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Authorities in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau have been given the green light to open a sea route connecting it with Nam Du archipelago and Phu Quoc island district - two popular tourist destinations belonging to nearby Kien Giang province.

Islands off southern Kien Giang province and tourist attraction sites reopened over the weekend after social distancing measures were eased.

Phu Quoc Island off the coast of Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has been named among the 17 best places in Asia by Cable News Network (CNN).

Authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai and southern province of Kien Giang have closed tourist attractions in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Several provinces and cities across the country have temporarily closed tourist sites to prevent the spread of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

The Cuu Long (Mekong) region is seeing a fall in the number of tourist arrival due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

The 300-year-old Dinh Cau Temple on Kien Giang province’s Phu Quoc island is a place for fishermen to pray for a smooth voyage.

Jeju Air, the biggest low-cost carrier of the Republic of Korea (RoK), announced on November 22 that it has opened direct routes to Phu Quoc Island of Vietnam and Bohol Island of the Philippines.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is appealing for investment in key tourism regions including Ha Tien-Kien Luong, Rach Gia-Kien Hai and U Minh Thuong, which link Phu Quoc Island and the Mekong Delta.

The Ministry of Construction has green-lighted Kien Giang province’s proposal to suspend the master plan to develop Phu Quoc Island into a special administrative-economic zone (SEZ).

Authorities in Phu Quoc said the island must find a permanent solution to its flooding problem after it experienced the worst flooding in its history this month.

Salinity and droughts will come earlier and be more severe than in the 2018-2019 dry season in the Mekong Delta, according to Hoang Phuc Lam, Vice Director of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Southern localities affected by typhoon Wipha, have taken drastic measures to ensure the safety of people living in high risk areas.

The southern province of Kien Giang aims to welcome 8.3 visitors and earn 6.84 trillion VND (294.7 million USD) from tourism in 2019, up 7.6 percent and 7.3 percent, respectively, from the previous year, according to the province’s Department of Tourism.

Budget carrier Vietjet plans to open two domestic routes connecting Phu Quoc island and Da Nang, Van Don and two international ones linking southern Kien Giang province’s island with Chengdu and Chongqing of China.

Vietjet is offering 85,000 super-saving tickets priced only from zero VND for domestic and international routes which are connecting to Phu Quoc island offshore southern Kien Giang province.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 29 asked the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang to ensure environmental quality from water resources to land and air, not destroying natural landscape because of short-term vision.

The Phu Quoc island district in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang welcomed over 2.2 million visitors since the beginning of this year.

The Mekong Delta region enjoyed a boost in tourist arrivals in the first half of the year as a result of efforts to diversify tourism products and services, authorities have said.

The Phu Quoc island district in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang welcomed over 2.2 million visitors since the beginning of this year, including nearly 400,000 foreigners, up 35.5 percent year on year.