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VIETNAM
- BINHTHUAN
A DESTINATION FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
BinhThuan is a coastal province located to the east of HoChiMinh City.
BinhThuan attracts tourists from everywhere for its lovely
landscapes. The mountains lie from west to east and reach the
beautiful beaches. Famous tourist sites include CaNa, PhanThiet,
MuiNe, and HamTan. There are many great architectural sites such as
towers, communal houses, pagodas, temples, shrines, and tombs.
Lively cultural activities including festivals, traditional customs,
dancing, and traditional music take place in BinhThuan.
PhanThiet is the capital of BinhThuan
province, lying in the south of Central Viet Nam, 200km away
from HoChiMinh city, with nearly 200km of coastline which
makes up beautiful beaches for tourists.
This town is well-known for fishing
industry and the popular Vietnamese fish sauce. Off PhanThiet
24 km to the North East is MuiNe, an ideal tourist site and a
source of inspiration for artists.
MuiNe has become
more and more popular with desolated and primitive beaches,
still untouched by tourists. Stretching on long white sandy
beach, listening to quiet waves ripples, visitors will feel
completely relaxed after tense working days.
The most
impressive sight in MuiNe is the huge golden sand dunes which
have inspired a great number of art photographers and movie
produces.
MuiNe is located 24 km north-east of the town of PhanThiet. It is a
fishing village as well as a familiar tourism area in BinhThuan
Province. It is found on Highway No. 706, and features sweeping sand
dunes and beautiful rows of palm trees. The beach is shallow and
sloped, the water is clean and blue and the sun rarely hides behind
clouds. There are desolate and primeval beaches that have never
witnessed human exploitation as well as imposing landscapes. There
is also DoiCat (Sand Hill), which has long been a creative subject
of artistic photographs and paintings. Besides beaches and sand
dunes, there are also beautiful landscapes such as SuoiTien (Fairy
Spring), the OngHoang Building and the Poshanu Cham Tower.
MuiNe
has long been considered the "Hawaii" of Vietnam. It
boasts shady roads under coconut trees, a beautiful beach and cliffs
battered by the waves of the sea. The typical scenery of MuiNe lies
in the moving lines of golden sand caused by the wind and when they
are seen from afar they look like moving waves. The scenery looks
more fascinating at dawn, when young Cham girls in green dresses go
to work. That's why no photographer fails to visit this area. MuiNe
is an ideal place for rest and relaxation. Visitors can certainly
enjoy swimming in the blue water of the sea, climbing the sand dunes
or relaxing by a swimming pool. In fact this oasis entertainment people of all ages, and furthermore, provides an endless inspiration
to the artist's creation.
Some
necessary information for your trip follow as:
From HoChiMinh City, you begin going to MuiNe ward - PhanThiet City
from MienDong station (Tel: 08.8994056). Ticket price: 30.000 -
35.000 VND/ person. From PhanThiet, you come to PhanThiet station
to book a ticket for going back to HoChiMinh City. (Tel:
062.821361). Ticket price: 40.000 VND/ person.
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ABOUT
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PhanThiet is the largest town in BinhThuan
province with an estimated population of
close to 100,000 people. The town sits on
the borders of CaTy river, is 20 Km from
the ocean and swells with boats during the
fishing season in the summer months. A few
kilometers East of PhanThiet are some of
the most beautiful stretches of beaches in
Vietnam. Some are lined with tall coconut
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HOW TO GET HERE |
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PhanThiet is 198km from HoChiMinh City, 247km from
Dalat, 250km from NhaTrang.
National Highway 1 passes
through PhanThiet. All
vehicles going north or
south along the coasts pass
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EXPLORE
THE CITY |
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ENJOY
YOUR STAY |
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Especially, you can sit in the chair at your house and calling to
one of all transportation services with high-quality car such as:
Mercedes Benz, Ford... with a interesting ticket price only: 40.000
- 45.000 VND/ person. Please contact with them as below:
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DuyThanh service: 0913.932023
* HoangOanh service: 0913.682289
* HoangGia service: 0913.932115
* NgocThanh service: 0913.852612 |
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ViVan service: 0913.164752
* VietAnh service: 08.8381319
* DongHung service: 0913.121449
* Taxi ThaiTai: 062.825111 |
If
you'd like to book a package tour with group, you'll get a
preferential price and traditional gifts from us, please contact
with:
* In HoChiMinh city: Morning
Sun Travel Co.
Tel: 08.7714031- 7714032.
* In PhanThiet city: BinhThuan Tourist Co.
BinhThuan Travel Service Agency
82 TrungTrac Street,
PhanThiet city,
BinhThuan province
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Tel: 062.816821.
MuiNe Fishing Village
Mui Ne gets its
name from the local fishermen using this area as a shelter during
the stormy season.
"Mui" meaning nose or peninsula and "Ne"
meaning to duck or to take shelter. The combination of sun, sand and
deep turquoise water of the pacific ocean create a breath taking and
spectacular site to the visitors.
.... Fishing
Harbor
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Fishing
Harbour - Phan Thiet |
PhanThiet is the largest town in BinhThuan province with an estimated population of close to
100,000 people. The town sits on the borders of CaTy river,
is 20 Km from the ocean and swells with boats during the
fishing season in the summer months.
Fishing is largest industry
in PhanThiet.
According to local statistics, some 100 different varieties of
fishes are caught here with an annual yield of over 70,000
tons. As a result, PhanThiet is famous for its "NuocMam" (fish
sauce), a seasoning used in Vietnamese cuisine.
Most
visitors to PhanThiet will notice the pungent odor that is
associated with fish sauce production. This is a process where
anchovy like fishes are caught, cleaned and place in large
vats of brine. The whole concoction is cured over a period
of eight months to a year before the fish by-products are
strained and the liquid is then diluted into less concentrated
solutions to be bottled. Fish sauce from PhanThiet is
available throughout Vietnam.
Today, the annual
production of "nuocmam" in PhanThiet is 16-17 million liters
per annum. The salt used in the production of fish sauce is
also a local product of BinhThuan province. Although fishing
is a big industry in PhanThiet, it still remains a family
business for many people in the region. While the men are out
at sea, women and children often stay home to support the
business by mending nets and tending to shore related
chores.
With only a 10% humidity during most of the
year, BinhThuan is the driest province in Vietnam. Most of
its terrain consist of rocky mountains and sandy hills.
Agriculture is almost non existent since few crops can grow on
this arid land. A few kilometers East of PhanThiet are
some of the most beautiful stretches of beaches in Vietnam.
Some are lined with tall coconut trees, others lean against
vast red sand dunes.
During the period between July and
October, the fishing season is at its pinnacle in PhanThiet
as fishermen go out to sea. These boats form a magnificent
display of lights at night and can be seen from shore. In
fact, the scene is liken to a floating city by the locals.
THUY
TU FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATION
ThuyTu
fishermen's association was first established by ThuyTu fishermen
in 1762 for worshiping "CaOng" (the whale) with the central
chamber, the house for worshiping "TienHien”, the one for
Song - Dance group, they were arranged in the form of the word Tam
with the main side toward the East. When it was just finished, its
gate was very near right the seashore. Nowadays the seashore is over
100 meters far from here. Now ThuyTu fishermen's association is
situated on NguOng Street, DucThang quarter, PhanThiet city.
Different from the village's communal house often built for
worshiping the village's Tutelary God and located in the
agricultural village, the fishermen's
association
is often constructed for worshiping the whale (CaOng) and located
very near right the seashore of the fishing village. Most of BlnhThuan's
fishing villages have got fishermen's
associations
and temples for worshiping the whale (CaOng)
- the God who has helped and saved fishermen when they meet
accidents on the sea according to their opinion. And this God is
always loyal to fishermen; therefore they love and respect this God
all the time. The folk religion has connected with the job religion
from this generation-to-generation according to fishermen's customs
and traditions.
Since the day of finishing until now, ThuyTu fishermen's
association has contained nearly 100 bone skeletons of whales and
many other species of the same family. Over half of them have got
the epoch of over 100 to 150 years; among them the big bone
skeletons have been worshiped solemnly. In its campus, there is a
large land bridge used to bury the whale when he "dies"
and drifts onto the seashore from the sea. And his bone skeleton
will be placed into a tomb according to the custom after 3 years'
burial service. Among the fishermen, if anyone sees "Ong"
first, this fisherman will become " His" eldest child and
have to hold a funeral perfectly and 3 years of mourning... and so
on. That shows fishermen's customs and behaviors toward " CaOng" - the whale - according to their religion are nearly the
same as the relationship between people and people.

ThuyTu fishermen's association is one of the most ancient one in BinhThuan's fishing villages, the
local fishermen consider it as the first sea ancestor of the sea
fishing job. It has contained many Chinese - Vietnamese cultural
heritages related to the sea fishing job, expressing the worshiping
content in the shrines, worshiped statues, horizontal boards
inscribed with Chinese characters, parallel scrolls, in the bell
record of the Great Bell. ThuyTu fishermen's association is one
of the ancient places of historical interest with a large amount of
nominations granted by Nguyen Dynasty's Kings for worshiping "
CaOng" - the whale and the Sea Gods because in the feudal
war against TaySon righteous volunteers, Nguyen Dynasty's
generals and commanders were once rescued many time by the whale on
the sea. It has got 24 nominations granted by the Kings: ThieuTri,
TuDuc,
DongKhanh, DuyTan, KhaiDinh,
privately King ThieuTri
(1841
- 1847) granted 10 nominations and this is the rare thing compared
with other places of historical interest.
The
Government classified ThuyTu fishermen's association as the
National Historical place of interest in 1996.
BAUTRANG BEAUTY SPOT
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BauTrang with
lotus in Spring |
BauTrang is a fresh-water lake, once belonging to BinhNhon commune,
HoaDa district, BinhThuan province; now HongLam hamlet, HoaThang
commune, BacBinh district, about 65km North East of PhanThiet
city. BauTrang has been formed for a very long time, located in the
middle of vast large sand dune area alternated by many groups of
short forest trees. The lake water is very fresh and clear. From the
distance, we can see a mild cool green color covering the white sand
dunes. BauTrang is divided into 2 parts by a crossing sand dune. The
local people here called them "BauOng" and "BauBa" formerly; although it is a water pond formed by Nature,
the local people still show their gratitude to it because it has
provided the water source to support the local people and forest
animals here in the dry season.
The
deepest place of BauTrang is 19 meters, and shallower toward the bank. Around the bank, there are a lot of
lotus, in summer they are in full bloom adorning this white sand area with more
bright colors. A long time ago, around BauTrang there were many villages of the ancient Cham people living and using the lake water
source. The Cham people erected The Temple to worship Goddess Thien-Y-Ana. When they left this area to come to other places, this temple
was also collapsed and now there are its ancient relics left in the
South of BauTrang. This was the
vestige of a historical period about the Cham people's natural
conquer here before the Vietnamese people came.BauTrang is not only
the place to supply fresh water but also the beautiful sight in the
area of HoaThang - BacBinh with the all year round fresh water
source lessening the scorching air of the immense sand dunes. It is
the place of scenic beauty where everyone coming to this area must
visit.
MUINE
SANDDUNES (TRINH_NU SAND DUNES)
However,
by far the most popular among tourists are MuiNe Sand Dunes and MuiNe Beaches located 12 miles East of PhanThiet. The sand dunes in
this area are shaped by the elements of the wind and therefore is a
spectacular site to the visitors.
There
are desolate and primeval beaches that have never witnessed human
exploitation as well as imposing landscapes. There is also DoiCat
(Sand Hill), which has long been a creative subject of artistic
photographs and paintings. Besides beaches and sand dunes, there are
also beautiful landscapes such as SuoiTien (Fairy Spring), the OngHoang Building and the Poshanu Cham Tower.
MuiNe has long been considered the "Hawaii" of Vietnam.
It boasts shady roads under coconut trees, a beautiful beach and
cliffs battered by the waves of the sea. The typical scenery of MuiNe lies in the moving lines of golden sand caused by the wind and
when they are seen from afar they look like moving waves. The
scenery looks more fascinating at dawn, when young Cham girls in
green dresses go to work. That's why no photographer fails to visit
this area. MuiNe is an ideal place for rest and relaxation.
Visitors can certainly enjoy swimming in the blue water of the sea,
climbing the sand dunes or relaxing by a swimming pool. In fact this
oasis entertainment people of all ages, and furthermore, provides an
endless inspiration to the artists' creation.
TACU MOUNTAIN
PAGODA
This
pagoda is located on the top of TaCu mountain, so they call
it TaCu mountain pagoda to distinguish it with some pagodas
on the other mountains in BinhThuan province. This mountain
pagoda was built in 1879 but many years before, there was a
thatch roofed pagoda worshiping Buddha's. The pagoda belongs
to the area of TanLap commune, HamThuanNam district, about
30 km South East of PhanThiet city. The head monk of the
mountain pagoda is Buddhist priest TranHuuDuc, the
pagoda-building site chosen by him is now at the height of
475 meters; all the year round there are green trees,
flowing streams, singing birds and apes beside the pagoda.
Later because of many different reasons, the pagoda has been
separated into two, the upper one still at the old place has
got the name of "LinhSonTruongTho" and the lower one "LinhSonLongDoan",
both of them are called the Mountain Pagoda.
TaCu Mountain Pagoda has
combined and alternated with the forest and mountain making
an area of famous beautiful sights since formerly. Its whole
sight is an architectural overall including: 3 door gates,
temples, statues of Buddha’s, tomb towers, the First's
Ancestor's grotto... well- concealed under the all-year-round
green fresh ancient tree forest. From
the foot of the mountain are hundreds of steps along
twisting roads through the jungle leading to the pagoda.
Here the air is cold and fresh, the steam radiates from the
rock mountain with the attractive cool air even in summer.
The beautiful sights of
TaCu Mountain pagoda are famous for the poetic majestic
scenery of the mountain and forest. On the other hand, human
hands through many generations in turn have built up the
unique huge art architectural projects in the province as
well as the nearby ones. That is the huge giant statue of "ThihCaNhapNietBan"
lying on the highest position about 100 meters from the
pagoda. By the skill and talent, techniques of sculpture and
veneration, the artisan-artists created the rare statue in
the history of the Vietnamese Buddhism. This work was
presided in 1962 by engineer TruongDinhY.
About 50 meters from the statue of Buddha is the group of
Tam The Buddha’s: ADiDa, QuanAmBoTat, DaiTheChi; all of these 3 statues are
about 7 meters high, with mild faces looking over the whole
world as if they were ready to save and support human
beings.
Every season in the
year, there are always pilgrims coming to visit Buddha’s, to
watch the beautiful sights of the pagoda and mountain
forest; especially on the occasion of Spring and New Year,
ten thousands of people come to the pagoda, following each
other to climb the mountain like dragons and snakes.
Recently every year they organize a mountain - climbing
competition attracting many young people from the Eastern
provinces. In the next future here they will carry out the
project of hanging cables in order to bring travelers up and
down to visit the pagodas more conveniently. The TaCu
Mountain Pagoda with the forests in the Natural Preserve
Area has classified as the national beauty spot by the
Government in 1993.
COTHACH
PAGODA
Grotto Pagoda named " CoThachTu" was built at the beginning half of
the nineteenth century, located in the grottoes on CoThach
mountainous hill at the height of over 64 meters, belonging
to the area of BinhThanh commune, TuyPhong district,
BinhThuan province. CoThach is a large stone mountainous
area consisting of thousands and ten thousands of big and
small rocks, some full mass rocks are as big as houses, some
are like stone tables, some lie on one another as if human
hands had arranged and some have mysterious strange shapes
and forms, all of them contain the unique rudimentary beauty
with a lot of primitive grottoes twisting deep into the
mountain.
The above is the rock mountain with forest trees pushing one
another; at the foot of CoThach is the clear blue sea.
With
whispering splashing waves all the year round, and naturally
- formed beach, not far away from there is a bank of
multicolored pebbles which has existed for thousands of
years, all of these have made CoThach full of factors of
lovely and attractive mountain and water. Beside the natural
beauty of the grottoes combined with the human creativeness, here CoThach has still
preserved a lot of rare precious historical cultural
heritages: lots of Chinese - Vietnamese cultural heritages
such as parallel scrolls, horizontal boards inscribed with
Chinese characters and the documents from the days of making
this pagoda. Some other culturally and historically valuable
ancient objects such as the Great Bell, BatNha
drum have got the each from the beginning half of the
nineteenth century. The head monk of CoThachTu has
been Buddhist priest ThichMinhDuc for scores of years,
CoThachTu, it is BinhThuan province's main tourist place,
every year ten thousands of travelers from every part of the
country come here in order to worship and kowtow Buddha’s
and to go for sight seeing tours of the rare special
beautiful sights here. With its values about the natural
beautiful sights and about history - culture, CoThachTu has
classified as the National beautiful place of historical
interest in 1993 by the Government.
LAOCAU ISLE
Cau
isle is a young island rising in the sea, about 9 km from
the seashore, it is possible to come to this isle from
several different points such as PhuocThe commune, VinhHao
commune, BinhThanh or from CaNa. The time depends on each
wharf but on average, it takes about 40 minutes to come to
this island by motorized sampan. Cau isle is about 119 km
North East of PhanThiet city. Cau isle has the length of
over 1500 meters and the largest place is nearly 700
meters and the highest one is more than 7
meters. From the main land, it looks like a big warship. The
whole island is surrounded by ten thousands of rocks with
many different and shapes, they look like packs of animals
of many big and small kinds, it is really interesting when
having a condition to observe the whole island carefully.
Around this isle, the water is always clear and blue; when the tide is low, on the
seashore we can see numerous beautiful oyster shells and
snail shells fascinating lots of tourists and travelers.
Around the island, there are many kinds of living sea
animals and good seamen with simple tools can also find
fresh seafood. On the isle, there are shallow wells for
fresh water. Although the water amount is small, it is the
sort of permanent leaking water - the ancient book called
them "Fairy Wells". Nowadays, Cau Isle has been planned to
be a sea-creature preserving area with a lot of promising
prospects on ecological tourism in the future.
KHEGA LIGHTHOUSE
KheGa
lighthouse was built on the top of KheGa island with the
area of 5 hectares in the seaside at TanThanh commune, once
belonging to HamTan district, now HamThuanNam district,
about 30 km South East of PhanThiet city. KheGa Lighthouse
was built by a French design engineer named Chnavat to
direct boats and ships to travel, it was started from
February, 1897 and opened at the end of the year 1898, now
there is still a big granite sheet right in front of the
gate leading to the Lighthouse with the number of 1899 KheGa Lighthouse officially worked in 1900. The managing
officers were a French man (the head) and 8 Vietnamese
people guarding the light. In the marine history of this
area, in the previous generations, there were so many
wrecked travel ling merchant ships because they could not
define coordinates and positions, So KheGa Cape has been
considered as an extremely dangerous and important position
of the seaside from PhanRang to VungTau. Due to this
seaside's dangerous and important position, and in order to
meet the increasing transportation need of the French army
as well as foreign merchant ships coming here, some French
people studied to build KheGa Lighthouse. In the building
time, so many people died from accidents; nowadays here
there is still a cemetery burying the people who had died in
this project.
KheGa Island is 500 meters from the seashore; on the low
water days, we can wade to the island from the seashore.
When tidal flow and windy, it is very hard to travel. On the
island, this Lighthouse was built comparatively huge;
probably this is the highest one in our country with its
octagonal granite pole. The origin of the granite used to
build KheGa Lighthouse by the French people has been
unknown because there is not this kind of granite in the
area. And all of these cubic meters of granite are not only
normal with 4 angles but also carved and sculptured into
each square, each concrete form and side fitting with each
other. It means that there was nearly a ready - made
available granite tower, when building they only installed
it in the right orders and angles and sides from low to high
and they only needed to use mortar to make this granite
tower stick without having to plaster or render or repair.
(This granite tight tower is 35 meters high, the total
height from the ground level to the light top is 41.5
meters, the height from the light range to the sea level is
65 meters, and the size of the tower side is 2.60 meters.
The thickness of the tower wall from the bottom to the
height of 6 meters is 1.6m, when higher the thickness
decreases from 1.5m and the thinnest at the tower top is 1
meter). On the tower top, there is a big light of 2000w used
as a signal to direct boats and ships. Besides this
Lighthouse, there is also a square big house with each side
of 40 meters, under it is a 3 meters deep water - containing
tunnel, in front of it is a well called the Fairy well.
From the sea water level
to the Lighthouse are scores of steps. Two lines of jasmine
along the isle and around the Lighthouse bottom planted by
the French people at the end of the previous century have
been still the same until now, giving shadow all the year
round. All of the 184 steel spiral stairs leading to the
Lighthouse top and scores of 3 steps staircases leading
to the light top have been brought from France,
including the light on the top and the generator. Nowadays
KheGa Island and the
Lighthouse have become an attractive tourist point for
travelers, because KheGa Lighthouse is both a beautiful
sight and a unique architectural place of historical
interest.
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PRINCE'S CASTLE
The Prince's castle consists of a community of the hills,
the mountain, the river, the sea and the tower pagoda
creating an area of beautiful sights with the salient
points of comparatively high "Co" mountain top and 4 up -
and - down hills next to the sea; the most beautiful are "Co"
mountain, BaNai hill, PhuHai coastal estuary and the beach
with the old fishing villages 7 km North East of PhanThiet
city.
In 1911, a French prince as well as De Montpensier from
France came here for traveling and hunting in the nearby
hills, he realized the sights of mountain and water here
were very beautiful, so he decided to buy a plot of land
here to build a villa also used as a place where he could
rest when hunting and traveling later. The French authority
in BinhThuan (Ambassador Gamier) agreed to sell him BaNai
hill according to his expectation.
On the
21st of February, 1911 this villa was started to be built
and completed nearly one year later, with the area of 536 m2
and 13 rooms. The villa area was built at the place nearby
100 meters South of Cham tower temple group Poshanu. In the
process of transporting the materials up to build the villa
area, the French destroyed the wall in front of the Tower's
main door. This was a beautiful and comfortable villa with
electric generators at night; under the villa there were a
lot of tunnels containing rainwater enough for the people
living in the villa in a year, this villa was considered as
the most modern one in BinhThuan at that time. From then on,
PhanThiet people have been used to calling this area "LauOngHoang
- Prince's Castle" hill, because on this hill there used to
be a beautiful big villa area built by De Montpensier.
Now The Prince's castle is an attractive tourist community
including: the ancient Cham tower group, beside the tower is
the time - honored ancient BuuSon pagoda, under the hill
foot are the seashore, PhuHai coastal estuary, "Co" mountain
where there is poet NguyenThong's tomb. All of them have
combined with one another into a community of the cultural
place of historical interest and beautiful sights in PhanThiet city.
HONROM
RESORT
Going from
PhanThiet to MuiNe for 22 km, then for more 4 km along the
seashore tourists will set foot in the HonRom resort.
The beach is clean and beautiful with clear blue water. Calm
winds sing lullabies unceasingly under cool shadows of
coconuts trees sagging under the weight of their fruit.
White sand dunes follow the yellow ones.. All set up a wild
attraction, inviting tourists to this well-known a field
resort.
The HonRom tourist and picnic
resort (HonRom II) - 28 kilometers away from PhanThiet City
to the north east, located in the shade of a row of coconut
trees, with the hill of white sand on this side and the
bluest shore on the other side makes a very wonderful sight
for your weekend holidays.
On
your way to HonRom resort, you can enjoy the wonderful
sights such as historical Poshanu Ponagar, or the Prince
Tower, which is a literature topic with the love story of
HanMacTu, a poet, and MongCam. In addition, you can enjoy
other beautiful natural sights such as SuoiTien, SuoiHong,
TieuSaMac (Tiny Desert). When you are only about 1km from
HonRom II, you will enjoy the sights of the Elysium. The
beautiful sights accompanied by cool wind will eliminate
your tiredness after a hard working week.
Gliding on the sea waves by canoe.
"HONBA"
BEAUTY SPOT 
HonBa
is an island rising high up in the middle of the sea, nearly
2 kilometers East of LaGi seashore, HamTan district; and
about 70 Km South East of PhanThiet City. HonBa is also a
young mountain on which there are a lot of big ancient trees
at the first half of the seventeenth century, Cham people
erected a temple to worship Goddess ThienYAna - the
ancient Champa Kingdom's sacred goddess. Since then, this
island has got the name "Goddess's island - HonBa". The
temple has the same architectural structure and art
decoration as the Vietnamese temple of the same time. In
this temple, the rock statue of Goddess ThienYAna was
sculptured from an integral rock mass in its place by Cham
artisan - artists. HonBa worshiping the statue of "Ba -
the Goddess" on the top of "HonBa" expresses Cham people's
respect and honor for this Goddess. On the other hand in the
previous centuries, the fishing job was the main one
attracting crowds of Cham fishermen along the seashore and
there still have been traces of the ancient fishing
tillage’s. Therefore, worshiping the "statue of
the Goddess here is also their
expectation to appeal to the Goddess for protecting,
supporting and swing them from the sea danger. Every year, Cham people from everywhere often
come here in order to do Religious Mass to ask for their
rain and other religious rituals.
HonBa is known and admired (by people) not only with its
ancient temple but it is also a sheer island in the middle
of the sea, attracting everybody by its own beautiful sights
with the magnificence of the immense sea, and the poplar
hill along the seashore makes the scenery here more
beautiful.
POSHANU
CHAM TOWER TEMPLES
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Poshanu
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The complex is a masterpiece of the Cham
nation, where three towers can still been admire. These
constructions of HoaLai artistic style date back to the 8th
century.
They are located on a hill, 6km north-east
of PhanThiet city, which is named the prince Palace. The area
between PhanThiet and the Prince Palace is a site that
attracts many researchers and tourists. The rocky path going
up to Prince Palace displays many ancient remains and
beautiful landscapes.
The
group of Poshanu Cham tower temples are situated on BaNai hill
top at PhuHai commune, about 7 Km North - East of PhanThiet city.
From the end of the eighth century to the beginning of the ninth
century, they were constructed in the manner of HolaLai
art
architecture - one of Champa Kingdom's ancient art architectural
manners, but now there are only very a few of these tower temples
left such as some ruins in MỹSơn Holy Land area, HoaLai
group
(PhanRang) and PoDam one (TuyPhong - BinhThuan) left and
only the group of Poshanu Cham
tower temples are comparatively integral.
Poshanu
is the group of Cham tower temples with the important role among
BinhThuan's Cham architectural places of historical interest, from
the architectural form to the building technique and art decoration
on the body, the rolling domes, the main doors and false ones inside
and up to the top. Only the building technique and art decoration on
the tower body can evoke quite specific aesthetic factor of HoaLai
manner.
Compared with other Cham towers, until now every year, crowds
of Cham people from the nearby areas come here in order to carry out
the ritual of appealing for the rain and other religious ones
related to their own customs and habits. Another interesting thing is
that the fishermen living in the vicinity also come here to appeal
for safe sea journeys before they go out to the sea. The group of
Poshanu Cham tower temples were repaired, improved and upgraded from
1990
to
2000 and now completed. This place of historical interest was classified
as the National art architectural one in 1991
by
the Government.
Next to PoShaNu complex is the
BuuSon pagoda and Co mountain, where patriot poet NguyenThong was buried. Further along the beach are the OngDia
temple and MuiNe.
PODAM
CHAM
TOWER TEMPLES
The group of PoDam (PoTam) Cham tower temples are located at the
foot of OngXiem mountain belonging to the locality of PhuLac
commune - TuyPhong district - BinhThuan province, about 11.0 Km
North West of PhanThiet city. The building techniques as well as
the architectural art are similar to Poshanu tower temple group's,
this group had the epoch from half the end of the eighth century to
the beginning of the ninth century and they belong to HoaLai art
and architectural style.
PoDam
Tower is the place where Cham people living in PhuLac
and
its nearby areas carry out the rituals to worship the Cham Kings
every year. Nowadays, the King's Descendant's family ancestries
have still preserved 8 nominations granted to PoDam King by Nguyen
King’s Dynasties from MinhMang to KhaiDinh. They
have been kept specially as the family ancestry's precious properties
and the King’s
Descendant’s
responsibility. This place of historical interest was classified as
the National Art - Architectural one in 1996.
DOIDUONG
BEACH
Beside
such famous beaches in BinhThuan as OngDia, BaiTruoc, BaiSau, MuiNe . .. DoiDuong Beach is one of the ideal places with pure and
fresh environment. The wide beach stretches tens of kilometers with
white and low sand gradually sloping towards the sea and then
blending with the blue water. Factually, this is an attraction to
visitors for sightseeing and sea- bathing on their long journeys.
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DoiDuong
Seaside - PhanThiet City
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GANHSON
CAPE - UNDISCOVERED BEAUTY ....
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GanhSon Cape - TuyPhong - BinhThuan
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GanhSon is in ChiCong Villages, TuyPhong District, BinhThuan
Province. The name alone does give us the feelings of steepness, and hilliness with chains of mountains, caves and
caverns of strange shapes. Early in the morning, or in
peaceful afternoons, when the sea is calm, from the cape we
can see the panorama of the cozy and lively activities of
the fishing village.
The
red of rock, and the blue of the sea, seem to be blended
creating a harmonious shade both near and far, both false
and true. . . . GanhSon is in fact a gift of nature not yet
known by many people.
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