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Vũng Tàu (Hanoi accent: [vuŋm˧ˀ˥ taːw˨˩] ⓘ, Saigon accent: [vuŋm˧˩˧ taːw˨˩] ⓘ) is the largest city of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province in southern Vietnam. It is the province's economic, financial and cultural centre, and a popular tourist hub in southern Vietnam .
Drawing of Bà Rịa citadel in 1875. With the exception of the Côn Đảo islands, all of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province was the Phước Tuy province after merging Bà Rịa Province and Vũng Tàu Town in the South Vietnam before 1975, including the Spratly Islands was a part of Phước Hải commune, Đất Đỏ district then (now is a townville of Long Đất district).
It is ranked a special historical relic of national importance by the government of Vietnam. The most famous site in this prison are the "tiger cages" ( chuồng cọp ). The French tiger cages cover an area of 5.475 m 2 , within which each cell occupies 1.408 m 2 , solariums occupy 1.873 m 2 , and other spaces occupy 2.194 m 2 .
Christ of Vũng Tàu is 32 metres (105 ft) high statue of Jesus extending his 18.3 metres (60 ft) long arms on the top of 170 metres (558 ft) high Nho Mount in Vũng Tàu. Christ the King, of Vũng Tàu (Vietnamese: Tượng Chúa Kitô Vua, lit. 'Statue of Christ the King') is a statue of Jesus, standing on Mount Nhỏ in Vũng Tàu, Bà Rịa ...
Phước Tuy was a province of the former South Vietnam. It now mostly corresponds to Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, just southeast of Ho Chi Minh City in reunified Vietnam. During the Vietnam War it was the main region of operations for the 1st Australian Task Force. 1 ATF was based in a rubber plantation at Nui Dat, about 8 kilometers north ...
Ward 1 (Phường 1) is a ward of Vũng Tàu in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, Vietnam, forming the historical centre of the city. The iconic Front Beach and Front Beach parklands as well as the former Vung Tau Market are located in this ward. [1]
The Vũng Tàu shipwreck is a shipwreck that was found in the South China Sea off the islands of Côn Đảo about 100 nautical miles (185 km; 115 mi) from Vũng Tàu, Vietnam. The wreck was of a lorcha boat—a vessel with Cantonese/Chinese and Portuguese/European influences that has been dated to about 1690. [1]
Ward 7 (Phường 7) is a ward of Vũng Tàu in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, Vietnam. [1] Located 3 km north of the Front Beach, this ward was created in 1986 following the dissolution of the former Thang Nhi Ward. [2] As of 1999, the ward had a population of 21,759, and the total density of 13.349 people per km². [3]