About 1,700 tourists, 85% of whom are Japanese, aboard a chartered cruise ship are scheduled to visit Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh on April 30.

With a coastline of 3,260 kilometres, over 4,000 large and small islands, many beautiful bays and a deep-water port system suitable for large ships, Vietnam has great potential to develop cruise tourism.

VOV.VN - The Bahamas-flagged cruise ship Silver Whisper, carrying 350 foreign passengers onboard, docked at Cam Ranh International Port in Khanh Hoa province on March 3.

VOV.VN - The Bahamas-flagged cruise ship Norwegian Spirit, carrying 1,900 international tourists, arrived at Cam Ranh International Port in Khanh Hoa province on February 26.

VOV.VN - The Chinese-flagged ship Adora Cruise on February 24 brought as many as 2,400 tourists from the Port of Guangzhou to Da Nang’s Tien Sa port for a sightseeing tour of the central coastal city.

VOV.VN - The five-star cruise ship Costa Serena, carrying about 3,500 international passengers, mostly from Thailand and India, arrived at Phu Quoc International Passenger Port in the southern province of Kien Giang on February 20 morning.

VOV.VN - Four shipbuilding companies have teamed up to build a five-star cruise ship to entice visitors to discovery tours of the Mekong River Delta in southern Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Italian-flagged cruise ship Costa Serena docked at Phu Quoc International Passenger Port in the southern province of Kien Giang on February 16, with the vessel bringing about 2,700 travelers to the island, mostly from Thailand and India.

VOV.VN - Cam Ranh International Port in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa greeted two ships on February 14 with the vessels carrying a total of 2,850 passengers and crew on board.

VOV.VN - The Italian-flagged cruise ship AIDA Stella, carrying around 2,000 foreign tourists, is set to dock at Phu Quoc International Passenger Port in the southern province of Kien Giang on February 14.