Con Dao, an island district in Ba Ria – Vung Tau southern province, has been included in Lonely Planet's travel magazine as one of the top nine of the world's most mysterious islands.
Con Dao Relics Management Board and Hoa Lo Prison Management Board solemnly opened the photo exhibition "flowers in storms" at Cong Quan House relic in the morning of March 3, 2017.
Con Dao Island is currently implementing marine turtle conservation and is home to the largest population of natural sea turtles in Vietnam. Around April to October every year, visitors arriving on Con Dao Island have the opportunity to experience turtles laying eggs and baby turtles hatching.
Con Dao welcomed nearly 167,000 visitors last year. After implementing the Resolution No. 08-NQ/TW of the Politburo on "Developing tourism into a key economic sector", Con Dao tourism developed more and more. The number of visitors increased strongly. To develop sustainable tourism, Con Dao district have to keep environment "green - clean - beautiful".
Con Dao district's government pay attention to propaganda, education, honoring the glorious history of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the great contributions of President Ho Chi Minh to the revolutionary cause of Vietnam and propaganda learning and doing according to Ho Chi Minh's moral example at all levels of government, branches, organizations and individuals; Criticizing the negative manifestations, gambling, superstitious, wasteful in the filial duty, joyful duty, festive season; Popularizing lines of the Party, policies and laws of the State;
The Con Dao Sports Festival organized the Traditional Race and Men's Swimming Tournament to celebrate Victory Day and International Labor Day on the morning of April 30th.
Travel is a wonderful natural experience that Con Dao converges full of majestic landscape. The island is made up of an archipelago of 16 different islands. Each with its own unique features that will surely give visitors many different emotions. The most notably difference is to discover Tai islet, Bay Canh islet, Cau islet or Tre Lon island ... Con Dao has three typical travel experience tour (The travel experience is the activities of visitors helping them identify the destination. It's something that visitors have to do or have to see). The three typical travel experience tours in Con Dao include:
The Department of Tourism sent an official dispatch to Management Board of Tourirm areas, the Office of Culture – Information Department, businesses in the province to request the implementation of tourist service in Victory Day (30/4) and May day (01/05). Con Dao district People's Committee has written request businesses, organizers serving tourists during the holidays 30-4, 1-5 embellish facilities, make environmental sanitation, launch typical products to attract tourists, prepare means and arrange staff to ensure the safety for tourists, seriously sell at the listed price, ensure food hygiene and safety, not invite visitors with insistence. Arranging warning signs, rescue and salvage at destinations, beaches; Strengthening security control, food hygiene and safety, fire and explosion prevention.
The show was held to create a joyful atmosphere to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the liberation of South Vietnam, the liberation of Con Dao (30/4/1975 - 30/4/2017), the International Labor Day(01/05), the 63rd anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory (07/5/1954 - 07/5/2017), the 127th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (19/5/1980 - 19/5/2017).
In the joyful atmosphere of the whole country to celebrate the 42th anniversary of the Liberation of South Vietnam, the Labor Day, the 63rd anniversary of Dien Bien Phu victory, and the 127th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh, on the morning of May 1, 2017, Con Dao Museum in conjunction with the National Archives II of Ho Chi Minh City, the National Archive IV of Da Lat city organize a special exhibition called " The past of Con Dao through archives ".
To create more places of sightseeing and to diversified tourist products for visitors, make a place for exchanging between the locals and tourists visiting Con Dao, the People's Committee of Con Dao district organized a report on the design of walking area and public toilets on Ton Duc Thang street in Con Dao district on 26th May 2017.
To commemorate the great feast of the country in the historic May and the 127th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh, Con Dao district’s government held the Public Art Performance 2017 in three days (May 17-19).
Ba Ria - Vung Tau People's Committee issued Decision No. 1481 / QD-UBND on 2nd June 2017 on the establishment of Con Dao Tourism National Park Management Board on the basis of reorganizing the management board of tourist areas in Con Dao district.
Ms Vo Thi Sau was the only woman who was exiled to Con Dao Island and executed here in time of French Viet Nam war. Her indomitable example has become the pride of youth in our country. She exists in the heart of the Viet Nam people as a heroine who sacrificed her life for independence and freedom of the country and happiness of the people.
With the motto of bringing a lot of benefit and give customers many options to choose high quality products, travel service companies have built many Con Dao tours with attractive prices during summer 2017.
On July 21, 1977, the Chairman of the People's Committee of BR-VT issued Decision No. 2038 approving the project "Piloting business activities by motorized four-wheeler (using electric power) to transporting tourists in Con Dao district. " Although the deployment time is not long, the image of the electric cars moving on the road in Con Dao has become familiar, while giving tourists and Con Dao residents more choice to move.
On the morning of 06/9/2017, the Party, Government, soldiers and people of Con Dao district solemnly held the 75th anniversary of the death General Secretary Le Hong Phong at the Con Dao Temple