(ECNS) -- Adora Magic City, China’s first domestically built large cruise ship, set sail from Shekou Cruise Homeport in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, on Thursday, bound for Vietnam.

Shenzhen marked the departure with a traditional water salute ceremony.

The voyage marks Adora Magic City’s first international cruise route departing from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).

Carrying nearly 4,600 passengers, the cruise ship will call at Chan May Port in Hue, Vietnam, during the five-day, four-night voyage.

Its Shenzhen-based cruise season will run through September 16, offering five-day, four-night and six-day, five-night itineraries to Chan May Port in Hue, Ha Long Bay and Cam Ranh Port in Nha Trang, Vietnam, as well as Jeju in the Republic of Korea.

A special nine-day, eight-night voyage will depart on August 27, calling at Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia, Muara in Brunei and Nha Trang in Vietnam along the ancient Maritime Silk Road.

China’s second domestically built large cruise ship, Adora Flora City, is scheduled for delivery on November 6 this year and will embark on its maiden voyage from Guangzhou Nansha International Cruise Homeport in Guangdong Province on Nov. 22.

(By Helen Mo, intern Xu Wenda)