{"id":1990,"date":"2026-01-23T17:42:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/?p=1990"},"modified":"2026-01-23T17:42:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:42:38","slug":"officially-phu-quoc-becomes-vietnams-first-ever-island-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/en\/officially-phu-quoc-becomes-vietnams-first-ever-island-city\/","title":{"rendered":"[OFFICIALLY] PHU QUOC BECOMES VIETNAM\u2019S FIRST-EVER ISLAND CITY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0On Dec. 9, 2020, the National Assembly Standing Committee has approved a plan to make Phu Quoc island a city administered by Kien Giang Province.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Vietnam\u2019s first-ever island city will comprise the entirety of the current Phu Quoc District with its population of 179,480. The city belonging to the Mekong Delta\u2019s Kien Giang province is a \u201chot\u201d tourism destination. It welcomed just 300,000 visitors in 2010, but numbers rose to 1 million in 2015 and over 3 million in 2019. The tourism boom has led to rapid socio-economic development, especially in regard to urban infrastructure. This is almost thanks to the Government policy of\u00a0Phu Quoc Visa Exemption- 30 days.<\/a><\/p>\n

OnBird once suggested\u00a0where to stay in Phu Quoc<\/a>\u00a0which should maximize your vacation and fit your budget also.<\/p>\n

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The current Duong Dong Town with a population of 60,415 will become the city\u2019s Duong Dong Ward. An Thoi Ward will be established by merging Hon Thom Commune with An Thoi Town.<\/p>\n

Duong Dong and An Thoi towns are the two urban areas of Phu Quoc District currently, with the former being the island\u2019s economic, political, cultural, and social center and the latter, its marine transport hub.<\/p>\n

The new city will comprise 7 communes in the two wards: Ham Ninh, Duong To, Ganh Dau, Bai Thom, Cua Duong, Cua Can, Tho Chau.<\/p>\n

Phu Quoc\u2019s infrastructure has been developed on a large scale concurrently with its economy, gradually giving rise to urban spaces. The island paradise of Phu Quoc city has significant potential to develop into a leading tourist destination in Southeast Asia. The level of investment is already too high, however, resulting in issues regarding project management and supervision, land acquisition, site clearance and compensation, and land management, among others, while district management is overburdened.<\/p>\n

According to analysts, Phu Quoc city would create the necessary conditions for the island to fully tap into its potential to develop.<\/p>\n

For your best trip in the upcoming time, check out:\u00a0Phu Quoc travel on a budget: 5 best hacks<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0On Dec. 9, 2020, the National Assembly Standing Committee has approved a plan to make Phu Quoc island a city administered by Kien Giang Province. Vietnam\u2019s first-ever island city will comprise the entirety of the current Phu Quoc District with its population of 179,480. The city belonging to the Mekong Delta\u2019s Kien Giang province is…[Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1992,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990\/revisions\/1992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/1991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}