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Phu Quoc Island Exports
Phu Quoc Pepper
Phu Quoc pepper is famous for its big seed, thin husk, strong and spicy taste, and solid score. The favourable land and weather and long-standing experiences, pepper trees in Phu Quoc grow well covering a large area.
Pepper brought in by Chinese from Hai Nam and has planted here since 19th century. Growing pepper experiences were exclusively kept by these Chinese. Until 1946, when the French army came back to invade Vietnam, Vietnamese evacuated to gardening areas. Since then they are grown most in Khu Tuong region.
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Phu Quoc Fish Sauce
Phu Quoc fish sauce has high protein content, delicate and balanced flavour and strong smell of anchovies mixed with the special pepper that can only be found in Phu Quoc. The longer the fish sauce is stored, the more delicious it is.
At present, Phu Quoc has around 100 fish sauce producing establishes and produces over 10 million litres per year. Duong Dong and An Thoi are the two most fish sauce producing places in the island.
The rich fishing grounds offshore provided the anchovies from which the prized sauce is made.
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Phu Quoc Ridgebacks
The Phu Quoc Dog is one of three rare dogs with a whorl on its back.
They are famous for hunting and protecting houses, for their friendship and loyalty to owners, and fearlessness against competitors.