Dated travel updates for Phu Quoc
Update log · Latest entry 15 October 2026 (scheduled)
What's changed: the Phu Quoc log, newest first
One table per period, newest first. Each row gives the date of the change, what changed, who it affects and where the information comes from, with a link to the page that explains it.
How this log works
A row goes into the log when a change has a date and a source we have read: a legal text, an operator's own page, or a report in a national newspaper. Rows marked scheduled or announced describe something that had not happened, or had not been confirmed, when we checked. The source column names the publisher and the publication date; the full links are on each update page and in the source lines below each table.
The log is written for people about to travel, so the "who it affects" column is practical: a change in provincial boundaries matters to anyone filling in an address, while a new route matters only to people flying from that city. When a row says "everyone", it means every visitor arriving on the island.
October back to July 2026
| Date | What changed | Who it affects | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 (scheduled) | Moscow (SVO)–Phu Quoc route due to start, two flights a week, wide-body aircraft | Travellers from Russia | VOV, 23 Aug 2026 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | APEC 2027 Leaders' Week confirmed as expected in the Phu Quoc special zone; no dates given | Anyone planning a trip in 2027 | Dai bieu Nhan dan, 2 Oct 2026 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Airport terminal concrete about 95%, roof steel complete; technical flight planned 30 Dec 2026; operation from April 2027 | Everyone flying in or out from 2027 | VietnamPlus, 1 Oct 2026 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | National Assembly resolution on special mechanisms for APEC 2027 projects takes effect (passed 24 Aug) | Indirect: speeds up airport, road and convention-centre works | Thoi bao Tai chinh, 24 Aug 2026 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | An Thoi port taken over by a new operating company after an auction | Visitors taking boats to the An Thoi islands | Tuoi Tre, 7 Aug 2026 |
| 25 Jul 2026 (scheduled) | Hai Phong–Phu Quoc and Phu Quoc–Singapore daily services scheduled to start | Travellers from Hai Phong and Singapore | Mekong ASEAN, 13 Jul 2026; The Leader, 22 May 2026 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Special-zone directive: registered and inspected boats only, no overloading, life jackets, certified crew, no departures in bad weather | Anyone on a canoe or boat trip | Tuoi Tre, 14 Jul 2026 |
| 12 Jul 2026 | Operators pause island canoe tours from An Thoi; by 13 July the Ministry of Construction had ordered a national waterway-safety review | Anyone booking island-hopping trips | VnEconomy, 13 Jul 2026 |
| 11 Jul 2026 | Tourist canoe capsizes on the way back to An Thoi; 15 visitors die | — | Viet Nam News, 11 Jul 2026 |
Details: flights · airport and APEC 2027 · ferries and ports · boat-safety rules.
Sources: VOV — Moscow route from 15 October (23 Aug 2026); Dai bieu Nhan dan — APEC 2027 preparations (2 Oct 2026); VietnamPlus — workers on the airport site (1 Oct 2026); Thoi bao Tai chinh — resolution on APEC projects passed; Tuoi Tre — An Thoi port changes operator (7 Aug 2026); Mekong ASEAN — Hai Phong routes from 25 Jul 2026; The Leader — Singapore route announced (22 May 2026); Tuoi Tre — special zone tightens waterway rules (14 Jul 2026); VnEconomy — operators pause island canoe tours (13 Jul 2026); Viet Nam News — canoe capsizes off An Thoi (11 Jul 2026) · checked .
June back to January 2026
| Date | What changed | Who it affects | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Apr 2026 | Special-zone chairman says the night market will not be scrapped; new sites being surveyed; the operator asked to hand back the Bach Dang site | Visitors staying in Duong Dong | Tien Phong, 1 Apr 2026 |
| 29 Mar 2026 | First Phu Quoc–Taipei flight, five flights a week | Travellers from Taiwan | Dai bieu Nhan dan, 30 Mar 2026 |
| 15 Mar 2026 | Phu Quoc–Nha Trang (Cam Ranh) flights start, four a week at first | Domestic travellers combining beaches | Nha Dau tu, 17 Mar 2026 |
| 1 Mar 2026 | Power and water cut at the Bach Dang night market site; some vendors on generators | Evening visitors in Duong Dong | Tuoi Tre, 8 Mar 2026 |
| 28 Feb 2026 | Temporary extension for the night market at Bach Dang ends | Evening visitors in Duong Dong | Tien Phong, 1 Apr 2026 |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Special zone launches a 24/7 Tourism Rapid Response Team for complaints, lost property and first aid | Everyone | Viet Nam News, 27 Feb 2026 |
| 14 Feb 2026 | Record day at the airport: 86 arriving flights, 50 of them international | Indicator of peak-season crowding | Nong nghiep & Moi truong, 15 Feb 2026 |
| 1 Jan 2026 | Airport run by a new operator under licences issued 25 Dec 2025 | Everyone flying in or out | Dai bieu Nhan dan, 26 Dec 2025 |
Details: night market site · flights and routes · airport.
Sources: Tien Phong — 'no question of removing the night market' (1 Apr 2026); Dai bieu Nhan dan — first international flight to Taipei (30 Mar 2026); Nha Dau tu — Nha Trang route opens (17 Mar 2026); Tuoi Tre (Phu Nu) — vendors run generators (8 Mar 2026); Viet Nam News — Tourism Rapid Response Team launched; Nong nghiep & Moi truong — record international day; Dai bieu Nhan dan — new airport operator from 2026 · checked .
2025
| Date | What changed | Who it affects | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | Ten-year lease for the Bach Dang night market and walking street ends | Evening visitors in Duong Dong | Tien Phong, 1 Apr 2026 |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Fast boats and ferries from Rach Gia and Ha Tien suspended in north-east wind gusting to level 8 | Ferry passengers | Tuoi Tre, 20 Nov 2025 |
| 1 Nov 2025 | A new airline based on the island starts commercial flights | Domestic travellers | Mekong ASEAN, 19 Mar 2026 |
| 15 Aug 2025 | 45-day visa-free stays for a second list of European countries, valid to 14 Aug 2028 (Resolution 229/NQ-CP) | Citizens of the listed countries | Government policy portal, 11 Aug 2025 |
| Jul 2025 | Airport expansion works start (VietnamPlus on 1 Oct 2026 gave September 2025: sources differ) | Everyone flying in from 2027 | VietnamPlus, 8 Aug and 1 Oct 2026 |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Kien Giang merged into An Giang; Phu Quoc city becomes the Phu Quoc special zone | Everyone: addresses, forms, maps | SGGP, 1 Jul 2025 |
| 15 Mar 2025 | 45-day visa-free stays for a first list of countries, valid to 14 Mar 2028 (Resolution 44/NQ-CP) | Citizens of the listed countries | Bao Chinh phu, 7 Mar 2025 |
Details: special zone and province · visa exemption · ferries.
Sources: Tien Phong — 'no question of removing the night market' (1 Apr 2026); Tuoi Tre — boats suspended in north-east wind (20 Nov 2025); Mekong ASEAN — Sun PhuQuoc Airways international plan (19 Mar 2026); Government policy portal — Resolution 229/NQ-CP; VietnamPlus — airport works speed up (8 Aug 2026); VietnamPlus — workers on the airport site (1 Oct 2026); SGGP — Phu Quoc officially becomes a special zone; Bao Chinh phu — Resolution 44/NQ-CP · checked .
Announced, not yet confirmed
These items were announced by an operator or reported in the press, but when we checked we had not seen confirmation that they happened. They stay here until we do.
- Seoul–Phu Quoc and Busan–Phu Quoc flights by the island's new airline: announced for spring and September 2026. The airport and a March 2026 press report give different start months for Seoul.
- Kaohsiung–Phu Quoc: announced for October 2026.
- Second runway, 3,300 m long: target completion 3 September 2026. Reports we read up to 1 October did not say it had been completed.
- Restart of tourist canoe trips to the An Thoi islands: no official notice found as of 12 October 2026.
- A new site for the Duong Dong night market: being surveyed as of 1 April 2026; no site named since.
When this log is the wrong place to look
The log records changes, not live conditions. On the morning you travel, a boat can be held in port by a weather warning that never makes the news, and a flight can be retimed without any announcement. For the day itself, use the operator's own booking page or ticket office and the notices at the port or airport. Use the log a few weeks before you go, to see which rules and routes have moved since your guidebook or your last visit, and again a few days before, to catch anything new.
Common questions
Questions readers send
Why are some months missing from the log?
We only add a row when there is a dated change with a source we have read. Months with no row had no change of that kind that we found.
Does a row in the log mean the change is still in force?
Not necessarily. A row records what changed on that date. Later rows can reverse or replace it, which is why the log is ordered newest first and each update page shows when its sources were last checked.
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Yes. Use the contact form and include the source: a link to the official notice or the newspaper report, and its date. We add it once we have read the source ourselves.
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Boat safety rules
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