Bach Long Vy island district in Hai Phong city (Photo: VNA) The move aims to boost their trade, tourism and services, and to spur their socio-economic development, as the searoute will help shorten travel time between the islands.
The districts will also closely coordinate in theinformation work, disease control, including COVID-19, healthcare services totheir residents and fishermen, marine environmental protection, the fightagainst illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, natural disasterresponse, search and rescue operations, smuggling and trade fraud combat, aswell as in national defence and security.
Co To and Bach Long Vy are the first two localitiesthat have concretised Conclusion No. 160-KL/TUHP-TUQN dated October 20, 2021, issued by the Standing Boards of the Party Committees of Hai Phong and QuangNinh on the cooperation programme between the two localities.
However, due to the geographical location, there isnow only a passenger boat to Bach Long Vy that began operations since July2020, offering three trips each month, with a capacity of 200passengers.
Bach Long Vi – a frontline island in the northernport city of Hai Phong, is a large fishing field in the Bac Bo (Tonkin) Gulf,with a special strategic location and security-defence significance insafeguarding national sea and island sovereignty and developing the maritimeeconomy.
Bach Long Vi, which means the dragon’s tail, is asmall island located at about 110km from Hai Phong city. Its population was 624,according to 2019 statistics.
It is one of the two island districts of Hai Phong, about 5-6 hours by boat from themainland to the mostly untouched island.
Bach Long Vi has been defined as a future fisherylogistics and rescue centre in the northern region. It has accessed fresh waterand power supply.
Co To boasts huge potential for sea and islandtourism and is an attractive destination for both domestic and foreign touristswith the number of visitors increasing constantly over the years.
The People’s Committee of Co To is also mulling overa seaplane route linking the island with the province’s Ha Long city. Trial flights were conducted on April 20 and 21.
With the seaplane route, travel time between TuanChau international wharf in Ha Long city and Co To is estimated at 20 minutes.
The route is hoped to diversify services and shortentravel time to Co To, thus meeting demand of visitors in the high-end tourismsegment, especially foreign holidaymakers.
It will fly across famous destinations such asUNESCO World Heritage Site Ha Long Bay, Bai Tu Long and Ngoc Vung island, amongother.
The seaplane that is expected to put into operationis an aircraft manufactured by Cessna, belonging to Textrol Aviation Group, theUS.
This is the world's largest single-engine aircraft,designed to serve short flights, flying at low altitudes, to connect localitiesthat are not too far away but are divided by terrain. There are currently about3,500 Cessna Caravans in service around the world, including five in Vietnam.The aircraft has a maximum capacity of 12 passengers.
Quang Ninh is endowed with natural advantages for sea and island tourism. It has a coastline of more than 250 kilometres and more than 2,000 islands and islets which account for two-thirds of the total number in Vietnam.
Ha Long Bay, Bai Tu Long Bay, Ha Long Bay National Park, Co To Island, and some other islands are among its popular destinations./.
The districts will also closely coordinate in theinformation work, disease control, including COVID-19, healthcare services totheir residents and fishermen, marine environmental protection, the fightagainst illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, natural disasterresponse, search and rescue operations, smuggling and trade fraud combat, aswell as in national defence and security.
Co To and Bach Long Vy are the first two localitiesthat have concretised Conclusion No. 160-KL/TUHP-TUQN dated October 20, 2021, issued by the Standing Boards of the Party Committees of Hai Phong and QuangNinh on the cooperation programme between the two localities.
However, due to the geographical location, there isnow only a passenger boat to Bach Long Vy that began operations since July2020, offering three trips each month, with a capacity of 200passengers.
Bach Long Vi – a frontline island in the northernport city of Hai Phong, is a large fishing field in the Bac Bo (Tonkin) Gulf,with a special strategic location and security-defence significance insafeguarding national sea and island sovereignty and developing the maritimeeconomy.
Bach Long Vi, which means the dragon’s tail, is asmall island located at about 110km from Hai Phong city. Its population was 624,according to 2019 statistics.
It is one of the two island districts of Hai Phong, about 5-6 hours by boat from themainland to the mostly untouched island.
Bach Long Vi has been defined as a future fisherylogistics and rescue centre in the northern region. It has accessed fresh waterand power supply.
Co To boasts huge potential for sea and islandtourism and is an attractive destination for both domestic and foreign touristswith the number of visitors increasing constantly over the years.
The People’s Committee of Co To is also mulling overa seaplane route linking the island with the province’s Ha Long city. Trial flights were conducted on April 20 and 21.
With the seaplane route, travel time between TuanChau international wharf in Ha Long city and Co To is estimated at 20 minutes.
The route is hoped to diversify services and shortentravel time to Co To, thus meeting demand of visitors in the high-end tourismsegment, especially foreign holidaymakers.
It will fly across famous destinations such asUNESCO World Heritage Site Ha Long Bay, Bai Tu Long and Ngoc Vung island, amongother.
The seaplane that is expected to put into operationis an aircraft manufactured by Cessna, belonging to Textrol Aviation Group, theUS.
This is the world's largest single-engine aircraft,designed to serve short flights, flying at low altitudes, to connect localitiesthat are not too far away but are divided by terrain. There are currently about3,500 Cessna Caravans in service around the world, including five in Vietnam.The aircraft has a maximum capacity of 12 passengers.
Quang Ninh is endowed with natural advantages for sea and island tourism. It has a coastline of more than 250 kilometres and more than 2,000 islands and islets which account for two-thirds of the total number in Vietnam.
Ha Long Bay, Bai Tu Long Bay, Ha Long Bay National Park, Co To Island, and some other islands are among its popular destinations./.
VNA
