Welcome to the official website of BinhThuan - PhanThiet City - VietNam

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.

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.

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:

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 - 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

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

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 wate