The 2018 sea festival of Sam Son city of the north central coastal province of Thanh Hoa will take place on April 21, heard a press conference held in the city on April 12.
Sam Son beach in Thanh Hoa province (Photo: samson.org.vn)
ThanhHoa (VNA) –💟 The 2018 sea festival of Sam Son city of the northcentral coastal province of Thanh Hoa will take place on April 21, heard apress conference held in the city on April 12.
Alongwith traditional rituals, the opening ceremony of the festival will feature a3D mapping dance and performances of Vietnamese artists, with a fireworksdisplay closing the ceremony. Sportsevents, including table tennis, badminton, tennis, cycling and futsal tournamentswill be held alongside the festival.
The FLC resort in Sam Son (Photo: samsonbeach.info)
ViceChairman of the People’s Committee of Sam Son city Hoang Khac Nhu said the cityis striving to improve quality of tourism services in 2018. New destinations inSam Son are open to the public this year, namely ones invested by Sun Group andFLC Group, he added. Localauthorities will also enhance tourism activities management and promote SamSon’s images, with a hope that the city will become a top destination of Vietnam’sresort tourism by 2020. Thecity aims to serve more than 4.2 million visitors in 2018, raking in 3.6trillion VND (157.96 million USD).
Visitors at the Sam Son beach (Photo: VNA)
Located 16km from the central city of Thanh Hoato the east, the coastal city of Sam Son is home to the famous Sam Sonbeach.
Sam Son city together with Thanh Hoa city andNghi Son economic zone will form a development triangle.
The city is expected to be one of 12 keynational tourism cities according to the national tourism development masterplan through 2020 with a vision towards 2030.
With an area of 44.94 square kilometres and a population of150,902, Sam Son city hopes to become a second-tier urban area by 2025 and afirst-tier coastal tourist urban area by 2040 under the province’s masterplan.
It is also expected to become an economic,cultural, scientific-technological, administrative, education-training,tourism, services and transport centre and fuel the development of Thanh Hoaand the region.
෴ The master plan also considers linking Sam Sonwith Thanh Hoa city, major local economic and tourist areas such as Hai Tien,Hai Hoa and local relic sites. -VNA
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Sam Son beach in Thanh Hoa province (Photo: samson.org.vn) 
The FLC resort in Sam Son (Photo: samsonbeach.info) 
Visitors at the Sam Son beach (Photo: VNA) 
