Vũng Tàu

provincial city of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, Vietnam

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Vũng Tàu is a provincial city located in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province in Vietnam. As a coastal urban center in this province, it serves as an important regional hub for the area.

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Vũng Tàu (Saigon accent: [juŋm˧˩˧ taːw˨˩] , Hanoi accent: [vuŋm˧ˀ˥ taw˨˩] ) is a former coastal city in southeast Vietnam. The city covered 141.1 km (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.