Talk:Phú Quốc

This article is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article
The article isn't written in the style of an encyclopedia article due of the writing style in general, because the article seems to read like an advertisement for the island's products, and because the article suffers from numerous grammatical mistakes. Take this passage, for example: "Visitors to the pepper gardens will be captivated by the "itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny peppercorns" of patient growers while at fish-sauce workshops, they will be amazed at the sight of dozens of bulky barrels being lined up and waiting to be packed with fresh fish. You will be tempted to try a few pungent green peppercorns and half a spoonful of the tasty salty fish sauce."

Waffles887 06:58, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Etymology
What is the etymology of this place name? Badagnani (talk) 19:00, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Could someone address this? Badagnani (talk) 00:33, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Proximity to Cambodia
Why do the Vietnamese control this island when it appears to be closer to Cambodia than it is to Vietnam? Badagnani (talk) 19:01, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * See Talk:Cambodia/Archive 1 and Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2007_March_13. In fact, an earlier map of Cambodia from the World Factbook included Phu Quoc as part of its territory, but had been since corrected. DHN (talk) 19:36, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Badagnani's question is so silly. Why don't you ask why the fucking Chinese control the Paracel and Spratly Islands when those islands appear to be closer to Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei than it is to dirty Communist China. 96.229.126.4 (talk) 23:24, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Can say the same to Alaska and Kaliningrad Oblast. You see, there’s a thing call “history”. Should Cambodia become a province of Thailand or Vietnam like it used to be? No, because that’s not the current situation. Daeva Trạc (talk) 18:09, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Shouldn't the proximity issue apply to both Phú Quốc and the Spratly Islands? And aren't both China and Vietnam communist nations? Further, moderating your tone, Jacques, would be in order. Badagnani (talk) 23:35, 6 April 2008 (UTC)


 * In the late 1700, chinese ming supporters were allowed to settle in the peam province (now Hatien) by the khmer king. Mac Cuu, their leaders, soon control the whole coastline of Cambodia, from Ca-Mau to Kompong Som. In particular, the island of Phu Quoc have been settled by these chinese.


 * During the war between siamese and annamese for the support or cambodian factions, Mac Thien, son of Mac Cuu, pledge allegiance to the Nguyen instead of the Cambodian king, defeating the khmer and the siamese troups near Hatien. After severals wars, khmer kings recovered kompong som, kampot and kep areas, but failed to recover the land from hatien to Ca-Mau, in particular, Phu quoc. Koma v (talk) 08:26, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

It is because the French decided to give it to Vietnam. The Cambodian people still believe its theirs. But, the Cambodian government was installed by the Vietnamese after they ran the Khmer Rogue out. So the Cambodian government is not gonna make claims to the island because they have connections with the Vietnamese government.69.224.37.154 (talk) 00:02, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Map at vn:WP
Is it possible to use this map? Badagnani (talk) 00:47, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Neutrality
The article's history section obviously leans toward the Cambodian side of the arguement. Requesting fix/cleanup. Manofedit2 (talk) 03:51, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


 * The actual version is much more objective than the initial one, and the Cambodian point of view is no longer privileged Koma v (talk) 09:46, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Disputed islands
Is this island really a disputed island since only the government of Vietnam claims and administrates this island? I need a reliable source (any, even source from the government of Cambodia) which prove Cambodia is currently claiming this island. If not, I will remove it per WP:RS, WP:OR, WP:NPOV. Thank for your cooperation.--AM (talk) 13:57, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Careless addition of Cambodia
Whoever this individual is who's going around adding Cambodian place names to articles on Vietnamese subjects is doing so in a sometimes sloppy manner. This is one of those cases. Putting aside for the moment the question of the merits of adding that information, in this article, this person has in effect presented the CAMBODIAN name as the VIETNAMESE, and the VIETNAMESE name as the CAMBODIAN. If you just slap things in willy-nilly, you're bound to make silly mistakes of that sort. Uporządnicki (talk) 03:00, 3 June 2013 (UTC)


 * The actual version is much more objective than the initial one, and the Cambodian point of view is no longer privileged Koma v (talk) 09:46, 4 November 2008 (UTC):

I'm Ok! http://vietnamtripadvisor.net/phu-quoc-island-vietnam-2-12.html 222.254.160.106 (talk) 15:26, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

POW escape
Late summer 1971 POW's dug a 70' tunnel and over 50 escaped. Did any make it to shore alive? I was there several days after this happened and have photos of the tool they used to dig and of the tunnel after the top was dug away, it looks like a trench at that time. j price reno 35.131.28.178 (talk) 21:10, 11 December 2023 (UTC)