Apparently with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's own intervention, Vietnam has halted a controversial plan to close an internationally acclaimed bear rescue center in a national park to allow construction of a commercial ecotourism project. The premier said in a statement yesterday that the center can stay and that if "violations" are uncovered, the perpetrators will be severely dealt with. The daughter of Tam Dao National Park Director Do Dinh Tien appears to have a stake in the planned project, along with Nguyen Tuan Phu, a former head of the Economic Department of the Prime Minister's own office.