Quang Ninh province: Investment opportunities - Landscapes - People

The northern port province of Quang Ninh has made quality and efficiency of services the main theme of 2019 towards the target of becoming a service and tourism centre of the region in 2020.

The move to Ha Long bay is becoming much easier as Van Don International Airport was put into operation on December 30th, 2018, Channel News Asia said.

Doing business in Quang Ninh has become easier in recent years, thanks to local authorities’ efforts to simplify administrative procedures.

The Van Don Economic Zone (EZ) in northeastern Quang Ninh province needs 70.2 billion USD by 2050 for its investment demands, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh welcomed 200,000 visitors during the New Year holiday, up 30 percent compared to the same period last year.

“So” (camellia oleifera) Flower Festival 2018 took place at Dong Tam commune, Binh Lieu district in Quang Ninh province from December 15th - 17th.

A unique and attractive light festival is organized at Quang Ninh Gate Resort in Binh Duong commune, Dong Trieu town, on November 3rd - 25th, to create an impressive entertainment address for visitors.

Quang Ninh is sometimes called a “Vietnam in miniature”. During 55 years of construction and development, it has become a modern industrial and service province.

245 artworks by 192 artists from 47 localities nationwide, including 43 focusing on the topic of Ha Long and Quang Ninh, will be displayed at the Vietnam Artistic Photo Exhibition 2018.

A training course on community ecotourism on Quan Lan island was organized by the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Community Ecotourism Board in Quan Lan commune, Van Don district, on October 23rd.

With beautiful natural landscapes and open-minded people, Quang Ninh has become an endless subject for photographers.

Ha Lau mountainous market in the northern Quang Ninh province’s Tien Yen district has been reinstated to encourage local people to make agricultural and forestry products, and special traditional handicrafts.

Tien Yen district Department of Culture and Information and Ha Lau Commune People’s Committee has reinstated Ha Lau mountainous market to maintain the market activities and encourage local people to make agricultural and forestry products, special traditional handicrafts to sell at the market.

Folk melodies have been performed in Ha Long city at the festival of folk singing and musical instruments of three Vietnamese regions, part of the National Tourism Year 2018.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (PM) has approved the adjustment of the overall scheme of Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh to 2040, with a vision to 2050.

Playing an important role in the Hanoi-Hai Phong-Quang Ninh economic triangle and serving as a gateway for trade between Vietnam, ASEAN and China, the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh has been making several breakthroughs to develop local transport infrastructure and meet the burgeoning economic growth.

The northern province of Quang Ninh has an additional 1,876 newly-established enterprises in the first nine months of the year, with a total registered capital of over VND18.9 trillion, up 6.6% in number of enterprises and up over 146% in capital from the same period last year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to recognize Mong Cai city as a second-class urban center of Quang Ninh province.

Over the past time, Cam Pha city in the northern province of Quang Ninh seriously carried out Directive 05-CT/TW of the Politburo on “Intensifying studying and following ideology, morality and style of President Ho Chi Minh” with many comprehensive solutions.

The northern province of Quang Ninh will be the destination for a two-day field-trip of delegates to the World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN) 2018, which it considers a good chance to attract more investment from the Northeast Asian region.

In order to adapt to climate change, protect coastal dykes and prevent erosion of coastal tidal flats, the Quang Ninh provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Hai Ha district’s Quang Minh commune have organized to plant a mangrove forest in Quang Minh commune.

The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh welcomed 86,000 tourists, including 19,000 foreigners, during the three-day National Day holiday from September 1st-3rd.

Geographic location and efforts in improving provincial competitiveness index (PCI), investing synchronous transport infrastructure, and renovating investment attraction are important advantages for Quang Ninh to continue attracting more investment to the locality, especially foreign direct investment (FDI), in the near future.

Geographic location and efforts in improving provincial competitiveness index (PCI), investing synchronous transport infrastructure, and renovating investment attraction are important advantages for Quang Ninh to continue attracting more investment to the locality, especially foreign direct investment (FDI), in the near future.

Tien Yen district of Quang Ninh province will organize a chicken food festival in early October at the Cultural and Sport Centre of ethnic minorities in the northeastern region of the province.

More than 8.4 million tourists visited Quang Ninh in Jan-July 2018, up 26% over a year earlier, in which foreigners reached more than 2.8 million, up 17%, reported Vietnam News Agency.

A proposed 20 - 85% increase in entrance fees to Ha Long bay is scheduled to be implemented on January 1st, 2019.

The World Dream cruise ship, carrying 3,666 visitors with Chinese nationality, has docked at Hon Gai Port in Ha Long city.

The Thanh Lan border post in Co To island district, Quang Ninh province, recently presented 150 national flags and Uncle Ho’s photos to 75 fisherman families in the locality.

The number of tourists to Quang Ninh reached an estimated 7.5 million in the first half of 2018, a year-on-year rise of 26%, in which 2.46 million are foreigners, up 14%, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.