Phu Quoc Airport will be expanded to accommodate up to 18 million passengers per year by 2027, 4.5 times its current capacity of 4 million. By 2050, the airport is expected to handle up to 50 million passengers annually.

CAAV Director Uong Viet Dung said that the airport upgrading project is among projects to be fast-tracked to serve the organisation of the APEC Economic Leaders' Week 2027 in Vietnam, as well as to support sustainable development of the locality and the country.

Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Environment Le Huu Toan said that competent agencies have been directed to identify fishing vessels operating without registration, technical safety certificates, fishing permits, and vessel monitoring system (VMS). Boats without proper documents are not allowed to set sail.

Sun Group and Accor & Ennismore - a leading global hotel management group - on December 5 signed an agreement to bring the world leading luxury all-inclusive Rixos brand to Hon Thom, Phu Quoc.

The southern province of Kien Giang has seen positive changes in combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

The southern province of Kien Giang continues to carry out drastic measures to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

The first chartered flight from the Czech Republic carried 400 tourists to Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang on October 24, marking the return of visitors from Eastern Europe.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has recently submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Transport on the expansion of the Phu Quoc International Airport in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang to accommodate 18 million passengers per year by 2050.

The island of Phu Quoc, dubbed the Pearl Island, off the coast of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang received more than 636,000 tourists in July, showing a recovery, the provincial Tourism Department announced on August 6.

Vietjet has launched two new air routes connecting Phu Quoc island, the southern province of Kien Giang, with Taichung and Kaohsiung (Taiwan, China).

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang raked in over 290 million USD from exports in the first four months of this year, accounting for 31.6% of the annual target and up 21.26% from the same period last year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the ground-breaking ceremony for the Hon Thom marine tourism, resort and entertainment complex in Phu Quoc city, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on March 30.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will take drastic measures from now until the end of April to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in anticipation of the fifth working round with the inspection delegation from the European Commission (EC) in May.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang raked in more than 151 million USD from exports in the first two months, fulfilling 16.43% of the yearly target and doubling the figure of the same period last year.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will intensify measures to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing ahead of the fifth working round with the inspection delegation from the European Commission (EC) in April.

The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kien Giang is expanding organic rice farming and developing linkages between various stakeholders in the value chain.

The southern province of Kien Giang estimated its export value of aquatic products at around 29.5 trillion VND (1.22 billion USD) in the first 10 months of this year, or 82.75% of the yearly plan, up 5.28% from the same period last year.

The Ministry of Transport has approved a project worth over 3.9 trillion VND (159.8 million USD) on building the two sections of Ho Chi Minh Road in the Mekong Delta provinces of Kien Giang and Bac Lieu.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang enjoyed an export revenue of more than 648 million USD in the first nine months of this year, a rise of 6.39% year on year.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang attracted 6.83 million visitors in the first eight months of this year, accounting for 82.3% of the total the province expected for the whole year.