Phu quoc island

Over 200 volunteers recently participated in the Day for Phu Quoc Environment to clean up Phu Quoc. However, the effort was too little compared to the size of the task. Rubbish can be seen floating along Da Ban Stream. A group of tourists quickly threw all of the rubbish after dinner into the stream when they see someone nearby. In Ham Ninh Village, the visitors carelessly littered the village and the sea as they ate. Even Dinh Cau Beach, in the heart of Phu Quoc Island, is also covered in rubbish despite the cleaning efforts from the Phu Quoc Public Construction Management Board. Duong Dong River is 21.6 kilometres long, stretching across Phu Quoc Island from Da Bac River to the Dinh Cau Estuary. It is an important waterway for hundreds of vessels that go in and out of Duong Dong Market, the largest seafood market in Duong Dong Town. According to a local, Duong Dong River has been severely polluted by factories and household solid and wastewater for years, and the smell from the … [Read more...] about Phu Quoc Island threatened by rubbish

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The Prime Minister has assigned the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to draft plans on national tourism promotion and resumption of tourism from countries that have controlled the COVID-19 pandemic. Travel agencies are eager to resume tourism activities and host international tourists, but they need unified procedures on how to safely conduct tourism. Chairman of HG Group Ngo Minh Duc said that some of his company’s employees who took care of foreign tourists in the past have been transferred to the domestic tourism segment. “The domestic segment takes up a small portion of the company’s activities since high-end tourism services and international flight routes are popular mostly among international travellers,” Duc said. Duc said he hoped that some international routes to countries and territories that have efficiently handled the COVID-19 pandemic such as the Republic of … [Read more...] about Local workers wait for tourism activities to resume

Hanoi (VNA) – Three more air routes from Vinh city of the central province of Nghe An to key tourism destinations in the country will be launched as part of efforts to promote post-pandemic domestic tourism recovery, said the Vietnam Airlines Corporation. Accordingly, the route connecting Vinh to Phu Quoc island district of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will run four flights per week, beginning on June 12. Meanwhile, the routes linking Vinh and the Mekong delta city of Can Tho and Nha Trang city in the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa will kick off on June 22, each operating three flights per week. The new routes are expected to help push trade and tourism connection between Nghe An and other north central provinces with the above localities. Nghe An aims to serve 5.1 million tourists and earn over 5.2 trillion VND (over 222.9 million USD) in revenue in 2020, up 8.5 percent and 17 percent year-on-year, respectively./. … [Read more...] about Three more air routes to promote domestic tourism

Deputy General Director of Vietnam Airlines Le Hong Ha said the launch of the new routes is in line with its strategy to develop its domestic network and respond to the national tourism stimulus programme initiated by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism. … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines opens seven new domestic routes

Other hotels and resorts of the Saigontourist joining the promotional program include Saigon-Ninh Chu in Ninh Thuan Province, Yasaka Saigon Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa Province, Saigon-Phu Yen in Phu Yen Province, Saigon-Ban Me in Daklak Province, Saigon-Dalat in Lam Dong Province, Saigon-Dong Ha in Quang Tri Province and Saigon-Quang Binh in Quang Binh Province. … [Read more...] about Saigontourist rolls out large-scale promotional program