The marine economy in Mekong Delta’s Kien Giang province has developed rapidly over the past five years after local government investment of 111 trillion VND (5 billion USD) in the 2011 – 15 period.
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”.
No endangered animal has died at Vinpearl Safari Phu Quoc Zoo Park, the southern Kien Giang province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said in its latest report.
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.
Investment licences have been granted to 164 projects in Phu Quoc island district, in the southern province of Kien Giang as of the middle of January, with capital totalling 183 trillion VND
Phu Quoc, 40 kilometres west of southern Kien Giang province, is the biggest island in Vietnam where hospitality investment has shaken up the emerging real estate sector here over the past few years.
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 Vingroup officially opened the wildlife conservation park Vinpearl Safari in Phu Quoc island in the southern province of Kien Giang on December 24.
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.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project to build an international culture, art and literature exchange centre in the southern province of Kien Giang's Phu Quoc island.
The Vinpearl Safari Park on Phu Quoc Island has just received 200 endangered animals of different species from various bio-geographic regions in the world, the Sai Gon Giai Phong reported.
A total of 65 programmes and events will be held throughout the National Tourism Year 2016 titled “Exploring the southern land”, the organising board said a news conference in Hanoi on November 16.
The presence of large investors like Vingroup and Sungroup on Kien Giang province’s Phu Quoc Island is expected to increase the investment flow into the “pearl island”.
More than 2,000 young crabs and crabs in their productive period were released on November 5 into the sea in Ham Ninh commune, in the island district of Phu Quoc in Kien Giang.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will host the 2016 National Tourism Year, offering opportunities for visitors at home and abroad to explore southern Vietnam.
An air route from the southern resort island of Phu Quoc to China’s Guangzhou will begin in 2016, according to Huynh Quang Hung, Vice Chairman of Phu Quoc District People’s Committee.
Vietnam earlier this month, for the second time in four years, was named Golf Destination of the Year for Asia & Australasia by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO).
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