Phu Quoc International Passenger Port is being constructed in Duong Dong ward in Phu Quoc city with a total area of 180 hectares, including 2.8 hectares on land.

Italian cruise ship AIDAstella docked at Duong Dong Port in Phu Quoc City, south Vietnam, on December 18, bringing more than 2,000 visitors to the island locality, one of the most attractive tourist destinations in the country.

On September 30, Ha Long International Cruise Port in Quang Ninh province welcomed the Costa Serena, an Italian cruise ship carrying 3,477 international tourists and over 1,000 crew members.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh made a tour of Phu Quoc in southern Kien Giang province on March 30, aiming to help address urgent, but fundamental and long-term issues for the island city to develop rapidly and sustainably.

The cruise ship Westerdam brought over 2,000 tourists and 781 crew members, mostly from the Netherlands, docked at Tien Sa Port in the central city of Da Nang on January 2.

A cruise ship on November 6 carried over 2,300 foreign tourists to Brunei, together with 1.030 crewmembers.

Cruise ship Resorts World One, operated by Saigontourist Travel Service Co., Ltd.’s branch in Da Nang, on October 4 brought over 1,700 international tourists to the central coastal city.

The south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa has welcomed over 19.4 million visitors so far this year, earning more than 1 billion USD, up over 150% year on year.

Malta-flagged cruise ship Mein Schiff 5 docked at Ha Long international port in the northern province of Quang Ninh province on March 26, carrying 2,191 European visitors to the locality.

Vietnam needs to have support policies for developing new tourism products and services capable of attracting high-spending international visitors, said insiders.

A Marshall Islands-flagged cruise ship carrying 637 foreign passengers on March 1 arrived in the resort Nha Trang city in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa.

French-flagged cruise ship Le Lape'rouse with over 100 foreign holidaymakers aboard docked at Ha Long International Cruise Port in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh on October 13.

French-flagged cruise ship Le Lape'rouse with over 200 foreign holidaymakers aboard docked at Tien Sa port, becoming the first of its kind to visit the central coastal city of Da Nang after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Le Lapérouse, a luxury cruise ship of France with 200 foreign travellers, docked at Chan May port in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on October 9 night.

French-flagged cruise ship Le Lape'rouse with over 200 foreign holidaymakers aboard docked at Tien Sa port on October 9, becoming the first of its kind to visit the central coastal city of Da Nang after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The American passenger aboard MS Westerdam who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) had yet to undergo a test for the acute respiratory disease caused by the virus during her stay in Cambodia, said the Health Ministry of Cambodia on February 17.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh sent condolences to Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kang Kyung-Wha over a boat accident involving RoK tourists in Budapest, Hungary.

A cruise ship carrying 5,718 tourists and crew members docked at Phu My port in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on May 27.

Vietnam is positioned at the heart of Asia – Pacific and is easily accessible by cruise liners. Late last year, Vietnam put into operation a seaport in a bid to attract more holidaymakers.

Nearly 244,000 Indian tourists visited Indonesia’s Bali resort island during January-November 2017, up 48.25 percent from the previous year.