Duong Dong: the island's centre, in the news

Duong Dong is where the island's government, markets and older streets are. It sits on the west coast at the mouth of the Duong Dong river, and it was a ward of Phu Quoc city until 1 July 2025, when the city became a special zone and its wards and communes were folded into it. The town is the island's largest and is described as its administrative centre.

For a visitor, Duong Dong is the part of Phu Quoc that works as a town rather than a resort: offices, a river harbour of fishing boats, a market, and the rock shrine at Dinh Cau at the river mouth. It is also where the island's well-known night market traded on Bach Dang street for a decade, until the lease ended.

Because most of the island's administration sits here, many of the notices reported on this site, from the night market decision to the launch of the response team for tourists, come from offices in Duong Dong even when they concern other parts of the island.

Most visitors arrive by air at Phu Quoc International Airport, which has been run by Sun Airport JSC since 1 January 2026 and is building a second terminal due in April 2027. Mainland ferries arrive mostly at Bai Vong on the east coast. The new ĐT.975 road and the light rail under construction run from the airport to the south, not to Duong Dong.

The flights brief and the sea brief have the dated details.

• If you want a quiet beach: Duong Dong is a working town, and its shore is busy with boats.
• If you are on the island for an event in the south, such as APEC business in 2027: the conference area is at the far end of the new corridor from the airport.
• Around Tet, if you cannot book well ahead: rooms were reported full across the island in January 2026.