With the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tết) Holiday lasting for nine days, it presents the perfect opportunity for both foreign and domestic tourists to explore local heritage with a deeper purpose.
The Côn Đảo National Park in HCM City has received five Nicobar pigeons (Caloenas nicobarica), a rare and endangered bird species, from the Côn Đảo Special Zone Economic Division after they were found injured and disoriented by local residents.
In spite of pristine water and beaches, the island was mostly known for its notorious past as a prison, where thousands of political prisoners died during Frech colonial time and the Vietnam War.
Con Dao Island in the central province of Vung Tau
aims to become an international-standard spiritual and eco-tourism
centre by 2030, according to a newly approved plan to develop the
island.
The People''s Committee of Con Dao Island District in
the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau announced that everyone in its
tourism sector has specialised training.
Valuable documents and photos featuring the history of Con Dao Island,
dubbed "hell on earth", with a colossal systems of jails built by the
French and Americans, are on display at the Con Dao Temple in the
southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
Before departing for Con Dao Island, I was told it often had an
"atmosphere of death", that it was "wild and the food is scarce", and
that "it''s worth only a day visit as there''s nothing to entertain".
Con Dao island district was working with contractors to ensure a
passenger port was ready by 2014, according to the Ben DamPort
management board in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
