1. Which island district has the most heritage trees in Vietnam? Con Dao (Ba Ria – Vung Tau)
Phu Quy (Binh Thuan)
Con Co (Quang Tri) Con Dao district has 53 ancient eagle trees honored by the Vietnam Association for the Protection of Nature and Environment (VACNE) as a Vietnam Heritage Tree. According to the website VACNE, the Con Dao eagle trees honored are located on Ton Duc Thang street (19 trees), Le Duan street (11 trees), Phu Hai camp relics (8 trees), Phu Son camp relics (7 trees). trees), relics of Lord Island (8 trees). The old trees in Con Dao have an average age of about 130-150 years. Image: Viet Tuong . 2. A specialty of Con Dao from eagle? Eagle nut jam
Bang leaf jam
Eagle jam Bang nut jam, or eagle nut, is a unique specialty in Con Dao. The process of separating the nuts is quite a feat. People roast eagle seeds on low heat, stir well. Visitors can choose either salted roasted almonds or sugared almonds. Image: Aquarius . 3. Which of the following is correct about the island district of Con Dao? There are the most communes in the country
There is no commune-level administrative unit
Only wards, no communes Con Dao district currently does not have a commune-level administrative unit. Some other island districts in the country are similar, not divided into communes, such as Con Co (Quang Tri), Bach Long Vi (Hai Phong), Ly Son (Quang Ngai)… Photo: Khanh Huyen. 4. Con Dao Prison was ranked as a special national relic in which year? 1992
2002
2012 With outstanding historical, cultural and scientific values, Con Dao Prison was ranked as a special national relic in 2012. Belonging to this relic, there are the Dao Lord’s house, the jetty, the Ma Thien Lanh bridge, the prison, Hang Duong cemetery… Photo: Kaley Childs Karaffa . 5. Where in Con Dao has activities to raise, hatch and release sea turtles to the wild? Nui Chua National Park
Con Dao National Park
Ben En National Park Con Dao National Park is known for raising, hatching and releasing the most sea turtles in Vietnam. According to information introduced in the garden, 2 species of sea turtles with large numbers living and spawning here every year are turtles and tortoiseshell. Visitors to Con Dao National Park can also participate in this meaningful activity. Image: Duy Hieu . 6. A temple in Con Dao? Van Dai Temple
Hai Son Temple
Van Son Temple Coming to Con Dao, visitors can visit Van Son Tu, also known as Nui Mot Pagoda. In addition to worshiping and worshiping Buddha, the pagoda is also a beautiful place to watch the immense bay in Con Dao, enjoy the relaxing and quiet natural space. Image: Thanh Tung . 7. In addition to Con Dao district, Ba Ria – Vung Tau province, how many district-level administrative units are there? 7, including 1 city, 2 towns, 4 districts
7, including 2 cities, 2 towns, 3 districts
7, including 2 cities, 1 town, 4 districts In addition to Con Dao district, Ba Ria – Vung Tau province, there are also Ba Ria city (provincial capital) and Vung Tau city, Phu My town, and 4 districts: Chau Duc, Dat Do, Long Dien, Xuyen Moc. Image: Doan Khanh . The beauty of Con Dao resort paradise Besides historical value, Con Dao (Ba Ria – Vung Tau) is also loved by tourists for its unique natural beauty. You can visit Dam Trau beach, Shark Cape, Lo Voi beach…

The Can Tho – Con Dao high-speed train route is put into operation again On April 19, information from the Can Tho Maritime Administration said that the Can Tho – Con Dao high-speed train route will officially come into operation from April 21. Accordingly, the Can Tho – Con Dao high-speed train route and vice versa will be exploited by Mai Linh Tay Do Joint Stock Company. In the immediate future, Mai Linh Express train will operate 2 trips per day (Can Tho – Con Dao and vice versa). The ship will depart from Ninh Kieu Tourist Port (Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho City) to Ben Dam Port (Con Dao District, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province). Mai Linh Express high-speed train is a 2-hull ship with a capacity of about 300 seats, the journey from Can Tho – Con Dao is nearly 200km, the ship will take about 3.5 hours to 4.5 hours to travel each way. and so. This is an important waterway, helping to create favorable conditions for people and tourists to access a new, convenient and cheap mode of transport from the mainland to the island compared to traveling by plane. Previously, the Can Tho – Con Dao high-speed train route operated by Phu Quoc High-speed Train Joint Stock Company had to stop operating from the end of August 2020. The reason was due to the reaction of the people living. along the Hau River. People believe that when the boat ran, it created big waves that caused landslides on both sides of the river and affected fishing activities and small vehicles on the river. Can Tho – Con Dao expressway will run on Dinh An channel Regarding this issue, a representative of Mai Linh Tay Do Joint Stock Company said: After receiving comments from the Traffic Safety Board of Can Tho City, the National Traffic Safety Board, as well as localities, the company decided to operate with small-engine vessels. Specifically, Mai Linh Tay Do operates trains with a capacity of about 300 guests instead of 600 guests and only uses 2-engine trains instead of 4-engine trains, in order to limit the waves generated when the train runs. At the same time, from the proposal of the Can Tho Port Authority, Mai Linh Tay Do chose to go through Dinh An channel and then to the sea instead of going on Tran De channel. The reason is that Tran De channel has a small riverbed, many people’s activities such as fish farming, fishing… Besides, in order not to affect the people living on both sides of the river, instead of the ship going 32 knots (about 60km/h), the ship will reduce the speed to only 17 knots in the Hau river area (equivalent to about 60 km/h). about 30km/h) to limit wave generation. In addition, the unit will coordinate with localities to notify people about the time frame for the train to pass so that people using small vehicles that are not eligible to travel on the maritime channel will limit travel. A representative of the Can Tho Port Authority said: The Mai Linh ship’s operation on the Hau River maritime route through Dinh An channel is completely in accordance with regulations. Besides, it is against the current regulations of the people to close the sign, close the bottom, drop the net, etc. on the navigational channel, which is against the current regulations, including the use of small vehicles, which do not ensure safety factors. will also not be allowed to participate in maritime traffic. In the coming time, Can Tho Maritime Administration will continue to coordinate with localities to propagate to people about this.

Passengers check in at Noi Bai airport in April 2021. Photo: Duong Ngoc Vietnam Airlines has just said that up to now, the airline has recorded a high number of bookings on almost all domestic flights, especially on the routes between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang and Nha Trang. , Phu Quoc, with occupancy rates on some of the peak flight days as high as 95%. In order to serve the increased demand during the holidays of April 30, May 1, in 6 days from April 28 to May 3, Vietnam Airlines Group (including Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and VASCO) continues to increase the load by nearly 117,000 seats. , corresponding to approximately 570 domestic flights, bringing the total supply after two increases in load to more than 610,000 seats, equivalent to nearly 3,200 flights. Previously, on March 24, airlines simultaneously announced an increase in flights to serve the peak holidays of April 30 and May 1. At the same time, companies launch many attractive promotions. Vietnam Airlines Group provides nearly 500,000 seats, equivalent to nearly 2,600 flights, mainly increasing seats on routes between famous tourist destinations such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Quy Nhon, Da Lat and Phu Quoc. .. The number of seats increased approximately 100,000 seats compared to usual From the end of March and the beginning of April, Bamboo Airways is expected to increase about 110-150 flights per week, corresponding to 22,000 – 30,000 seats (up 12 – 15% compared to weekdays) on main routes and tourism in the period. holiday section. At the same time, airlines have opened many new routes on this occasion. Vietnam Airlines opens 6 new routes between Da Nang – Vinh; Phu Quoc and Can Tho, Nha Trang, Buon Ma Thuot, Hue, Thanh Hoa; at the same time, restore 2 routes Da Nang – Thanh Hoa, Can Tho – Buon Ma Thuot. Newly opened routes have a frequency of 3-4 return flights per week. Thus, in order to stimulate domestic tourism demand in the summer and develop the economy after the Covid-19 epidemic, the airline has opened and re-operated 28 flight routes, connecting localities with famous tourist destinations. In April, Vietjet Air also opened many new routes connecting Phu Quoc with provinces and cities such as Thanh Hoa, Nha Trang, Da Lat, Hue and Can Tho. The airline’s old routes from Hanoi, Hai Phong, Vinh, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City to Phu Quoc have all been increased. Bamboo Airways continues to open routes to Can Tho from Hai Phong, Da Nang and Quy Nhon before the holidays of April 30 and May 1, increasing the network of flights to Can Tho to 6 routes. In addition to the new opening, Bamboo Airways also increased flights on Can Tho – Hanoi routes to 3 round trips/day; Can Tho – Con Dao has a frequency of 2 round trips/day; Can Tho – Phu Quoc fly daily instead of several flights a week as before. Currently, Bamboo Airways has planned to increase flights according to the infrastructure conditions of Con Dao airport. In the past few days, although airlines have been racing to increase flights and open more routes, but due to the great demand, the number of tickets sold out too quickly, not only the cheap tickets are no longer available, but many flights are sold out. According to the leader of an airline, with the current epidemic being very well controlled, airlines not only hope for the peak of this holiday season on April 30 and the coming summer, helping the airline to improve. revenue while waiting for the decision to return to international flights.

About 1 hour flight from Ho Chi Minh City, Con Dao with an area of ​​about 76 km2 includes 16 islands, large and small with a population of nearly 10,000 people. The road to the center of Con Dao district. Photo: Pham Hung The most attractive thing here that makes visitors remember forever about Con Dao is the wonderful marine flora, the only place in Vietnam where sometimes visitors can see sea cows on the list. national survival. Come here, visitors go to Vich Island to see turtles spawn or see monkeys in nature sitting around cliffs and catching crabs and snails on both sides of the road …
The best season to travel to Con Dao is from April to November because at this time the sea is calm, the wind is cool, so visitors can freely visit without any obstacles in the weather. Coming here, visitors will relax with beautiful beaches, pristine bays like Dam Tre Bay, with wild beauty, idyllic to “melt” people’s hearts. Visitors can also explore the mangrove forest, watch swiftlets nest during the breeding season. An indispensable place in the tourist guide of Con Dao is Con Son Bay. The bay consists of a system of 14 different small and large islands, some of which are grouped together like a large family and there are clusters of islands standing in the middle of the sea. The dreamy islands of colorful coral that are more beautiful in the golden sun will make visitors unable to take their eyes off. Or like Lo Voi beach, and An Hai beach located in the Northeast of Con Dao town, Lo Voi beach and An Hai beach are one of the most beautiful beaches located at the two ends of the island.
In Con Dao, visitors need to walk about 10 minutes from the center to the beach. Going further, Dam Trau beach is likened to a very beautiful name “fairy falling asleep”. 14km ​​from the town center and 12km from Co Ong airport, Dam Trau is the ideal destination for picnics, swimming, coral viewing and adventure adventure, exploring remote islands. Tourists get off the high-speed train to visit Con Dao. Photo: Victory In the year 2020 and the first months of 2021, due to the influence of the Covid-19 epidemic, the number of visitors coming to Con Dao will decrease significantly. But from the end of March to early April the disease was well controlled, tourism was open, and the number of visitors to the island increased again. Especially on these April, many tourists come to Con Dao on this occasion to visit the graves of relatives, or to pay tribute to heroes who have fallen for national independence.
Con Dao prison is a must-visit destination not to be missed when traveling to Con Dao. This is the place where the French colonialists and the American imperialists built with hundreds of cells, cells, and separate rooms to imprison and exile Vietnamese patriots and political prisoners. Especially the famous brutal tiger cage system, which shocked the world when it was discovered. Visitors will not help shiver in hot, stuffy rooms with creepy torture tools. The prison is associated with famous names such as cow stables, tiger cages, lime kilns, salt departments, celestial ghosts … Visitors to Con Dao want to learn about the history of this place must come here to explore the national history through artifacts, images and documents in French displayed here. In addition, Hang Duong Cemetery is a spiritual destination not to be missed. This is the most famous spiritual tourist destination in Con Dao, the resting place of more than 2,000 martyrs, including national heroes in the resistance war against French colonialism and American imperialism and is home to the grave of Mrs. Vo. Thi Sau. At night, many tourists come here to visit and pray.

In particular, this year, guests also travel early, go the whole week before the holiday (April 23-27), or after that (from May 2-3) … so the service is continuously full. for a dozen days. Sapa attracts tourists during the holiday season this year. According to Viettravel, in April, the business recorded 35,000 tourists booking tours, of which most flocked on the holidays April 30 – May 1. Currently, most of the tours on this occasion are full. With the tours still available, Viettravel continues to accept tourists, depending on the travel routes. However, without saying anything, businesses can quickly close the book if the number of tourists booking tours continues to increase rapidly as before. The representative of this unit also stated that, after COVID-19, the tourism trend of tourists has changed significantly, from traveling in groups, available schedules to free travel, with fewer people. Groups from 2 to less than 10 people. Despite the high demand, but this year’s holiday tour price does not increase compared to every year. In addition to shifting the trend of freelance travel with small groups, customers will also benefit more from combo packages from service providers. Information with VTC News, Mr. Le Hong Thai – Deputy Director of Hanoitourist Travel Company – also said that the tour was closed for tourists on holidays from about a week ago. The hottest tours on April 30 – May 1 this year are Phu Quoc, Nha Trang, Quy Nhon, Da Nang, Ha Long Sapa. Many of these tours even refused to receive guests earlier due to full service. “ The number of tourists booking tour during the holiday season 30/4 – 1/5 is much higher than last year. The reason is easy to understand is that the COVID-19 epidemic has been well controlled, people want to take advantage of traveling right in this period of time with the fear of outbreaks again. There are still many customers wishing to call to book tours. Hanoitourist continues to serve and can increase more road tours to Cao Bang, Ha Giang, Sapa … As for the flight tours, to Quy Nhon, Nha Trang, Con Dao, Phu Quoc, it is currently closed. and no more “, Mr. Thai said. A similar situation happened at another travel agency. Representative of Viet Tourism Company said that this unit has now stopped accepting tourists on flight tours to destinations such as Phu Quoc, Con Dao, Nha Trang … The reason is that the number of tourists booking these tours is full. Moreover, the ticket price is also very high. “ Book flights at the present time, flight prices range from 6-8 million VND, equal to the tour price to Phu Quoc if booked early “, the man said. Phu Quoc is one of the most attractive destinations for this holiday season but it is currently difficult to book a tour there. According to information from the Phu Quoc Tourism Association, hotels in tourist areas in Phu Quoc are almost overloaded, customers who want to book for a holiday from April 30 to May 1 must book a month earlier. Hotels and motels in Phu Quoc have opened 100% and are operating at full capacity except for a very small proportion of properties that are difficult to close for repair. Ms. Hoang Phuong Thao – Marketing Sales Manager at Salinda Resort Phu Quoc said that guests who booked a room at this resort since two weeks ago and currently cannot receive more guests. This unit has also been operating at 100% capacity to serve tourists during this holiday.

From April 28, Bamboo Airways opened and restored 8 routes connecting Phu Quoc and Quy Nhon. Specifically, besides the flight route connecting Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the airline opened 5 new routes: Phu Quoc – Can Tho, Phu Quoc – Da Nang, Phu Quoc – Thanh Hoa, Phu Quoc – Vinh and Phu Quoc – Hai Phong, bringing the number of flights to and from Phu Quoc by the airline increased to 7 routes. In addition to the previously exploited routes including to and from Hanoi, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City, and Vinh, the airline has added 3 new routes connecting Quy Nhon – Can Tho, Quy Nhon – Thanh Hoa and Quy Nhon – Da Lat also increased the total number of flight routes here to 7 routes. In the coming time, many new routes will be opened and increased by Bamboo Airways, such as: Can Tho – Da Nang, Can Tho – Hai Phong, Vinh – Nha Trang. This is also a part of the airline’s network expansion plan in 2021 to reach 70-80 domestic routes, in which special attention is paid to direct flights to and from localities such as Con Dao, Rach Gia, Quy Nhon … but no airlines have exploited it to capture 30% market share of domestic airlines.

For the first time, launching special economy class on the routes to Con Dao and Dien Bien. Photo: Vietnam Airlines With premium economy class, passengers will have their own check-in counter and priority tag baggage. Passengers will receive a service voucher at the airport restaurant before boarding time. Notably, before departure, ordinary passengers are given priority to board the train after and after landing, and have priority to get off the train first, which saves waiting time. On the flight, passengers are served snacks and drinks. Aircraft are fitted with separating curtains at the end of the aircraft to increase the sense of privacy and comfort for special economy passengers. Lotusmiles members of Vietnam Airlines enjoy a mileage factor of up to 120 – 130%, much higher than normal class, from only 10 – 100%. These are all additional benefits that outweigh the regular fare class, providing a new and engaging experience for passengers. Currently, Vietnam Airlines operates 80 flights / week between the city. Ho Chi Minh – Con Dao, 5 flights / week between Can Tho – Con Dao and 21 flights / week between Hanoi – Dien Bien. Besides transporting tourists, these are the routes of Vietnam Airline to ensure traffic connection, socio-economic development in mountainous and island areas. Flights are being operated by VASCO, a member airline of Vietnam Airlines./.

(Artwork by: VNA) Up to now, Vietnam Airlines is the first and only airline operating a special economy class on these routes. With premium economy class, passengers will have their own check-in counter and priority tag baggage. Passengers will receive a service voucher at the airport restaurant before boarding time. Notably, before departure, ordinary passengers are given priority to board the train after and after landing, and have priority to get off the train first, which saves waiting time. On the flight, passengers are served snacks and drinks. Aircraft are fitted with separation curtains at the end of the aircraft to increase the sense of privacy and comfort for special Economy passengers. Lotusmiles members of Vietnam Airlines enjoy a mileage factor of up to 120% – 130%, much higher than the normal class of only 10% – 100%. Currently, Vietnam Airlines operates 80 flights / week between the city. Ho Chi Minh – Con Dao, 5 flights / week between Can Tho – Con Dao and 21 flights / week between Hanoi – Dien Bien. Flights are operated by VASCO, a member airline of Vietnam Airlines. In addition to transporting tourists, these are also Vietnam Airlines routes to ensure traffic connection, socio-economic development of mountainous and island areas.

(Source: GSO) According to the General Statistics Office released on April 29, international visitors to our country in April 2021 increased slightly compared to March 2021 but still decreased by 25.8% over the same period last year. Generally in the past four months, international visitors to our country decreased 98.2% over the same period last year. The report states that the reason is that Vietnam continues to take measures to prevent and control the Covid -19 epidemic, not opening up international tourism. The arrivals are mainly experts, foreign technical workers working in projects in Vietnam and driving goods at road border gates. Revenue from accommodation and catering services in the first four months of the year was estimated to increase by 10.1% over the same period last year because the accommodation and food service establishments were operating again. Travel tourism revenue is estimated at 4,000 billion, down 49.2% over the same period in 2020 … The General Department of Tourism said that the holidays of April 30 and May 1 and the summer tourist season are approaching, the number of guests booking and touring has increased sharply. For example, Khanh Hoa will welcome about 70,000 tourists staying. The hotel occupancy is estimated at about 70%. In particular, tourists mainly focus on hotels and resorts in Nha Trang city and Bai Dai area (Cam Lam – Cam Ranh). The reservation capacity in Quang Ninh province during the holidays April 30 and May 1 reached about 75.5% on April 30 and 66.5% on May 1-5. The Hanoi branch of Vietravel Travel Company said that the holidays of April 30 and May 1 this year will serve about 15,000 visitors with the most chosen destinations such as Sapa, Ha Long, Phu Quoc, Con Dao. , Da Nang, Quy Nhon, Buon Me Thuot, the West …

From the early morning of April 30, people everywhere flock to the Reunification Palace to visit. People were instructed to line up 2 long lines in front of the palace. It takes about 30 minutes for each person to buy a ticket. Reunification Palace is located at 135 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City), after visiting here it is easy to access other entertainment spots such as Botanical Garden, Notre Dame Cathedral, Nguyen Walking Street. Hue … Mr. Hoi (District 12) shared: “On the occasion of April 30, I took the opportunity to take my relatives to visit the Reunification Palace to enjoy the holiday atmosphere. Then the family will move to the airport to continue to Con Dao ”. The holiday ticket price is unchanged. Adult tickets cost 40,000-60,000 VND, child tickets 10,000-15,000 VND. Inside the palace, people divide into small groups to visit, avoiding crowds. Facing complicated developments in the Covid-19 epidemic, people adhere to wearing masks to protect their health and those around them. Ms. Nhi (living in District 7) shared: “On the occasion of April 30th, I and you come here to learn more about the country’s history, see first-hand historical artifacts as well as a trip. small days off ”. The weather in Ho Chi Minh City during the 4 holidays is forecasted to be hot, the temperature is 25-30 degrees Celsius. Outside the palace, functional forces are present to divert, avoid congestion. In addition, from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. on April 30, Ho Chi Minh City banned and restricted vehicles on some roads, including Le Duan Street (the front of the palace) to serve the bicycle racing team. .HCM for the 33rd time in 2021.

Departing on April 29 and coming back on May 2, passengers will have to pay about 7-8.4 million VND including tax fees. Specifically, if you choose the cheapest flight, you will travel on the departure flight at 13:05 and arrive at Con Dao at 15:25, with a round-trip ticket price of 7 million VND including tax and fee. During the peak of April 30 – May 1, the fare for a direct flight from Hanoi to Con Dao reached more than VND8.4 million per round-trip ticket, higher than the peak ticket price of Tet 2020 before translating Covid- 19 outbreaks. Photo: BAV. In addition to many flight options priced at about VND 8 million round trip, this flight also recorded a pair of round-trip flights with a total ticket price of up to VND 8.4 million / passenger. The departure of this flight with the price of 8.4 million dong is the flight departing at 12:30 from Noi Bai airport and arriving at Con Dao airport at 14:55 on April 29. The return leg of the journey will depart at 9:25 am on May 2 and land at Noi Bai airport at 11:50 am. Ticket price for the first leg of the itinerary is VND 4,245,000 including tax and return fare is 4,205,000 VND, making the total ticket price up to 8,450,000 VND. These non-stop flights are operated by Bamboo Airways with the 195 regional Embraer jets. In addition to the option to fly directly with Bamboo Airways, passengers can save money by transiting in Ho Chi Minh City with other airlines. flights of Vietnam Airlines Group. The cheapest round-trip fare that Vietnam Airlines and Vasco offer on the same flight sector is 4.5 million VND including tax and fee. Passengers will move to Ho Chi Minh City and transfer to Vasco’s ATR 72 to continue their journey to Con Dao. This kind of flight is half as cheap as a direct flight. However, passengers’ journey will last from 4 hours 30 minutes to more than 6 hours due to plane transfer. Meanwhile, the direct flight option only takes 2 hours and 20 minutes. In addition, the Embraer 195 experience is also more appreciated than the ATR 72 propeller airplane experience. According to the Aviation Administration, in the first quarter alone, Con Dao airport welcomed nearly 221,000 passengers, an increase of 2 times over the same period last year. Having direct flights from Hanoi and other northern provinces has made Con Dao tourism more accessible to passengers. Rising passenger demand and low Con Dao flight supply capacity, each flight can carry only 68 passengers (ATR 72) or 100 passengers (Embraer 195), making Con Dao fares always in the highest group in the market. inland.

Volunteers in Con Dao and scientists transplant coral corals on the natural bottom. Photo: VNA broadcast Master Nguyen Cong Danh, Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province, Chairman of the Advisory Council evaluating and accepting the project implementation results, chaired the meeting. The waters of Con Dao have marine biodiversity among the first in Vietnam with coral reefs playing an important role. Recent research shows that many Con Dao coral reefs have recovered quite well after being degraded. However, some reefs cannot recover from degradation or have narrow areas due to the lack of hard bottoms for coral growth. Therefore, the issue of restoring hard corals was proposed by Con Dao National Park and approved by the People’s Committee of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province. The Management Board of Con Dao National Park has cooperated with Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography to implement the project “Selection of applied models of hard coral recovery in ramsar area of ​​Con Dao National Park”. The project is implemented from May 2018 to April 2021 to restore and regenerate coral reefs affected by natural disasters but cannot restore naturally. The project has a common goal of restoring and managing a number of coral reefs in the ramsar area of ​​Con Dao National Park with community participation with 2 specific objectives: assessment of resilience and management of the reef. Ramsar Coral Park Con Dao National Park on the basis of coral reef status analysis and application of restoration techniques; building models of planting and restoring coral reefs in ramsar area of ​​Con Dao National Park (scale of 3 ha) and managing coral reef ecosystems to regenerate aquatic resources, protect the environment, and serve tourism. marine ecology. The project has 6 identified contents, including site selection survey, determining the scale of hard corals restoration in the ramsar area of ​​Con Dao National Park; assess the current status of coral reefs in the selected area before and after the rehabilitation, building a set of criteria for evaluating the restoration results; train community awareness on conservation and training skills in coral reef restoration for local officials and communities. The project also restored reefs on natural bottoms and artificial victim modeling; monitor and supervise the trend of change, the development ability of the recovered corals, the biological resources at the recovery location; building procedures for restoration, scale for the care and protection of hard corals. The members participating in the project to install iron piles as a permanent support for corals on the natural bottom. Photo: VNA broadcast Deputy Director of Con Dao National Park Tran Dinh Hue said, based on the survey results, the implementation team has chosen the method of restoring corals on the natural bottom (which used to be coral but degraded) and artificial bottom (previously no corals). On an artificial bottom, corals were recovered by group fragmentation according to Heeger & Sotto and Edwards’ recovery instructions. For an artificial substrate, the coral groups are fixed on an arched concrete platform with a diameter of 100x60cm (2 bottoms), 80cm high, 5cm thick, with 8-10 holes (10 – 15 cm) to increase coral immobilization and facilitate habitat entry. The total number of concrete tanks as artificial substrates in this project is 150 tanks. For natural substrates, coral conglomerate fragments are fixed directly on dead corals by wire or drawstring. To create strength, use iron stakes or steel nails mounted on the dead coral foundation as a permanent support for the coral. The average distance between colonies is about 0.50 – 1 meter with the way that the corals are vertically oriented and the most contact with the substrate is dead coral or iron piles. In addition, the “transplanted” coral branches are tagged to facilitate periodic inspection. Seven corals of three genera Acropora, Montipora, Pocillopora and two families Acroporidae and Pocilloporidae were selected for restoration. A detailed assessment of the current bottom status of the coral restoration area after restoration in September 2020 shows that the average coverage of hard corals at 3 points of Bai Cat Lon, Hon Tai, Dat Doc increased from 1. , 5 to 12%. This proves that restoring hard corals in degraded reef areas or creating coral recovery media on the bottom both creates conditions for the growth of corals and landscaping for living creatures. According to the assessment, in September 2020, the average density of coral reefs in the coral rehabilitation areas in Con Dao ranged from 175 to 752 individuals / 100 m2. The project has achieved its overall goal of restoring and managing a number of hard coral reefs in Con Dao National Park ramsar with community participation. During the period from October 2018 to September 2020, the project organized 5 rounds of hard coral assessment and restoration in 3 areas, including Dat Doc, Southwest Hon Tai and Bai Cat Lon. A total of over 6,000 pieces of the coral group were relocated and fixed on an area of ​​3 hectares, 1 hectare each. For corals recovered on natural bottoms in Dat Doc and southwest of Hon Tai (over 4,400 groups), the average survival rate of 5 recovered corals including Acropora grandis, Acropora hyacinthus, Acropora robusta, Acropora millepora and Acropora formosa are 82.1% and 82.9%, respectively. Meanwhile, the artificial bottom restoration of concrete tanks (over 1,600 groups) had a higher survival rate (85.6% for the 3 species of Acropora grandis, Acropora robusta and Acropora formosa). Some hard corals of beautiful shapes and colors also provide 100% survival. The average monthly growth rates of the three species of Acropora formosa, Acropora robusta and Acropora grandis in Dat Doc were 0.82cm, 0.89cm and 0.5cm, respectively. For the Hon Tai area, the average monthly growth rates of these three species are 0.81cm, 0.62cm and 0.47cm, respectively. On the artificial substrate, the average growth rate of Acropora formosa was higher than that of Acropora grandis with 0.88 cm / month and 0.74 cm / month, respectively. These values ​​indicate that the recovered branch corals in Con Dao were well developed. Volunteers in Con Dao and scientists transplant coral corals on the natural bottom. Photo: VNA broadcast According to Associate Professor, Dr. Vo Si Tuan, Director of Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography, Con Dao coral suffers many disasters, but fortunately, the natural regeneration of the coral reefs is very good, the coral cover is high. . In the near future, Con Dao National Park needs to strengthen the management of coral reefs, establish coral conservation zones to create conditions for marine life to live, develop and spread to the natural environment; mobilize by means of socialization of tourism businesses for the community to join hands in both exploiting aquatic resources and protecting, cultivating and exploiting aquatic products in a sustainable manner. The project has contributed to improving 3 reef areas, increasing coral coverage, increasing sustainable attachment prices for regenerating corals and creating a stable environment for development of the reef biome. The project has met the most basic criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of restorative corals including: survival rate, growth rate of coral colonies and habitat characteristics of the rehabilitation zone such as change. changes in the coverage of the benthic components, the emergence of species of economic and ecological value, an increase in density as well as the size of the reef biome. Through training and hands-on training, the project has supported Con Dao National Park to improve capacity and from now on Con Dao National Park Management Board can organize hard coral restoration with on-site human resources. employees and partners from the local community. After the meeting, the Advisory Council assessed, accepted and accepted the satisfactory evaluation of the project “Selecting the application model of hard corals recovery at ramsar, Con Dao National Park” with the consensus of all all 9 out of 9 scientific members join the Council. After transferring the project to the beneficiary of Con Dao National Park, the authorities encourage businesses to join the management of coral reef restoration for tourism, creating Artificial reefs in deep sea areas to develop adventure tourism.

The coral reefs in Con Dao waters have been recovered after the “catastrophe”. RECOVERY 7 TYPES OF MARRIES Con Dao sea area is considered to be the place with the highest marine biodiversity in Vietnam with coral reefs playing an important role. However, since 1997, the coral in Con Dao sea has developed slowly, in many places, the coral has died and bleached. Therefore, the Provincial People’s Committee “ordered” Con Dao National Park and Institute of Oceanography project “Selection of applied models of hard coral restoration in ramsar area of ​​Con Dao National Park”. Associate Professor – Dr. Vo Si Tuan, Former Director of Institute of Oceanography (Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province) – project manager, said that the coral reef restoration was done in 3 areas: Dat Doc, Southwest of Hon Tai (recovered on natural bottoms) and Bai Cat (restored on artificial bottoms). Rehabilitation activities include: assessment of current conditions, removal and fixation of corals, and monitoring of survival and growth (conducted 5 turns over a 2 year period). Accordingly, there are 7 types of corals belonging to 3 varieties: Acopora, Montipora and Pocillopora selected to be restored in the waters of Con Dao. In addition, some types with beautiful shapes and colors such as Echinophyllia echinoporoides, Oxypora glabra, Echinophyllia cehinoporoides were also tested to create diverse habitats for ecotourism. In the coral restoration area on the artificial bottom, the scientists split the pieces and then fixed the corals to 150 dome-shaped concrete tanks. In areas with natural bottoms to ensure good coral growth, scientists make direct fixings on dead corals by wire or drawstring. To make sure, the group used a 35cm iron pole or 10cm steel nail mounted on the dead coral foundation as a support. Talking about the project implementation process, Associate Professor, Dr. Vo Si Tuan said that the project team of up to 20 people (including scientists from Nha Trang, Con Dao National Park staff and fishermen) is not concerned. day and night, wind waves to work both on the sea and under the ocean. In particular, the hardest thing is to bring 150 dome-shaped concrete tanks of 100x60cm size to the sea. After being manufactured in Con Dao, these 150 tanks were implemented by the team implementing the project to rent a crane to Ben Dam port. From here, it takes 25 more boat trips to transport these concrete tanks to Hon Bay Canh. Dozens of healthy fishermen were mobilized to bring the concrete tub to Cat Lon beach (Hon Bay Canh) and put it in the right position (distance from 0.5-1m). According to Mr. Tran Dinh Hue, Deputy Director of Con Dao National Park, the agency in charge of the project, said that he has accompanied the scientists of the Institute of Oceanography during 2 years of implementing the project. The project is carried out entirely on the sea, under the ocean, so it is very difficult, depends a lot on weather factors. “Sometimes, when we are implementing the work, the weather is unfavorable, the waves are strong, the wind is strong, we have to stay 10 days before we can continue to deploy”, Mr. Hue said. SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT After 2 years (from October 2018 to September 2020), implementing an experimental coral restoration in Con Dao waters showed that corals have recovered well. Specifically, according to a detailed assessment of the current status of the bottom of the coral restoration area in September 2020, it shows that the amount of coral has been significantly improved through the coverage data of living corals. Accordingly, in Bai Cat Lon area, the coverage of hard corals varies from 0-13.1%. Hon Tai area The coverage of hard corals increased from 3.8% to 13.1%. Similarly for the Dat Doc area the coverage of hard corals increased from 0.6% to 10%. Thus, after 2 years of restoring corals, coverage of average hard corals at the three recovery points increased from 1.5 to 12% with the number of more than 4,400 coral groups restored on the natural bottom and 1,600 coral groups have been restored on the man-made reef. Mr. Nguyen Cong Danh, Director of the Department of Science and Technology, said the project “Selecting an application model for recovery of hard corals in the ramsar area of ​​Con Dao National Park” is an experimental project of great significance to the province and country. In particular, coral rehabilitation and development for the Con Dao ramsar area has achieved the main goal of improving coral reefs by increasing coral cover, increasing the cost of sustainable attachment for corals. restore and create a stable environment for the development of the coral reef biomes. From there, contributing to biodiversity conservation and restoration of natural resources, improving the quality of the ecosystem.

Other passenger flight options include flights of Vietnam Airlines (VND 3.7 million) and Bamboo Airways (VND 4.5 million). The price that airlines offer for this flight sector is about 500,000 – 1 million VND cheaper than the end of March because airlines have increased flights to Phu Quoc during the holiday peak. Similarly, the flight from Ho Chi Minh City – Phu Quoc in the above period also recorded a cooling down ticket price. Vietjet Air is offering a ticket price of 1.9 million VND for this flight sector, while the flight of Vietnam Airlines is 2 million VND and that of Bamboo Airways is 2.4 million VND. Fares are high but not fever Vietravel Airlines has a ticket price for this flight sector at VND 1.1 million, but the return ticket has expired. If you book a combination ticket on Vietjet Air, the flight itinerary of 2 airlines will have a total ticket price of nearly VND 2.2 million. The peak price for domestic travel flights April 30 to May 1 is at a high level, but has not led to a fever fever because airlines increase flights to serve the needs of passengers. Photo: Hoang Ha. Although Phu Quoc’s fares are still high compared to the low-end period, they have cooled down after increasing flights. At the end of March, round-trip tickets Hanoi – Phu Quoc fly at the peak of the holiday season, with prices ranging from 3.9 to 5 million depending on the airline. Other domestic travel flights during the holiday season also cooled down the ticket price or increased slightly compared to the time of booking at the end of March. Flight from Ho Chi Minh City – Nha Trang is the cheapest ticket price of 2.8 million. VND, flights are operated by Vietnam Airlines Group. Other passenger options include flying Bamboo Airways (VND 3 million) and Vietjet Air (VND 3.2 million). With the flight HCM City – Da Nang, the ticket price offered by airlines does not differ much from the time of booking at the end of March. The cheapest flight is Vietjet Air (2.3 million VND). next is Vietnam Airlines (2.7 million dong). Bamboo Airways (VND 3.1 million) and Vietravel Airlines (VND 3.2 million). The route from Ho Chi Minh City to Da Lat recorded the cheapest ticket price of 2 million dong, the flight operated by Vietjet Air. Other passenger options include Pacific Airlines (VND 2.2 million), Vietnam Airlines (VND 2.8 million), Bamboo Airways (VND 2.8 million) and Vietravel Airlines (VND 3.3 million). Increase flights to cool down tickets From the beginning of Hanoi’s axis, passengers on holiday in Da Nang have the cheapest flight option that combines Vietravel Airlines and Pacific Airlines’ return flights with a total ticket price of 3.3 million VND. Other options include return flights of Bamboo Airways (VND 3.5 million), Vietnam Airlines (VND 3.6 million) and Vietjet Air (VND 3.6 million). Previously, Vietnam Airlines said the company would increase nearly 500,000 seats, corresponding to approximately 2,600 domestic flights, provided by Vietnam Airlines Group (including Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and Vasco) in six days from April 28 to 3/5. The number of seats provided by these companies increased by approximately 100,000 seats compared to usual to meet the traveling needs of passengers during the holidays April 30 – May 1. In particular, Vietnam Airlines and Vasco provide nearly 2,100 flights with nearly 403,000 seats, while Pacific Airlines is nearly 500 flights with nearly 90,000 seats. Airlines have recorded that the number of passengers booking tickets for this occasion is increasing gradually in the past few days. Thousands of flights have been added by airlines on tourist routes during the holiday peak. Photo: Hoang Ha. The flights increased by Vietnam Airlines and its member airlines are mainly on routes between famous tourist destinations such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Quy Nhon, Da Lat, Phu Quoc … Similarly, Bamboo Airways said that due to the relatively early opening of tickets for the holidays and the strong increase in traffic volume in recent days, beautiful flights during the day from big cities to tourist destinations like Con Dao. , Phu Quoc, Nha Trang, Da Nang, Quy Nhon … are almost sold out. The number of tickets remaining is not much, the price is also slightly higher than a few weeks ago. In order to meet the rapidly increasing demand of passengers, in addition to bringing the entire fleet into full operation from the end of March, Bamboo Airways in early April is expected to continue to increase on average 12-15% of supply load. on the main routes and tourist routes in the holiday period. The increase of flights has helped domestic sea travel flights to cool down fares, there is no longer a ticket price exceeding 4-5 million VND, except for Con Dao flights due to the specific number of seats provided. not high of this route. Currently, the direct flight Hanoi – Con Dao on the occasion of 30/4 – 1/5 still holds the record price in domestic flights in Vietnam when it is recorded with a ticket price of 8.4 million dong, the flight is made by Bamboo Airways. Due to the 4-day holiday period of April 30 to May 1, travel agencies said that the domestic tourism market has many positive signals, especially with destinations like Phu Quoc. , Con Dao … Many famous hotels in tourist cities have run out of rooms, while other hotels have high occupancy rates.

According to information at the meeting, Ca Mau province is preparing a project calling for investment in building Hon Khoai deep-water port, an international transshipment seaport capable of receiving ships of 250,000 tons, the capacity through the port is 40 million tons / year, and is the main way of circulation serving goods. Ca Mau expects that, when there is a deep-water port, the surrounding area will form and develop industrial zones and clusters, helping to create jobs for people in the area. Concerned about this issue, KS Doan Manh Dung (Ho Chi Minh City Association of Marine Economic and Science), said that water transportation is the optimal transport system for the Mekong Delta because it has a river density of 0.68 km / km2. is a rare high density river in the world. Years ago, there was an idea proposing to build gateway ports for the Mekong Delta on offshore islands such as Con Dao, Hon Khoai, Nam Du. Up to now, in recent years, Ca Mau continues to want to be Hon Khoai deep-water port. However, right from the time the proposed idea was given above, KS Doan Manh Dung made a speech and stated that it is not feasible to make Hon Khoai port because it is wrong in principle. Hon Khoai is more than 6 nautical miles from the mainland Accordingly, in theory the formation and existence of a port has the following principles: A port exists only when the total cost of transport routes behind the port plus costs at the port plus the total cost of the routes. freight forward port is the least. If there is another port with less total cost, the previous port will not exist. He cites 3 examples to support this principle: First, the old Saigon port exists thanks to the total cost of transportation routes from the western and eastern provinces plus the cost of constructing and operating Saigon port and the costs of routes from Saigon port. the places are the least. The reason is that river ships from places to Saigon port are convenient, Sai Gon port has natural depth, the channel for large ships from the sea to enter Saigon port is not dredged. Those factors help shape the old Saigon city. Second, Vietnam used to plan to build Ke Ga port to export aluminum oxide. But at Ke Ga location, there are not enough natural factors for port. If you want to do it, you must invest in building a windbreak system and creating artificial depths. So the cost will be extremely large. Therefore, Ke Ga port project had to be canceled. Third, in the past, Hoi An was a good port. But when it was filled up and the demand for draft of the ship increased, the cost of maintaining the depth was so great that Hoi An became the museum today From here, KS Doan Manh Dung assessed that if you choose Hon Khoai or Con Dao as a port, it is convenient for ships to arrive at the port, but river ships from inland water to the island in the middle of the sea must upgrade from river ships to ships. coastal run, not to mention other issues. “Vietnam must upgrade all ships running in rivers to ships that can run at sea so that river ships can go to Hau river mouth at Tran De estuary and go back to Hon Khoai. This cost is not small for poor countries like Vietnam. This improvement will increase the total post-port costs plus the cost at the port and the pre-port costs will increase. Then, unable to compete with another port appeared with lower total costs. It is important to have a suitable port that can accommodate river ships and seagoing ships and the cost of construction and maintenance of the port is low, “said KS Doan Manh Dung. According to the expert, if opening a river connecting Hau river through Ca Mau to Hon Khoai port, this cost is not small, but will lose land and increase salinity for the Mekong Delta. If building the road from Ca Mau to Hon Khoai land to use road, we will deny the advantage of waterway transport of Mekong Delta. He also noted that the design of Hon Khoai port has not been discussed here with major shortcomings. That is the model of Hon Khoai port that will be alluvial from the north to quickly install the door into the water area of ​​the port. With a counter-clockwise cyclone in the Northern Hemisphere, the water area of ​​the port was exposed. “This model is the porting mindset of Australia in the southern hemisphere where the cyclone is clockwise. The consultant lacks understanding of the local laws of nature,” said KS Doan Manh Dung. said and suggested the policy of building Hon Khoai port should be reconsidered. “Every province has aspirations, but that aspiration must be based on the natural characteristics of that region”, he emphasized and cited for example, the Japanese documents show that the mouth of Ganh Rai bay has a water line – 9.5m to -11m. However, increasing the depth of the mouth of Ganh Rai bay to bring large ships into Cai Mep-Thi Vai port is a big financial challenge. A lesson summed up by countries around the world is that when the natural draft of the port is too small, the investment value increases according to the Parapol line when the draft increases. Meaning that to fight nature, the budget for maintaining the port depth is immense beyond the reach of a poor country.

According to the signed program, BBC Global News will broadcast the 30-second Ba Ria – Vung Tau travel video on Asia-Pacific television, continuously from Monday to Sunday for two months from April 8 – June 2 with 150 broadcasts in the peak hours 9:30 – 17:00, 17:00 – 19:00. This promotion is a large-scale global strategy to bring Ba Ria – Vung Tau to international friends, to avoid being forgotten during the pandemic. In the video Ba Ria – Vung Tau appeared with blue sea, white sand, golden sunshine, with 4 main discovery experiences, new experiences, majestic scenery, endless adventures and fresh air. BBC Global News is a major and prestigious media channel of the world with more than 450 million households watching in 200 countries and territories. This is also a channel chosen by many places with developed tourism to promote such as Australia, Thailand, India, Singapore … In Vietnam, before Ba Ria – Vung Tau, there were many other units cooperating and promoting. broadcast on this TV platform. After the video promoting Ba Ria – Vung Tau tourism was officially broadcast on international television, many people were quite unfamiliar with the local image that was something strange, not quite like what they used to be. come. TTC account commented: “Advertising in the dream or the most imaginary, all the resorts are exaggerating the beauty”, “As a Vung Tau, I do not realize” is the comment of the MRL account Although many opinions were mixed after the video was broadcast, there were also people who evaluated that within 30 seconds, the programmers chose the most beautiful corners in different places of the locality, not just Vung City. Ship, including pictures of Con Dao, Ho Tram … The PHP account also claims to be local savvy to know the places that appear in the travel promotion video above, “Seeing to know Con Dao right away, the next part of Long Hai, Ho Tram, and Con Dao, Angelina Jolie went a long time ago, the whole people went down to the beach after bathing and went back to eat seafood, even going 70 times. know”.

Anne Olivia Bauso, writer of Travel + Leisure admitting that choosing the most beautiful beach in Vietnam is very difficult. However, Anne asserted that Dam Trau beach in Con Dao is definitely a top candidate.

“Golden sand, bamboo groves and shady green trees. This is a place for you to spend the day swinging in a hammock by the beach and reading or walking, surfing … With the location near the airport. , planes often appear to bring excitement or fear to some people, “writes Anne.

Wild scene in Dam Trau beach. Photo: Vinh Bear.

In the list of 25 most beautiful beaches in the world by Travel + Leisure 3 other representatives in Asia were also mentioned including Railay West (Krabi, Thailand), Radhanagar (India) and Saud (Luzon, Philippines).

This list also mentions some familiar names such as Elafonissi – famous pink sand beach in Greece or Hanalei Bay (Kauai, Hawaii, USA) …

Vietnam is the name given to by the writers Travel + Leisure spend great attention. In front of Dam Trau beach, Hoi An has also repeatedly led the list of the most beautiful cities in the world published by this magazine. In 2020, The Reverie Saigon is fine Travel & Leisure ranked 57th in the list of the top 100 hotels in the world.

Dam Trau Beach, Con Dao, Vietnam

Along with the strong economic development, Vietnam’s beaches have become great destinations not only for domestic tourists but also for international friends.

Besides other forms of tourism, natural beaches in every country are developing extremely strongly and are one of the most popular destinations.

Travel + Leisure travel website announced 25 most beautiful beaches in the world, of which Dam Trau beach, Con Dao, Ba Ria – Vung Tau province ranked 18th.

Travel + Leisure Magazine based in New York (USA) is a leading prestigious travel & experience review site. Recently, Travel + Leisure had an article announcing the 25 most beautiful beaches in the world by 2021, a representative of Vietnam reached this top.

Not Phu Quoc, Ha Long or Nha Trang, this only representative of Vietnam in the top 25 most beautiful beaches in the world also surprised many people because they could rarely be heard.

Dam Trau beach is located very close to Co Ong airport, on the outer edge of Con Dao National Park and about 14km from Con Dao town.

That is Dam Trau beach, in the waters of Con Dao, Ba Ria – Vung Tau. Dam Trau beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in Con Dao. Its wonderful natural landscape always makes anyone admire when arriving.

Dam Trau Beach is located very close to Co Ong airport, on the outer edge of Con Dao National Park, known as the most beautiful beach on this island. From Dam Trau beach one can see the plane landing, providing a 1-0-2 experience.

From Dam Trau beach you can see the plane landing, giving visitors a 1-0-2 experience.

The road to Dam Trau beach is about 15km from the center of Con Dao. However, with the beautiful sea supply, this only slightly far distance brings great advantages. Coastal roads with sunlight and clear blue sea always attract everyone’s eyes.

The scene is picturesque. Surrounded by a C-shaped pass, one side is a cliff and in the middle are rows of trees stretching to cover the ball. The beach is smooth yellow and the beach is emerald green.

Tourism experts say that choosing the most beautiful beach in Vietnam is a difficult task, but Dam Trau beach, Con Dao is a top name:

“With clear golden sand, soft strips of soil, and shady bamboo groves and evergreen trees, this is a good place for you to spend the day swinging in a beach hammock reading and walking below Fresh coconut goods. From the beach, commercial planes can be seen landing from a nearby airport, bringing temporary excitement (or disruption) to tourists.

This is known as the most beautiful beach on this island.

In the list of the 25 most beautiful beaches in the world voted by Travel + Leisure, 3 other representatives in Asia are also named including Railay West (Krabi, Thailand), Saud (Luzon, Philippines) and Radhanagar (India). Degree).

Previously, Hoi An was ranked by Travel + Leisure as the most beautiful city in the world. In 2020, The Reverie Saigon is also ranked 57th in the top 100 hotels in the world by this magazine.