Vung Tau Travel Guide

Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province is a large tourist center. It has over 100km of seashore with beautiful swimming beaches, as well as many lakes and thermal springs. The offshore bench has two kinds of important resources: petrol and seafood

TOURISM

Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province is a large tourist center. It has over 100km of seashore with beautiful swimming beaches, as well as many lakes and thermal springs. The offshore bench has two kinds of important resources: petrol and seafood.

In Vung Tau City there are Thuy Van, Chi Linh, Back, Front, and Dau beaches; Long Dien District has Long Hai Beach; Xuyen Moc District has Ho Tram, and Ho Coc beaches. On Con Dao Island, tourists are able to swim in Dam Trau, Hon Cau, and Hon Tre beaches… then they can climb Thanh Gia Mountain and Nho Mountain. If tourists would like to improve their health, they could go to Binh Chau Hot Spring, which its temperature comes up to 80ºC, then visit Binh Chau – Phuoc Buu Natural Preservation Zone.

Other popular places are the Communal House of Dao Ong Tran, Ben Da Church, Bach Dinh vestige, Long Phuoc Tunnels, Minh Dam Revolutionary Area… and over one hundred Buddhist pagodas and temples such as Niet Ban Monastery, Thang Tam Communal House, Linh Son Pagoda, Dinh Co Temple.

Located in the 90km southern part of Vung Tau, Con Dao Island has a dense forest, which is Con Dao National Park with rich flora and fauna. The sea in this area is home to various valuable marine species. Especially, tourists have a chance of watching the turtle laying eggs. It also used to host a convict prison during the French colonial era, and later, during the American War.

Aside from these, tourists can participate in some traditional festivals such as Dinh Co Festival, and Nghinh Ong Festival (Welcoming the Lord Whale Festival), play golf or watch dog racing in Lam Son stadium in Vung Tau City every Saturday.

TRANSPORT

Vung Tau is 129km from Ho Chi Minh City, 95km from Bien Hoa (Dong Nai), 513km from Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa)

By private car from Ho Chi Minh City to Vung Tau.

By Air: There are flights from Vung Tau to the Con Dao Islands.

By Boat: Vina Express operates hydrofoils from central Ho Chi Minh City to Vung Tau.