Quang Ninh province: Investment opportunities - Landscapes - People

The number of tourists to the northern province of Quang Ninh was estimated to reach 9.87 million in 2017, a year-on-year rise of 18%, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.

Representatives from the Government’s Steering Committee on Human Rights, leaders from 30 northern provincial and city Party Committee Commission for Popularization and Education, relevant agencies and press agencies joined a training course on dissemination of human rights held in Quang Ninh province on December 7th.

(CPV) - The northern province of Quang Ninh greeted an estimated 9.87 million tourists in 2017, a year-on-year rise of 18%, grossing a turnover of VND17.88 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 30%, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.

More than 30,000 visitors attended the 2017 Vietnam-China International Tourism and Trade Fair in the northern province of Quang Ninh from December 1st to 7th.

The northern province of Quang Ninh and central province of Ha Tinh has reached an agreement for cooperation in tourism promotion, as a result of recent survey tours between the two sides.

The Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee has issued Plan 77/KH-UBND implementing programs to serve National Tourism Year 2018.

The Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee has issued a plan on increasing social involvement in giving housing support to disabled people and orphans in poor and nearly-poor families, and those who cannot afford houses, in the 2017-2019 period.

The Quang Ninh province’s Customs has launched a campaign against illegal trade and transport of drugs and precursor through borders in late 2017 as well as during the 2018 lunar New Year festival, contributing to creating a healthy environment.

Increasing the studying and following of President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style has been identified as an important and regular task by the Cam Pha city Party Committee in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

Being one of the communes striving to reach standards of the program on building new style rural areas of the northern mountainous province of Quang Ninh’s Mong Cai city, Van Ninh commune is establishing a new rural face.

The eighth conference on economic corridor cooperation between Lao Cai, Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh (Vietnam) and Yunnan (China) opened in the northern port city of Hai Phong on November 22nd.

Investment has been poured strongly into property in the north-eastern border province of Quang Ninh, seeing the engagement of major property groups, BIM group, VinGroup, Sun Group and FLC, as a few to name.

The north-eastern border province of Quang Ninh needs a special administrative-economic unit with specific preferential mechanism to make the best use of local advantages, and attract investment, high technology and new advanced management to build a high-growth region and speed up economic restructuring and development.

The Taxation Department of the northeastern coastal province of Quang Ninh has taken measures to deal with tax arrears of businesses in order to fulfil the state budget collection target this year.

Located 80 kilometres from the mainland, Quang Ninh province’s Co To island, a rough pearl in the Gulf of Tonkin with turquoise sea and tranquil beaches, has grown in popularity among domestic and international visitors.

Binh Lieu is a highland border district of Quang Ninh province. It is more than 100km northeast of Ha Long city and is known as "Sa Pa of Quang Ninh province", "Sa Pa of the Northeastern region" with beautiful natural scenery, attracting a large number of young travelers.

Tien Yen district, in the heart of northeastern Quang Ninh province, is close by Ha Long Bay, the Mong Cai border gate economic zone, and the Van Don economic zone. Tien Yen is home to several ethnic minority groups whose cultural identities have passed down the generations.

The “Going to the field” festival 2017 of Quang Yen town, Quang Ninh province, takes place in the sixth lunar month at Coc Temple by the Cua Dinh River. The culture, sports, and tourism event has attracted locals and visitors near and far.

A workshop to study Ho Chi Minh’s journalistic style was held by the inter-association of journalists of the Quang Ninh Radio and Television Station on the occasion of the 92nd anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21st).

(CPV) - From June 19th-28th, the national team chess championships 2016 took place in Northern Bac Giang province.

On May 17th, a supervision delegation, led by Mr. Nguyen Van Pha, Deputy President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, worked with the Quang Ninh Electoral Committee on preparations for the election of 14th NA and People’s Council deputies at different levels.

(CPV) - The 1st age-group Northern open chess 2016 tour, co-hosted by Vietnam Chess Federation and Bac Giang provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, took place from May 14th-15th .

On May 5th, the Fatherland Front Committees of Tien Yen district in Quang Ninh province organized a conference to realize plans for meetings with voters for candidates nominated as People’s Council deputies (tenure 2016-2021).

Standing Vice Head of the Quang Ninh province People’s Committee Mr Dang Huy Hau on May 6th chaired a meeting to prepare for the Conference to promote investment for agricultural production and productivity.

Cai Chien island commune of Quang Ninh province’s Hai Ha district was officially connected to the national electricity grid on April 28th.

In applying the third phase of the program on boosting socio-economic development in extremely disadvantaged ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous communes (Program 135), the northern province of Quang Ninh has spent over VND333 trillion.

The Quang Ninh Customs Department has just discovered and arrested a man on a coach in Ha Long city, heading from Mong Cai to Hanoi, for storing 1.2kg of drugs.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong paid a fact-finding tour of northern Quang Ninh province on April 13th - 14th to examine the implementation of the 12th National Party Congress’s Resolution, Party building, and socio-economic issues.

In 2016, the northern province of Quang Ninh is determined to complete key constructions, said Nguyen Van Doc, Secretary of the Quang Ninh provincial Party Committee, during the 5th meeting of the provincial Party Executive Board held on March 30th.

With the theme "Integration - Cooperation and Development, over four days from March 18th-21st, the 2016 Ha Long Cherry Blossom and Yen Tu Yellow Apricot Flower Festival attracted 70,000 visitors.