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International kite festival in Vung Tau

Long Hai beach                         used to treat many diseases and said
                                       to be good for your health. Beside
Long Hai is a town in Long Dat         Binh Chau primeval forest, there
District, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province,  is Ho Coc Sea with its long gentle
25km from Vung Tau City. The town      sloping sand bank.
is surrounded by many beautiful
beaches stretching along the           Binh Chau together with Vam Sat
base of Minh Dam mountain. It is       mangrove forest (Ho Chi Minh City)
isolated, and an ideal location to     was recognized as two of 65 “most
relax and sunbathe. In the middle      sustainable ecological resorts in
of the beaches Huong Bien and          the world” by the World Tourism
Hang Duong, lies Dinh Co temple.       Organization (UNWTO).
During the Dinh Co festival (lunar 12
February), people pilgrimage to this   Bau Lach grass field
place to wish for peaceful travels at
sea and great seafood.                 Fifteen km from the town Duc Phong
                                       (Bu Dang District) lies this 500ha
Binh Chau - Ho Coc                     grassland amid the endless forests
Ecological Resort                      and mountains. Twenty connected
                                       fields of grass make up the whole
Binh Chau - Ho Coc Ecological Resort   area with many white streaming
(Xuyen Moc District, Ba Ria - Vung     waterfalls standing out amid the
Tau Province) is located amid endless  ancient tree forests. The widest and
primeval forests. Its main attraction  most beautiful grass field with nearly
is the hot water spring with more      140ha is called the Great Grass Field.
than 70 open spray points, forming a   It is vast laden with water ponds
stream and lake system that always     amid open space, making it suitable
radiates heat at temperatures from     for camping, walking, parachute
37OC to 82OC. The water vein under     jumping and hunting. Water lakes
this endemic cajuput forest contains   and grass fields are located in the
high content of silicon, nitrogen,     middle of a restricted forest, thus
sulfur, natrium and chloride that are

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