Kong, the unlikely tourism ambassador of Vietnam

Numerous places of interests in Ninh Binh, Ha Long Bay, and Quang Binh are revealed in the trailers of the much-anticipated movie “Kong: Skull Island”.
February 21, 2017 | 15:58

(VNF) - Numerous places of interests in Ninh Binh, Ha Long Bay, and Quang Binh are revealed in the trailers of the much-anticipated movie Kong: Skull Island.

Kong, the unlikely tourism ambassador of Vietnam

A sneak peek of 'Kong: Skull Island' in Vietnam. (Source: Internet)

“Kong: Skull Island” has already started shooting on February 22nd. After looking for several unique places and locations, the production team settled in the midst of the Southeast Asian country, Vietnam.

The film crew had shooted scenes in Trang An, Van Long and Tam Coc of Ninh Binh before moving to Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Rao Nan River and Yen Phu Lake in Quang Binh Province and Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh.

In its Quang Binh’s brand new video to promote itself as an exciting destination, the province’s tourism department keeps reminding viewers that the much-anticiapted blockbuster “Kong: Skull Island” was filmed here. The film will be unspooled in March.

The new ad also features the film’s director Jordan Vogt-Roberts himself.

“Once we flew to Dong Hoi and went to Tu Lan, where a lot of the caves are, immediately you just stood in the field and you looked around,” he tells viewers. “It’s so amazing I kept asking people when we drove around Quang Binh. ‘Do people realize how beautiful it is?'”

Kong, the unlikely tourism ambassador of Vietnam

Son Doong Cave in the National Park of Phong Nha - Ke Bang is also an emerging natural wonder of the world. Earlier, another Hollywood movie “Pan” also shot some scenes in En Cave in here. (Photo: Ryan Deboodt)

Director Jordan Vogt- Roberts shared how he found out about the place to shoot the next leg of the film. The director disclosed that he has chosen Vietnam as they found ‘magical’ locations that would be really beneficial to the film. He stated that he was stunned on the beauty and surreal places in the country, citing the mountains to the vistas. He added that “We believe movie fans in the U.S. would wonder in awe as to where this beautiful place is.”

Last February, around 120 crew members and an all-star cast, including Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, and Tom Hiddleston, touched down in Vietnam to shoot at famous sites in Quang Binh as well as in Ninh Binh and Ha Long Bay.

It is believed that the Vietnam locations will be presented in the film as the fictitious birthplace of the giant gorilla Kong.

As the biggest movie to be filmed in Vietnam so far, “Kong: Skull Island” is expected to give Vietnam a global stage to show its unique beauty./.

Kong, the unlikely tourism ambassador of Vietnam

Van Long Lagoon in Ninh Binh. (Photo: Andre Luu)

Kong, the unlikely tourism ambassador of Vietnam

Another famous scenic spot in Ninh Binh is the tourist complex of Trang An, consisting of Bai Dinh Pagoda, the ancient capital of Hoa Lu, Tam Coc - Bich Dong, and Trang An wharf. (Photo: hachi8)

Kong, the unlikely tourism ambassador of Vietnam

Ha Long Bay is also a landscape that was selected by the Hollywood film crew. (Photo: Internet)

( Compiled by VNF )

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