Travel
Kien Giang to host 2016 National Tourism Year
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.
Travel
Travel
Business
Phu Quoc-Guangzhou air route to open in 2016
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.
Culture - Sports
Vietnam named top golf spot in Asia
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).
Environment
Pollution harming Phu Quoc Island environment
Increasing pollution is threatening the waters and ecology surrounding the tourist island of Phu Quoc in the southern province of Kien Giang.
Politics
Kien Giang urged to develop tourism as economic spearhead
The southern province of Kien Giang should develop tourism as its local economic spearhead, while cooperating with other localities in the Mekong Delta in socio-economic development.
Videos
VNA News Bulletin - Oct. 9, 2015
VNA News Bulletin - Oct. 9, 2015
Travel
Phu Quoc aims to become hi-end tourism destination
Phu Quoc island district in the southern province of Kien Giang has taken a number of measures to develop the island into a hi-end eco-tourism destination of the region and the world.
Videos
VNA News Bulletin - Sept. 22, 2015
VNA News Bulletin - Sept. 22, 2015
Travel
Phu Quoc listed among top 10 beautiful Asian islands
Phu Quoc island in the southern province of Kien Giang has been named as one of the top 10 most beautiful Asian islands to visit this summer by the tourism site www.topinspired.com.
Business
Phu Quoc island draws 164 investment projects
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang’s Phu Quoc island district is hosting 164 licenced projects worth nearly 169 trillion VND (7.52 billion USD).
Business
Work begins on Hon Thom-Phu Quoc resort complex
The Sun Group held a ceremony on September 4 to commence construction on a resort complex on Hon Thom Island and a cable car line linking it with Phu Quoc Island off southern Kien Giang povince.
Travel
Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand join hands to boost sea tourism
Tourism officials from Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam have agreed to build a sea tourism package programme connecting tourism sites in the southern ends of the three countries.
Society
Kien Giang: more remote areas to be connected with national grid
More than 6,800 households in seven island communes in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will be connected to the national power grid.
Business
Phu Quoc reels in tourism investment
136 tourism project worth 144 trillion VND (6.6 billion USD) are now being implemented in Phu Quoc island in the southern coastal province of Kien Giang.
Society
Storm shelter and fishing port to be built in Kien Giang province
The Mekong Delta Kien Giang provincial People’s Committee has recently approved a project to build a storm-resistant shelter integrated with a fishing port in Ganh Dau Cape, Phu Quoc District Island.
Travel
Phu Quoc to become international resort centre
Phu Quoc, an attractive destination in Vietnam’s southwestern waters,
is striving to become an international eco-tourism and resort centre.
PetroVietnam launches two key projects on Phu Quoc
The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, better known as PetroVietnam,
launched a synthetic oil service port system and a bonded fuel
warehouse on Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang on
June 28.
PM approves adjustments to Phu Quoc development plan
The Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved adjustments to the
general plan through 2030 for the development of Phu Quoc island
district in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.
Health
First international hospital in Phu Quoc inaugurated
Real estate developer Vingroup inaugurated its Vinmec international
general hospital on June 19 in Phu Quoc Island in southern Kien
Giang province.
Business
Hong Kong businesses interested in Phu Quoc Island
The permanent deputy head of the Steering Committee for the Southwestern
Region, Nguyen Phong Quang, was received by the Secretary of the
Development Bureau of Hong Kong (China), Paul Chan, and met
representatives of the territory’s General Chamber of Commerce on May
26.
Focus
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Vietnam’s industrial, logistics property growing as more FDI expected
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