Construction and land violations rampant in Phu Quoc IslandPhu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang is facing the serious construction and land violations while a Government Inspectorate probe into land management in the province is underway. Dozens of hectares of agricultural land in the island have been zoned for projectsThe Government Inspectorate have recently announced a 70-day inspection on the land management and planning in Kien Giang Province, including Phu Quoc Island, following continual construction violations in the province. By late 2017, Kien Giang Province’s inter-agency inspection taskforce found many houses in Phu Quoc built without a licence. In the first three months of this year, up to 540 construction works were found to be built illegally in Phu Quoc Island. Land speculationLand adverts can be seen throughout Phu QuocPeople have rushed to buy land in Phu Quoc Island over prospects that the island would become the island administrative economic unit in the near future, pushing the land prices there up rapidly.