Kien Giang Province People’s Committee decided to open a high peak period in 180 days to check and control illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing to remove “yellow card” following European Commission’s warning.
A live link-up art program welcoming the New Year will take place in Hanoi and Phu Quoc City in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang at 10 pm on December 31.
An average monthly rise of 51 percent was seen in the number of Indian tourists to Vietnam in the first 10 months of this year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).
The People’s Committee of Kien Giang Province said that the agency is calling for bidding to handle around 3,000 tons of waste at the Dong Cay Sao landfill in Cua Duong Commune and accelerating the progress of definitive handling the number of garbage at the temporary landfill in An Thoi Ward.
The Southern Power Corporation (EVNSPC), on October 14, held a ceremony to energize and operate the 110kV voltage supply, phase 1 of the Kien Binh - Phu Quoc transmission line, the first 220kV cross-sea power line in Vietnam.
With an overall score of 89.77 out of 100, "Pearl Island" Phu Quoc, Vietnam's largest island off the coast of the southern province of Kien Giang, has been voted as the sixth out of 10 most favourite resort islands in Asia in the Readers’ Choice Award 2022 of the US-based tourism magazine Condé Nast Traveler (CNTraveler).
Many provinces and cities in the country have strictly carried out measures on taking back areas of land from projects that occupied sea spaces to keep public beaches accessible to everyone.
Some travel agencies and tourism companies have just informed that the number of tourists booking tours on the upcoming National Day (September 2) holiday has tended to increase sharply.
The ancient Hoi An town in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam has found itself voted to the 20th place in a new global listing of 25 best cities chosen by readers of US magazine Travel + Leisure.
Chairman of the People’s Committee of Phu Quoc City, Kien Giang Province Huynh Quang Hung informed on July 15 that the locality has just announced hotlines to support tourists.
Phu Quoc City has received around 1,000 international visitors from South Korea, Thailand, Laos, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in more than one month after implementing a pilot plan to welcome tourists back under the vaccine passport program, said the Department of Tourism of Kien Giang Province on January 17.
According to provinces’ statistics released on January 3, the number of visitors to popular tourist destinations during New Year holiday sharply increased.
Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Phu Quoc City, Kien Giang Province Pham Van Nghiep said that the locality welcomed around 60,000 tourists, including about 1,000 international arrivals under the “vaccination passport” program during the three-day holiday of the New Year 2022.
After the country’s tourism industry was put in a freeze for a long period due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it has seen gradual steps to revive from the collapse in the year-end festive season featuring Christmas, New Year’s Eve, lunar New Year and more.
The flight No.VJ3749 operated by the low-cost carrier Vietjet Air carrying 204 tourists from the Republic of Korea (RoK) arrived in Phu Quoc Island at 12 p.m on November 20. The Korean visitors become the first visitors to the “pearl island” in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang which has been selected as one of the localities including Da Nang, Quang Ninh, Quang Nam, Khanh Hoa and Kien Giang to implement an experimental program on welcoming back foreign tourists with vaccine passport.
Streets on Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang have been filled with people and vehicles while business and services facilities have also resumed in these days after easing Covid-19 restrictions. The popular destination is now fully ready to welcome back tourists.
According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has been selected as a pilot for a 6-month program on receiving foreign travelers with vaccine passports, starting in October. The country’s tourism industry expects to expand the program in other popular tourist destinations, such as Da Lat, Nha Trang, Hoi An and Ha Long.
Vietnam recorded over 88,200 international visitors in the first half of 2021, plunging 97.6 percent year on year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said on June 29.
