Primer Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu and other high-ranking officials cut the ribbon to launch Vietnam Airlines’ Hanoi-Phu Quoc direct route on December 14.
Five flights a week by Airbus 321 on the Hanoi-Phu Quoc route will help foster economic, trade and investment, and tourism development in the Phu Quoc district of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang .
Phu Quoc island is the largest in Vietnam . It boasts high tourism potential and is vital to the international and regional maritime transport network.
The Hanoi-Phu Quoc route has increased Vietnam Airlines’ flight routes to 86, to 20 domestic destinations and 28 international destinations.-VNA
