Vungtau (by the way, the name of the city is translated from Vietnamese as the "Bay of Boats") is located on the peninsula about 120 km south of Ho Chi Minh City. To avoid the noise and mud of Ho Chi Minhine, the locals on weekends love to come to Vungtau, and there are tourists here, although not so much.
Despite this, hotels of the city are often filled in full, especially on holidays. If you do not want to get into a noisy crowd, come to Vungtau in the middle of the week, when the city is the same sleepy and calm.
Also, also under the French title Cap St Jacques (Cape Saint-Jacques), Vungtau was once a small fishing village for a long time, but he received fame during the Vietnamese war. Today there is no bizarre fishing village for a long time, and Vungtau has become a worthy place for those who want to rest a little and enjoy the beach holiday.
Peninsula Wang Tau Okayoisan a long winding road, which stretches from the north-east of the peninsula along the backbone and passes by a number of three-star hotels and budget hotels. The coastal zone of Vungtau is all covered with seafood traders and large restaurants, as well as entertainment centers. The road continues to see south, takes place next to the famous statue of Jesus, offering wonderful views of the sea, and leads tourists to the city center, which borders with a bizarre harbor.
By the way, for dismantling in music, it was here that an aging British rocker Gary Glitter was arrested on charges of pedophilia. Somehow, even this terrible fact even made the town a little more popular. By the way, the shamelessly served for three years in Vietnamese prison.
By the way about the elderly lonely men: although, of course, Vungtau is not in Pattaya (and far from Pattaya), the well-known capital of Thailand sex tourism, there is more than enough bars, where such sad lonely men meet. It is better not to look into such bars, especially if the girl travels alone.
Well, to more pleasant news. Vungtau is not a very big city, about 240 thousand people live here. But among the numbers there are a large Russian-speaking community that exists here from Soviet times. In general, these are employees of the Russian-Vietnamese company for oil production, and their headquarters are their headquarters in Wungtau. Before the collapse of the USSR, it was the most dominant group of foreigners in Vungtau, later many were reversible, but still the Russian district exists and lives their lives, with their Russian shops, restaurants, library and church. Without ours anywhere! By the way, many of our compatriots moved from Vungtau in Muin, where there is also a well-known Russian community, and a lot of Russians come there. And, for some reason, almost no one goes from Muin to Vungtau ....
Vungtau is not very similar to Beach Muin or Nha Trang. In the sense, there are beaches here, but everything is a little different. Rather, Vungtau is a traditional seaside place for a couple of days or even a couple of hours, a picnic walk, all things. Not for a full vacation. But the neighboring seaside Long Hai is an interesting place where you can go after Vungtau, in order to investigate several attractions and dine in one of the whole range of cheap delicious seafood restaurants.
But, nevertheless, Vungtau beaches are very good, quite extensive. You can advise to look at back Beach (Back Beach or BÃi SAU in Vietnamese) and Front Beach (BÃi TRướC).
Today in the territory of Vungtau is going to build a large resort of Saigon Atlantis, which will include hotels, shops, sailing centers. The dear project is obtained, but luxurious recreation lovers will like it!
Two other remarkable entertainment projects that expect construction - Aquarium Vungtau, and Bàu TRũNG, something like Disneyland, amusement park, with an 88-storey skyscraper, which is likely to be the highest building in Vietnam. So, comrades, some patience and soon Wungtau "will explode" Vietnam and will be glorified among our fellow citizens as the chief entertainment center of the country.
If you are thinking when you go to Wungtau, please add a trip to festivals. One of the most widely celebrated holidays here - Le Hoy Cá Ong (Lễ Hội Cá Ong, Whale Holiday, "whale holiday") - very spectacular!
Also in the region, the air coils festival and World Food Festival Culture (Food Festival) are held. And, if you arrive in August, you will find a lot of Australian tourists in Wungtau who come here to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Longtane (the most famous battle with the participation of the Australian Army during the Vietnam War in 1966).
If we consider the traditional architecture, and specifically, temples, then to begin with, it is worth noting that, as in most provinces and cities of Vietnam, Buddhism is the predominant belief. Buddhism Mahayana - the dominant form of religion in Vietnam "arrived" in Vungtau together with the Vietnamese settlers from the North at the beginning of the 17th century (and the Khmer lived in this area before that, the Khmer practiced Tharavad, the oldest school of Buddhism), resulting in a lot of Buddhist pagodas, temples and statues. Buddhist temples Thích Ca Pật đài and Niết Bàn TịNH XÁ annually attract pilgrims from all over the country.
Also, you will find in Vungtau 14 Catholic churches. Remarkable monument in the city - Christ Wangtau, a large statue built by the Catholic minority of Vietnam in 1974. The statue rushes 32 meters in height, and this is one of the highest statues of Christ in Asia.
In general, as we understood, come to the port of Vungtau better on the day-two, as they do all the local Vietnamese. Do not stay here longer, because in Vietnam so many other beautiful cities and places! Although, of course, everything is on an amateur and everything is very subjective, but it seems there is also the best places in this big country.