High-speed boat takes four hours to travel between HCM City and Con Dao Island

The high-speed boat from Ho Chi Minh City to Con Dao, the Thang Long has a capacity of 1,017 passengers

The high-speed boat from Ho Chi Minh City to Con Dao helps connect trade and develop tourism between the southern city and Ba Ria - Vung Tau province.

It has a top speed of 35 nautical miles (more than 60 km) per hour and it takes four hours to travel between Ho Chi Minh City and Con Dao, a tourist island off the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

The company has coordinated with the Ministry of National Defense to build ships for this high-speed line, with international standards and modern equipment.

The high-speed boat from Ho Chi Minh City to Con Dao is a new passenger transport route by water, giving people more options for traveling to and from Con Dao.

The vessel makes three trips a week every other day. It leaves Ho Chi Minh City’s Hiep Phuoc Port at 7 a.m. and Con Dao’s Ben Dam Port at 1 p.m. Tickets cost VND615,000 - 1.1 million (24.16-43.22 USD) depending on ticket class and departure time.

In Ho Chi Minh City, the company will arrange shuttle buses to serve passengers from September 23 park to Saigon-Hiep Phuoc Port. The first boat operates from May 15.

The Phu Quoc High-speed Boat Joint Stock Company currently owns a fleet of 11 boats with capacity of from 230 to 1,017 passengers, operating to Vietnamese islands such as Phu Quoc, Con Dao, Phu Quy and Ly Son, with service planned to the islands of Bach Long Vy and Cu Lao Cham in the near future./.