Interesting when you walked on Binh Thuan beaches

It’s not look blue as normally because of the prolonged of heavy rain of September, but at Binh Thuan beaches in autumn season will give you an opportunity to enjoy the pleasures of seafood, or others with very low prices.

Mui Ne Beach
Binh Thuan beach is one of beauty and well-know beaches of Vietnam Tourism, but difference with blue water image, white sand often praised and extolled, coming Autumn season, under the influence of the coast near the estuary, this beach is same a Thi No ( ugliest girl in the Vietnam literature) with muddy water and the sky is overcast.


Be compensate for this defect, it’s time for fish men. Therefore, if "unfortunate" come here, you will compensate by enjoying fresh seafood with lowest prices. Small tip is in Mui Ne have a lot of beaches belong to difference restaurants, resorts, according to evaluation of many tourists, Hon Rom beach area is not only cleaner, more beautiful and more decent than others but also a center of snack area, fresh seafood and cheapest at Mui Ne. this defect, it’s time for fish men. Therefore, if "unfortunate" come here, you will compensate by enjoying fresh seafood with lowest prices. Small tip is in Mui Ne have a lot of beaches belong to difference restaurants, resorts, according to evaluation of many tourists, Hon Rom beach area is not only cleaner, more beautiful and more decent than others but also a center of snack area, fresh seafood and cheapest at Mui Ne.


Suoi O Beach
 

Never had any human invention, Suoi O sea pristine beauties of the two lines of blue water (a river, an ocean) are separated by white sand. However, the main charm of the river parallel to the sea where autumn coming, water colors and level are severely affected than other beaches. It's not in list of any tours, you can enjoy make your schedule come here on other seasons.

However, if you devise to come here on presently time, it have a hot detail you should tried to resolve. from begining of July to half of Aug lunar calendar is a season of fish small shrimp of Binh Chau fishmen ( Ba Ria - Vung Tau) and some of area near by Binh Thuan as Tan Thang, Tan Nghia, Tan An...( Ham Tan District). In this occasion you come there, you will enjoyed fresh fish small shrimps still alive when put it into the pot to steam. Roll rice paper with fish small shrimp handmade, or watching the sun filled courtyard fish small shrimps of fishmen and trucks laden with sacks of frozen fish small shrimps domain.

Cam Binh Beach

Faraway from Lagi 15km and hide in poplar forest, Cam Binh sea pristine beauty of a sleeping princess. But you come Cam Binh in this month, You has just arrived and want coming back imediately when opposited muddy water and powerfull waves release everything to the sea.

One point we can interesting of this beach same as Mui Ne, Cam Binh sea is a where the Cam Binh fishmen living. You will enjoy seafood as fresh as cheap. Specialist is Duc Vang fish, grill or make salad would delicious. Or outside of here, you can discover the beautiful of OX car pulling coracle.

After enjoy seafood, if you still like swimming on the sea, you can walk along to Tam Tan beach - Lagi town.

Tien Thanh Beach

Mom Da Chim Beach

Diversified tourism forms attracting visitors

According to Binh Thuan Department of Culture - Sports and Tourism, Phan Thiet has welcomed more than 42,000 visitors on the occasion of 30th April and May Day holidays, including 25% foreign tourists, an increase of 12% compared to the same period last year. Rooms of all resorts, hotels and guest houses were filled. This year, Binh Thuan authorities has opened more amusement locations such as Po sha Inu tower, Hong sand hill ... Especially, the public beaches such as Hon Rom, Da Ong Dia, Doi Duong... have been crowded with visitors. At the same time, travel accommodations in Phan Thiet have also organized the programe “Enjoying the holidays and welcoming the summer”. Through the programe, tourists have visited Phan Thiet market, enjoyed the Cham art at the Po Sha Inu tower and other traditional art programmes, enjoyed seafood buffets parties, taken part in the games, watched the sports on the sea and on the sand hills, as well as the traditional festivals of Phan Thiet people...



                              Visiting the Duc Thanh Vestige

                                    An excursion on Ca Ty river


                                   Tourists enjoying the ceramic art

                                 ...And mixing the Cham dances

                                                                                            Phuong Lan (Source: Binh Thuan Newspaper)

Da Dung dam – one-time famousness

Someone who has lived and had a strong attachment to La Gi can’t forget Da Dung landscape. A charming landscape is located in the center of Binh Tuy township (now, the center of La Gi town).


Formerly, when we were high school students, we often played truant to come to Da Dung dam. We swam in the river and took pictures. We sometimes daydreamed about courting couples on the moon nights. When winter came, Da Dung dam was very beautiful with violet cherry-blossom in the afternoon. One-pillar pagoda looks ancient next to a stone lion with its serious face during the time, which makes people nostalgic. The wooden bridge connected the stone banks was little curved. Dazzling white spumes was picturesque.

                                             Da Dung dam


Da Dung dam was built in 1959 to supply water source for people and be a landscape. Initially, the dam was 80 meters in width with two exit ports. The depth is 6 – 7 meters. The floating pavilion imitated one-pillar pagoda in Hanoi was built on a pillar. Each side of the pillar is 2.5 meters in length. Under the dam, besides the lion statue, there were trees and vines in different stone island rising in the midle of the river. Visitors could enjoy the scenery when walking on the little curved bridge. Following a few dozen stairs, there is a statue of carp turning into dragon. The Dinh bank had cherry-blossom gardens shading all year round. It was ideal to hold some collective activities such as camping, picnic…

In the 60s – 70s, watershed forest had not be destroyed. Water source of Dinh river run all year around and it was thinly populated. Therefore, for water source, people were not compeled. Nowadays, there are some deep parts in the area of Da Dung dam. The whirl pools are dangerous for children to swim there. They will be risk of drowning death. It is rumoured that there are crocodiles. One can’t tell fact and fiction in the rumour. Someone wants to bathe in the river, but looks at the shrine and thinks crocodiles. He/she doesn’t dare to swim .

After the liberation, people advocated to change Da Dung dam into the irrigation dam with the slogan of “All for production”. People’s money, material and effort invested in this work very much. Finally, there has been nothing. The diessel engines were used to pump water for irrigation. Fortunately, there is water source from Suoi Do dam running into the canals.

Deforestation is exponential every year. Dinh river is dry in the sunny season and flooded in the rainy season. The dam has not been preserved. So, its bank is eroded. Da Dung dam is likely to topple after several floods. In the years: 1990 – 1995, there was a rapid population growth with 40,000 people in the center region of La Gi. Da Dung dam managed and exploited by Ham Tan water supply plant met 1,600 households (9,000 people) with its humble norm of 0.1 cubic metre/person/day. It was compelling. The government invested to rebuild Da Dung dam in 1996. Its dimension is 90 meters in length, 2.4 meters in height and 4 meters in width. The dam has supplied about 15,000 cubic metre per day. This water volume has not been enough to meet the demands of the population growth. The water supply plant must get more water from Nui Dat lake, Dua stream and Do stream.

Because of water shortage for daily activities and production, nobody pays attention to restoring Da Dung landscape. The iron brigde crossed Dinh river was made by the sapper force in July, 1999 after the frightening flood. This bumpy bridge is existing in the center of La Gi town with two signs of “16-seater minibuses prohibited”. Nasty dust-heaps have laid in the river basin towards two bridgeheads. Brushwoods are luxuriant in the bank from Da Dung dam to the iron bridge. Most of land parts around the bank are possessed by some people. It is difficult to find a cherry-blossom.


It can be said that this is an uncommon sight. There are a dam and a stone isle with beautiful and romantic features in the center of La Gi town. Da Dung restoration is essential to serve people’s demands such as recreation and entertainment.

Trang Hieu (Source: Binh Thuan newspaper)

Dragon fruit comes to America early in the year.

On the first days of Tan Mao lunar year, Binh Thuan dragon fruit has had many prospects. The price of dragon fruit has been very high in the days before and after Tet, in the time before Tet, especially before Tet, the price reached more than VND 20,000 per kilogram. Now the price at dragon fruit farms is stable at VND 13,000 per kilogram. The number of customers’ orders for this fruits has increased. The first shipments have come to America.


Mr. Bui Dang Hung – Chairman of Binh Thuan Dragon fruit Association said, With the output of more than 300,000 tonnes in 2010, Binh Thuan dragon fruits have been mainly exported to China under the form of cross-border trade.

Particularly, dragon fruits are also exported to other 20 countries, but with small volume. According to Mr. Hung, Binh Thuan dragon fruits exported to China have been sold at the price of USD 19 per kilo in Chinese market.
For many years, the main market share of Binh Thuan dragon fruit is only China. But now, many promising signs have proved that Binh Thuan dragon fruits can penetrate into difficult markets such as America, Japan, South Korea, Chile, Australia... In 2010, Vietnam has exported 1,276 tonnes of dragon fruits to America and Japan including 856 tonnes exported to America, an increase of 8.5 times in comparison with 2009. Inherently, Japanese market is an extremely difficult market for fruits. Last year, 420 tonnes of Binh Thuan dragon fruits were exported to the Land of the Rising Sun, which shows many satisfactory signs.

In 2011, the expected volume of dragon fruit exported to America will be 1,500 tonnes including 1,000 tonnes of An Phu irradiation plant and 500 tonnes of other companies. Yasaka Fruit Processing Co., Ltd with the vapour heat treatment system will export 600 tonnes of dragon fruits to Japan. Although dragon fruits have been made an offer in South Korean market in 2010, South Korean authority has officially informed that dragon fruits throught the vapour heat treatment system are entered into the market, said Mr. Hung.
And 2011 will be the first year of dragon fruit export to South Korea with the amount of 500 tonnes from the contract of Yasaka vapour heat treament plant with Korean companies.

There will be at least 2,600 tonnes of dragon fruits exported to America, Japan and South Korea in 2011. According to statistics, Vietnam has exported 56 tonnes of dragon fruits to America within only 4 days (from January, 1st to 4th, 2011). When dragon fruits are exported under the form of cross-border trade, dragon fruit farms will have high price and stable market.

Phuong Lan (Source: Binh Thuan Newspaper)