High-speed boat service between the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and Con Dao Island off the coast of Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province was officially launched on July 16 after one year of its trial operation.
Mai Linh Tay Do JSC has proposed the People’s Committee of the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and the management board of Ben Dam Wharf to create conditions for the company to provide 20 high-speed boat 20 trips carrying passengers from the mainland to Con Dao island to meet the increasing travel demand.
The Department of Transport of HCMC agreed with the exploitation of a high- speed boat route connecting HCMC and Con Dao Island in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province aiming at developing inland waterway transportation and tourism, said Deputy Director of the department Bui Hoa An.
A high-speed boat service between the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and Con Dao island in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province has been reopened starting on February 19 after being suspended for more than eight months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A high-speed boat service between the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and Con Dao island in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province is expected to be reopened starting on April 21 after being suspended for more than six months, according to the Can Tho Port Authority .
The Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province’s Con Dao Island has been included on a list of the nine best paradise islands in the world to escape to this year by Vogue magazine.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on July 13 paid floral tribute to martyrs at Hang Duong Cemetery in Con Dao district, the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau, in the lead-up to the 70th anniversary of Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).