ambassadors, diplomats, investors, businessmen, golfers of 26 countries all over the world such as USA, UK, Canada, New Zealand, France, Australia, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, etc. The course annually welcomes more than 40,000 visitors, 80% of whom are foreigners. The golf course has always been regarded with professional service standards and international ranks.
King’s Island Golf Course consists of two golf yards i.e. Lakeside & Mountainview. Lakeside 18-standard-hole, 6,454 Yard, Par 72 course was designed to take advantage of surrounding lakes and natural sloping terrain. It is the terrain and natural beauty that endows Lakeside course with an exclusive charm and high challenges even for professional golfers.
The 18-hole Mountainview course is Par 72 (6,454 Yard). It was designed to fit the setting’s natural contours. The design takes maximum advantage of the ambience of the waterside setting, distant mountains and surrounding trees. The layout of the golf course will excite and challenge all levels of players. This was also selected by World Sport Group as the venue for Mercedes - Benz Masters Vietnam 2009.
Located in the heart of King’s Island is a luxurious Club house fully equipped with the perfect combination of Western liberal lines, but still contain privacy, charm of oriental architecture. There stands a modern restaurant offering a wide menu to cater a diversity of Asian and European cuisines, a Pro-shop with full of golf items imported from the US and European countries, locker rooms, sauna, Jacuzzi bath, swimming pools and other facilities.