Vũng Tàu
Vũng Tàu
Thành phố Vũng Tàu | |
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| Vũng Tàu City | |
Clockwise from top: Front Beach skyline, Thích Ca Phật Đài, Villa Blanche (Bạch Dinh, vi), Christ of Vũng Tàu, Long Sơn Mansion (vi) | |
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Map of central Vũng Tàu | |
| Coordinates: 10°23′N 107°7′E / 10.383°N 107.117°E | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Province | Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu (formerly) |
| Municipality | Ho Chi Minh City (as wards of Vũng Tàu, Tam Thắng, Rạch Dừa and commune of Long Sơn) |
| Region | Southeast |
| Established | 1822 |
| Government | |
| • Secretary of CPV | Trần Đình Khoa |
| • Chairman of People's Council | Lê Thị Thanh Bình |
| • Chairman of People's Committee | Hoàng Vũ Thảnh |
| Area | |
| • Land | 141.1 km2 (54.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 464,860 |
| • Density | 3.296/km2 (8.54/sq mi) |
| • Ethnicities | |
| GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values) | |
| • Year | 2023 |
| • Total (Metro) | $14.7 billion |
| • Per capita | $32,400 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (Indochina Time) |
| Postal code | 790000 |
Vũng Tàu (Hanoi accent: [vuŋm˧ˀ˥ taːw˨˩] ⓘ, Saigon accent: [vuŋm˧˩˧ taːw˨˩] ⓘ) 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 one other islandic commune of Long Sơn including the same name island and Gò Găng Island. The city is also the crude oil extraction center of Vietnam.
Since 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.