HCM City (VNA), Dec. 8 -- The southeastern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has promoted eco-tourism to bring new experiences to its visitors, towards green and environmentally friendly tourism.

Utilising strengths

Based on local strengths, Ba Ria-Vung Tau has taken a range of solutions to develop eco-tourism and community-based tourism in combination with landscape conservation.

Director of the provincial Department of Tourism Trinh Hang said tourism is an economic pillar and eco-tourism is among the eight tourist types targeted by the province in 2020-2025.

The province is blessed with primeval forests, mangroves, the Con Dao National Park - a Ramsar site of wetlands of international importance, rivers and sea, which has supported eco-to...