Fuguo Island

Fuguo Island

Fuguo island is an island of Vietnam, located in the Gulf of Thailand. It has a tropical rainforest climate with an average annual temperature of 23 ° to 27 ° and an area of 590 square kilometers. It has a population of 103000. It is rich in pearls and fish sauce.

essential information

Best travel time: All Seasons

Suggested days: about 4-5 days

Local climate: tropical rain forest climate

Tourist attractions: Mazu temple, Star Beach, cable car, etc. the forest coverage rate of the island is about 90%

CNN recently pointed out that the Asia Pacific region has five distinctive features, among which Vietnam's Fuguo island is one.

Fuguo island is the only visa free island in Vietnam.

Local language

Vietnamese, English

Customs declaration

If you bring more than 7000 US dollars (20000 RMB or other equivalent currency) and more than 300 grams of gold when you enter the country, you must declare it. Otherwise, when you leave the country, the excess will be confiscated by the Vietnamese customs. When a domestic group visits abroad, if the group fee is carried by a specially assigned person, it should be declared or kept separately when entering the country. Otherwise, the part exceeding US $3000 when leaving the country will be confiscated by Vietnam customs. When foreigners leave Vietnam, they can carry 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars, 250 grams of tobacco and 1 liter of alcohol duty-free. Vietnamese customs forbids entry of inflammable, explosive, corrosive, highly toxic, radioactive, odorous articles, various yellow books and periodicals, video discs, animals and plants without quarantine and weapons. Note 1. Unlike most visa, the validity period and stay time of Vietnamese visa are overlapped. For example, the visa is valid from January 1 to January 30, and tourists who enter Vietnam on January 28 must leave on January 30. 2. Guns, explosives and firecrackers; all kinds of narcotics and drugs; all kinds of yellow and reactionary books, magazines and videos; cigarettes (except those with them); antiques; animals and plants not quarantined are not allowed to enter China. 3. Chinese civil servants are not allowed to bring their work documents into China. 4. The entry of valuables should be reported truthfully.

5. Large pieces of Vietnamese mahogany furniture are not allowed to be taken out of the country.

Passport requirements

All visitors to Vietnam must hold a passport valid for more than six months from the date of entry. In order to avoid the loss of the passport, you should carry a copy of the passport (including the information page and the entry-exit seal page). If the passport is lost, report to the nearest police station immediately and issue a certificate of passport loss. Contact the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam.

Visa processing

Domestic direct flights to Fuguo Island, do not need to apply for a visa in advance, landing visa can, visa free.

If you need to stay or transfer in other cities in Vietnam, you need to pay for a normal Vietnamese visa.

To apply for landing visa, you need to bring two (4cm * 6cm) white background color photos and fill in one application form.

geographical position

Phu Quoc Island

Vietnam's largest island, in the Gulf of Thailand.

It is 11km from the South Bank of Cambodia to the north and 69km from the west coast of Vietnam to the East.

It is about 48 kilometers long from the north to the South and 27 kilometers wide from the east to the west, covering an area of 596 square kilometers.

The eastern part of the island is from 600 meters above sea level in the north to 366 meters in the south. The western part and the southern part of the island are relatively low, and part of the island is covered by forest.

It has a tropical monsoon climate with a dry winter of 2 ∼ 3 months.

The island produces coal jade, anthracite, wood, pepper, cocoa, coffee, betel nut and coconut. It has developed fisheries and exports fish sauce, dried coconut kernel and hawksbill shell. Duong Dong in the west is the main town, and an Thoi in the South has an airport. Fuguo island is located in Vietnam's Kien Giang Province, with an area close to that of Singapore and a population of about 75000 people. However, when the dry season comes, fishermen from Da Nang rush here with abundant fish, which makes the population here increase to about 120000. .

Local customs

Fuguo Island, also known as Queen Louis Island, is the largest island in Vietnam. Its area is equivalent to that of Singapore, with a population of more than 70000. On this undeveloped Island, lying under a thatched umbrella by the sea, blowing a fresh sea breeze in the hot sun, or looking at the distant fishing boats fishing for cuttlefish at night, you will be very happy. If you can go fishing in person is a good entertainment, Fuguo island is really more fish, less people, often a rod will soon be a fish on the hook.

Fuguo island has a unique tourism environment. The flight time from Ho Chi Minh City to Fuguo island is about one hour. There are also direct flights to Fuguo island in China. In Fuguo Island, you can go fishing, snorkeling, swimming, and walk on the clear sand beach for several kilometers. If you want to go to sea by boat, you need to make a reservation in a hotel. Generally, you can make a trip on the same day. There are famous golden beaches and virgin forests here. It's a good choice whether you go up the mountain or down the sea. Malaysian cruise ships send 300-500 tourists every week, which shows that this place has been favored by world-famous tourism companies.

In addition, the fish sauce produced in Fuguo island is a household name. In order to produce this kind of traditional fish sauce, the islanders have to put huge wooden barrels in the dark warehouse, put the small anchovy into it for fermentation for a whole year, and then produce a sticky golden liquid after processing. The smell is spicy and the taste is better than the fish sauce produced in Vietnam. The main reason is that the fermentation period of Fuguo island is longer than that of Vietnam. In addition to fish sauce, the main crops here are pepper, coffee, coconut, etc., and the marine products are snails, tortoiseshell, sea turtles, cuttlefish, etc., which are also one of the important fishing grounds in Vietnam.

historical origin

In fact, Fuguo island has some connections with China. At the beginning of 1952, the Hunan troops of General Huang Jie of the Kuomintang retreated to Fuguo island in Vietnam. Later, they were taken back by the Kuomintang government retreating to Taiwan, and a village of Hanning was set up in Taipei for resettlement. There was also a Fuguo island in Kaohsiung to commemorate them.

In addition, the well-known ones at home and abroad were also born on the rich country island of Vietnam. The original name was that after the KMT troops moved to Taiwan, they took root in Zuoying with the support of the Marine Corps. They changed their name to Hou and became subordinate to the Ministry of education. It was also renamed "often going abroad performance", which was highly praised by international people.

Address: Wenqian Road, Niaosung District, Kaohsiung

Longitude: 120.34975

Latitude: 22.662722

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