Vung Tau: Travel guide book from A to Z (part 1)

Vung Tau: Travel guide book from A to Z (part 1): useful information

Vung Tau has long been seen as an attractive tourist destination, by its natural beauty. Wherever you are on the Vung Tau Tour, you will also be fascinated by the scenery of this place.

Vung Tau Travel Overview

Just a 3-hours drive from Ho Chi Minh city centre, with its coastline at 20 km, Vung Tau is one of the favorite destinations in the south. Lying out of the mainland as a strip of land, from here, one can look at the east coast when it grows and sunset. Besides the natural landscape values, Vung Tau is also a land with a long history of cultural traditions.

The beauty of Vung Tau. Photo: Dulichcounhy

In Vung Tau you will be feeling peaceful, pleasant with spacious, airy roads. Below are the blue sea, above are the big mountains, small mountains, and the temples of Thanh Tinh... All make up a phantom-filled Vung Tau, a Vung Tau city that is not only a peaceful, but also a popular scenic landmark.

Climate

Ba Ria – Vung Tau area of tropical monsoon climate, a five-year-clear split season: Rainy season starts from May to October, this time the southwest monsoon; The dry season starts from November to April the following year, this time the northeast monsoon. Average annual temperature is 27 °c, the lowest month is about 24,8 °c, the highest month about 28,6 °c.

Best season to go

In Vung Tau year round is the tourism season because the temperature is not as cold or too hot. You only need to watch the weather forecast newsletter to avoid Vung Tau tourism when there is rain storm. Also, on weekends and day trips, Vung Tau attracts very crowded tourists, prices of services are high.

Move from TP. Ho Chi Minh City to Vung Tau

Vung Tau City is only 125km from HCMC, which is a great venue for your short day trip. Currently there are 3 vehicles for dust travels: self-ride, passenger or hydrofoil cars.

1. Motorcycles

Way 1: You follow National Highway 1, passing from the Dong Nai Bridge will meet a traffic boom (Vung Tau Crossroads, formerly known as the Vung Tau Junction), from here you turn right on Highway 51. It's about 100km from Vung Tau City.

Way 2: HCM City, you can choose to supply the way from Cat Lai Ferry (Q. 2, HCMC. HCM) to Nhon Trach (Dong Nai). This section will lead the 51 highway to the entrance to Nhon Trach Industrial Park. The palace is closer to about 20km.

In addition, for self-drive visitors can choose to bow to the Vung Tau crossing the highway Long Thanh - Dong Nai, which will help shorten the distance from Vung Tau only about 2-2.5 hours.

Note: The time goes to Vung Tau by motorbike: 3 – 3.5 hours.

2. Public bus

High quality public bus: Price from 80,000 – 160,000 VND/ticket. You can get out of the Eastern bus station to buy tickets, it is for about 2.5-3 hours.

• East Bus Station: Address: 292 Ding the field, Ward 26, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City
Tel: (08) 3899 4056; (08) 3898 4441; (08) 3898 4442; (08) 3898 4893.

• Public bus Vung Tau City: Address: 192 Nam khoi Nghia, Ward 3, Vung Tau City.
Tel: (064) 3859727.
Some quality carriers run this online:

• Company:
Open Tour: Vung Tau – Ho Chi Minh City
 Time: 4h00 – 17h30 (a 15-minute tour)

-Booking:
+ Vung Tau Ticket – Tel: 0643,531 980 – 0643,531 981
+ Ben Thanh Ticket – Tel: 0838,218 928 – 0838,218 927

Western Bus Station
-Time: 4h00 – 19h00 (per trip between 15 – 30 minutes)
-Booking:
+ Bar BX Vung Tau – Tel: 0643,527 500
+ BX Ticket Western – Tel: 01207 226 226 – 01207 227 227

Eastern Bus Station
-Time: 4h00 – 19h00 (per trip between 15 – 30 minutes)

-Booking:
+ Buy tickets directly at BX (Vung Tau)
+ Buy tickets go directly at BX ticket counters 84 (HCMC)
+ Phone Number: 0937 756 756

• Thien Phu Car Company
 Vung Tau: Address: 04 Tran Hung Dao, Ward 3, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. Ticket booking: 064. 3 62 52 62 – 0917 35 10 35

Sai Gon: the Eastern Bus station. Address: Ticket No 36, 292 Dinh The Truong, Ward 26, Binh Thanh, Ho Chi Minh City. Ticket Booking: 0917351035 – (08) 35112958

• Car Kumho: Address: 292 Dinh, Ward 26, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Tel: (08) 35,112,112. Ticket price 85,000 VND/ticket.

• Toan Thang bus: Booking ticket 0908,121,135 or 0908,121,135. Ticket price: 90,000 VND/person
High speed: Pacific Express train, lost 1h30 ′ with fares 200,000 VND. The ship will be exported from the Dragon House Port (No. 05 Nguyen Tat Thanh, District 4) in the Saigon River, through the Gulf of Tonkin and finally visited the Wharf Harbor, Vung Tau. Hotline: 01222 69 69 68.

Useful phone numbers

-Police: 064 3852361

-Vung Tau Central Post Office: 064 3623483

-Le Loi Hospital, Vung Tau: 064 3832667

-Petro Taxi: 064 3851851

-Mai Linh Taxi: 064 3565656