Vũng Tàu
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About Vũng Tàu
Vũng Tàu is a former coastal city in southeast Vietnam. The city covered 141.1 km2 (54.5 sq mi) of area and consisted of 16 urban wards on Vũng Tàu island with an islandic commune of Long Sơn, including the same name island and Gò Găng Island. The city is known as a major crude oil extraction center of Vietnam.
Since July 2025, Vũng Tàu City was legally abolished and became a part of Ho Chi Minh City just like its parent province Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu. The name Vũng Tàu was then re-adopted by a ward-level subdivision covering the southern cape of the peninsula, the heart of the former city; however, the whole area of the former city is still colloquially called as 'Vũng Tàu' as is the case where many other major provincial cities in the nation that were dissolved.
Since April 2015, Vũng Tàu consisted of 16 wards (phường): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Thắng Nhất, Thắng Nhì (formerly Ward 6), Thắng Tam, Nguyễn An Ninh, Rạch Dừa, and the commune (xã) of Long Sơn.
The wards were divided into quarters (khu phố), which were divided into smaller community groups (tổ dân phố). The commune was...
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