Vietnam Travel - Vung Tau

VUNG TAU – A TOURIST RESORT

vungtau12345 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:42:03 +0000

For over a century now, the Vung Tau cape has been known as a sea-side a sanatorium for treatment of diseases with climate and sea water, and it has rapidly become the earliest tourist city of our country. And now tourism as a strong point of Vung Tau City and the Ba Ria – Vung Tau province. Vung Tau Beach is always preferable destination for Vietnam travel tour.

Vung Tau is 125 km avay from Ho Chi Minh City at about 8o30 – 10o North latitude and 106o – 107o East longitude. The yearly average temperature is 28oC lower here than in other South Vietnamese provinces, the annual rainfall is 1,500 mm. The temperature of the sea surface is about 25o round the year. Vung Tau has 15 km of coast-line consisting of flat, fine sand beaches and vertical cliffs. Viet Vision Travel provides wide range of Vietnam Travel Deals for your trips.

Ba Ria – Vung Tau misses tourism season

vungtau12345 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:37:23 +0000

The tourism season in Ba Ria – Vung Tau begins in December and lasts until the Lunar New Year. The southern
land of Vietnam proves to be an ideal destination for foreign tourists, who come in December and January to avoid the winter’s coldness in their home countries and enjoy Christmas and New Year.

Ba Ria – Vung Tau is always full of foreign travellers in the tourism season. In December 2005, for example, Ky Van resort received some 1,000 international tourists and gained the turnover of VND2.5bil ($0.15mil). The newly operational resorts there like Long Hai Beach, Intourco and Binh An also receive a lot of foreign tourists from Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Australia, Russia and the US.

Disneyland-style park for Vung Tau

vungtau12345 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:33:55 +0000

The company submitted its plans to Ba Ria-Vung Tau province authorities when a delegation, led by chairman and CEO William Lee, visited the Sea Festival 2006 in Vung Tau last week. It also assigned Good Choice Imports-Exports & Investments, Inc (GCII), one of PDE’s affiliates, to proceed with the two projects, with a combined investment capital of up to $550 million.

One of the proposals includes a theme park project, named ‘Wonderful World’, which will cover nearly 200 hectares in the Vung Tau’s Bau Trung area and feature an amusement park modelled on Disneyland with entertainment for children and adults.

The giant park will also house a “Wonders of the World” site, where spectators will find replicas of the Eiffel Tower, Golden Gate Bridge, the Egyptian Pyramids as well as an international conference centre, shopping malls, internationally-standardised hotels and restaurants, 3D cinemas, and open-air stages. The cost for the project is estimated at $300m.

Vung Tau Culture-Tourism Festival scheduled early 2009

vungtau12345 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:30:16 +0000

The major venues are Loc An Wharf, the monument of “the HCM Trail on the sea” in Xuyen Moc District, and Con Dao District.

Numerous cultural, sports and tourist events will be held during the festival, including beach volleyball, beach football, Chinese chess competition, folk games, art performances, human chess, exhibitions of calligraphy and tourist photos.

Especially, five Vietnam’s records in Ba Ria – Vung Tau will be announced.