Phú Quốc
Special zone of An Giang province, Vietnam
Phú Quốc (Vietnamese: [fu˧˥ kuək̚˧˦]) is a special zone in An Giang province, Vietnam. It is the largest island in Vietnam. The island has a total area of 575 km2 (222 sq mi) and a permanent population of approximately 179,480 people in 2020.
On June 16, 2025, Phú Quốc became one of the 13 newly established and re-organized special administrative zones of Vietnam, the only city to do so. Later on July 1, "Secretary of the City Committee" Lê Quốc Anh was appointed to become the first "Secretary of the Party Committee of the special zone".
Located in the Gulf of Thailand, Phú Quốc special administrative zone includes the island proper and 21 smaller islets. Dương Đông ward, located on the island's west coast, is the island's administrative centre and largest town. The other ward is An Thới on the southern tip of the island.
Its primary industries are fishing, agriculture, and a fast-growing tourism sector. Phú Quốc has achieved fast economic growth due to its current tourism boom.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Phú Quốc” as special zone of An Giang province, Vietnam. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as special zone of An Giang province, Vietnam. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q146695. VIAF identifies the subject as 315137446. Authority coordinates are 10.229, 103.957. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2025.
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This entry incorporates text from “Phú Quốc” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.