The speedboat used for the Phan Thiet - Phu Quy sea route (Photo: VNA)
Binh Thuan (VNA) – The first commercial speedboat serviceto Phu Quy island set sail from the Phan Thiet sea port in the south centralprovince of Binh Thuan on July 21.
The service is operated by the Superdong – Kien GiangSpeedboat Corporation, using a new ship imported from Malaysia with a cost ofapproximately 2 million USD. Ticket price (one way) is 350,000 VND (15.3 USD) foradults and 250,000 VND (10.94 USD) for children, and 260,000 VND (11.38 USD)for people with disability.
The boat covers the 56 nautical mile distance from PhanThiet city to Phu Quy island in two hours and a half.
Speaking at the launch of the speedboat service, Pham VanNam, Vice Chairman of the Binh Thuan People’s Committee stressed the service contributesto socio-economic and tourism development on the island.
Nam hoped the operating company to invest in running moreboats on the route. He directed all relevant agencies to facilitate the smoothand safe operation of the service.
The Superdong – Kien Giang Speedboat Corporation currentlyruns 15 ships on the routes of Rach Gia – Phu Quoc, Ha Tien – Phu Quoc, RachGia – Nam Du, Rach Gia – Hon Son, Soc Trang – Con Dao, and Phan Thiet – PhuQuy.-VNA
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The speedboat used for the Phan Thiet - Phu Quy sea route (Photo: VNA) 
