Topic: Phu Quoc

The island was recognized by the US tourism magazine Condé Nast Traveler in its 2024 Readers' Choice Awards.

After 20 years of impressive growth, Vietnam's Phu Quoc seeks to solidify its position as a premier island destination, but challenges remain.

Prime Minister Chinh lays out a 6-point strategy for transforming Phu Quoc Island into a sustainable national and international tourism hub, emphasizing the critical role of collaboration.

The massive resort and entertainment project on southern Hon Thom Island underscores Vietnam's ambitions for its "pearl island" destination while raising questions about sustainability.

Top 10 compiled by US tourism magazine CNTraveler, with Phu Quoc appearing for the second year in a row.

Accor launching new flagship destination on Vietnam’s largest island.

The 220 kV Kien Binh - Phu Quoc transmission line, the longest offshore overhead power transmission line in Southeast Asia at 80.4 km and with total investment of over VND2.2 trillion ($90.4 million), was put into operation on October 14. The line will increase the power supply capacity for Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta’s Kien Giang province by about five-fold compared to the current load and will meet needs to 2035.

Resort real estate on Phu Quoc Island is quite diverse, and includes the first casino for Vietnamese citizens, the largest safari park in Southeast Asia, and the world’s longest sea-crossing cable car. The market is still to develop sustainably, however. The island city should not only be a tourist destination but should also have a marine economic center and become a new financial center in the region.

Vietjet Air opened four more routes on June 22 connecting Vietnam and India, including Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi with Mumbai and Phu Quoc Island with New Delhi and Mumbai. The carrier was the first to conduct direct flights between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and the Indian capital and Mumbai. It therefore now has six routes between Vietnam and India.