Phu Quoc
Phú Quốc lies south of the Cambodian coast, west of Kampot, and 40 km west of Ha Tien, the nearest coastal town in Vietnam. Roughly triangular in shape the island is 50 kilometres (31 mi) long from north to south and 25 kilometres (16 mi) from east to west in the north at its widest. It is also located 17 nautical miles from Krong Kampot , 62 nautical miles (115 km; 71 mi) from Rạch Giá and nearly 290 nautical miles (540 km; 330 mi) from Laem Chabang, Thailand. A mountainous ridge known as "99 Peaks" runs the length of Phú Quốc, with Chúa Mountain being the tallest at 603 metres (1,978 ft).
Phu Quoc was a simple native fishing village until Western geopolitics began to impact it.
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Phu Quoc is the new Bali
Phu Quoc – pronounced as Foo Coo·wok – literally means Rich [Phú] Nation [Quốc] in Vietnamese as well as in Chinese [富国]. It is the largest island off the southwestern tip of Vietnam. Since March 2014, all foreigners could visit with a 30-days visa-free period. Although there is an airport on the island, most international
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