'World's best' resort in Phu Yen temporarily closed due to storm and flood effects

Pool villa in Zannier Bai San Ho resort. Photo: Provided by the unit .

Zannier Bai San Ho Resort (formerly Phu Yen , now Dak Lak) has just announced that it will temporarily suspend operations until the end of March 2026 for repairs. According to the representative of the unit, the cause is the severe flooding in the Central region and storm Kalmaegi (storm No. 13).

This is one of the resorts in Vietnam that continuously appears in the "best hotels in the world " rankings.

In September, the resort was honored at number 44 in the list of the world's top 50 hotels by Telegraph Hotel Awards. In October, it continued to appear in the top 100 Best Hotels in Asia - Pacific voted by Tatler Asia , being one of only 4 representatives from Vietnam.

In its first global hotel ranking (Michelin Key), the Michelin guide announced Zannier Bai San Ho achieved 2 Michelin Keys, in the "excellent accommodation experience" category.

The room space is inspired by the traditional stilt house architecture of the Cham people living along the central coast. Photo: Provided by the unit.

Located on the pristine coastline of Central Vietnam, this 5-star resort impresses with its natural landscape and peaceful atmosphere. This is the 5th project of the Zannier Group (France), famous for its works bearing a strong local imprint.

The price of accommodation here is among the highest in the area, from about 10 million VND/night for the lowest room type and can exceed 110 million VND/night for a 4-bedroom villa, depending on the time and excluding taxes and fees.

The resort is designed like a coastal village with adjacent villas. Photo: Supplied by the unit.

Typhoon Kalmaegi with wind speed of level 13 made landfall in Dak Lak and Gia Lai provinces on the evening of November 6, killing at least 5 people, leaving 3 missing, and destroying and blowing off roofs of more than 2,000 houses. This is one of the strongest and most complex storms of 2025.

Then, from mid to late November, the South Central region suffered a historic flood, which was considered a rare extreme phenomenon. According to the classification of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), this is an event with a very low frequency.

The simultaneous record-breaking floods in 3-5 basins are considered "extremely rare", almost never occurring in more than half a century of monitoring, exceeding "normally calculated flood levels".

The moment Lam Dong people hugged the inner tube of a car to save the dragon fruit submerged in the water. The flood on December 4 submerged thousands of square meters of dragon fruit of many garden owners in the old Binh Thuan (now Lam Dong province). Many workers used the inner tube of a car as a buoy to rescue the dragon fruit floating on the water.

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