Ecovillage SaiGon River

Ecovillage SaiGon River is a 55-hectare (about 136-acre) wellness and resort village at Đại Phước, Nhơn Trạch, Đồng Nai — on Saigon’s eastern gateway, about 18 km from Notre-Dame Cathedral and roughly 30 minutes from the city center. Launched by the founder of Ecopark, the project is planned as the only 6-star resort-living destination inside the Saigon metro area. It is laid out as a low-density riverside village: 15% site coverage, about 30% green space and water, more than 4 ha of parks, and over 32 ha of water when the surrounding river is included. The listing cites about 170 trees per resident (far above Ho Chi Minh City’s urban average) and more than 200 flower species blooming through the year. The core of daily life is a health and therapy campus rather than a conventional urban grid. A 1.5 ha Onsen villa precinct brings mineral hot water into private villas. Around it sits a closed-loop spa and therapy centre: mineral baths, detox, essential-oil and herbal treatment, sauna, beauty care, longevity and negative-ion meditation gardens, a macrobiotic restaurant, and a medicinal-herb garden. A separate 7.3 ha hotel precinct is planned under a historic European hotel group (brand not yet named in the source). Housing is a mix of river townhouses, riverfront villas, and Onsen villas — private homes inside a managed resort landscape, not a cooperative land share. Planning partners named in the source include LJ-Asia for landscape, with Onsen operations associated with Raymond (Japan). The stated intent is to keep the existing ecosystem: no trees cut and no stones moved so fish, birds, and native plants stay on site. This listing is sourced from a project announcement, not from resident interviews. Visit and membership here mean touring and purchasing a home, not joining a sociocratic cooperative.