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Southern Kien Giang province aims to build the image and brand name of the island district of Phu Quoc to make it a high-end tourism destination by 2020.

The southern province of Kien Giang has stepped up efforts to turn tourism into its key industry by 2020.

Phu Quoc is the largest among Vietnam's 12 island districts.

The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has approved a project to build a smart Phu Quoc city in the 2016-2020 period.

Vietnam always creates optimal conditions for investors in the country, especially in tourism, vowed Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a meeting with executives of Sun Group, one of the major investors with large tourism projects in Phu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on April 13.

Phu Quoc island district in the southern province of Kien Giang plans to develop hi-tech agriculture from now to 2020 to create clean, safe and high-value-added products.

Phu Quoc island district in the southern province of Kien Giang strives to lure over 1.8 million tourists, including 300,000 foreigners, in 2017, showing a year-on-year increase of 25.5 percent and 42.7 percent, respectively.

The Airport Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) has begun expansion of Phu Quoc International Airport, given the recent unexpected increase in arrivals.

TUI Nordic, a charter airline based in Stockholm, Sweden, has announced its plans and strategies for Phu Quoc island, offshore southern Kien Giang province, for this winter and next year.

The Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) has launched its 4G service on Phu Quoc Island in the southern coastal province of Kien Giang.

Turning Phu Quoc island into smart city

A road map for turning Phu Quoc island offshore southern Kien Giang Province into a smart city was unveiled on the island on September 29.

The Phu Quoc – Kien Giang Green Tour programme was introduced at a ceremony on the island on August 6 as part of the activities in response to the National Tourism Year 2016 – Phu Quoc – Mekong Delta.

Phu Quoc Island of the Mekong Deta province of Kien Giang is hosting a map and document exhibition, giving locals an insight into Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes.

An international marathon event will be held shortly in the southern island district of Phu Quoc in Kien Giang province.

Phu Quoc Island and the Mekong Delta feature heavily in the promotional activites for National Tourism Year 2016, which officially kicked off on April 10 under the theme “Discover the Southern Land”.

Phu Quoc island district in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is set to become a special economic zone and the locality’s growth driver between 2016-2020.

The vast natural and cultural treasures of southern Vietnam will be the fitting focus of National Tourism Year 2016.

Despite a slight decrease in the number of tourists in 2015, the first time in many years, Vietnam’s non-smoke industry still has a bright future ahead, according to tourism authorities.

The People's Committee of southern Kien Giang province has announced the Prime Minister's decision to establish the Phu Quoc Economic Zone management board.