Blue boats transporting tourists going to Phong Nha cave. The pier was funded by ADB’s Greater Mekong
Subregion Sustainable Tourism Development Project. Training programs also gave the local people opportunities to
work in the tourism sector in and around the National Park (photo by Ariel Javellana).
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