After the Lunar New Year (Tet holiday), the VASCO (Vietnam Service Air Company) airlines operated five or six daily flights on the Ho Chi Minh city – Con Dao route, said Ms Trinh Thi Phuong, head of the VASCO branch in Con Dao.
The southern island district of Con Dao received 19,000 foreign visitors in 2013, representing a year-on-year increase of 49% and making up 20% of the total number of visitors to the locality known as Poulo Condor.
Many people usually mistake bun sung (noodles cooked with water lily) of the coastal city of Vung Tau with noodle dishes found in the Mekong Delta provinces of Tra Vinh, Soc Trang and Ca Mau.