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March 3, 2020 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Vung Tau Back Beach

Vung Tau is a coastal city in southern Vietnam. It’s known for being a hub for the gas and oil industry of Vietnam, and for being “The Beach of Saigon”.

Vung Tau is in Ba Ria–Vung Tau Province, which is one of the seven provinces that surrounds Ho Chi Minh City. These provinces make up the Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area, so technically Vung Tau is part of Greater Ho Chi Minh City. If you tak the minivan to Vung Tau instead of the fast ferry to Vung Tau, there is hardly any undeveloped area left between the two cities.

Here are some of the projects that are planned and under construction in Vung Tau.

Vung Tau Map


Map of Vung Tau projects.

Current Projects

Construction projects that are in planning or under construction in Vung Tau.

The Song

The Song

Location: 28 Thi Sach St, Thang Tam Ward, Vung Tau.
Website: thesong.vn
Developer: angia.com.vn

The Song is a 36-floor hotel/apartment tower near the Bai Sau beach (Back Beach). The project has been marketed as a second home for Saigon residents, and its prime location near the beach makes it an aspirational weekend getaway apartment.

The Song Infinity Pool

Vung Tau Pearl

Vung Tau Pearl

Location: Thi Sach St, Thang Tam Ward, Vung Tau.
Website: vungtaupearl.com.vn
Developer: Hung Thinh Corp.

Vung Tau Pearl comprises of 4 blocks at 33 storeys near the Back Beach of Vung Tau. This apartment and condotel project is next to The Song project and not far from the Pullman Hotel.

BRG Front Beach Project

Location: Front Beach, Vung Tau.

BRG Group announced a plan to redevelop an area of nearly 11ha in Lam Son, Front Beach. The site will include six high-rise towers and three hotels (Hilton, Rex, Royal).

In November 2017 Hilton announced signing of DoubleTree by Hilton Vung Tau. According to the Hilton website the project was scheduled to open in the 1st quarter of 2022, but that update has since been removed.

Vung Tau Gateway

Vung Tau Gateway

Location: Corner Nguyen Huu Canh and Ba Thang Hai
Investor: DIC Corp.

DIC Gateway is a two-tower apartment project of 30 floors with a total of 1538 units. The project is 400m away from Chi Linh beach, and 2.5km away from the city centre.

Cap Saint Jacques Complex

Cap Saint Jacques Complex

Location: 169 Thuy Van, Vung Tau.

The Cap Saint Jacques Complex, or the CSJ Tower, is an apartment development at the Cap Saint Jacques Hotel (Cap Saint-Jacques being the former name of Vung Tau).

Marine City

Marine City

Location: Duong Ven Bien, Phuoc Tinh Ward, Vung Tau.
Website: marinecity.vn

Marine City is a new urban development situated on a peninsula jutting out into the Co May River. Billed as a coastal urban resort, the site will have a residential area, and a tourism complex and an amusement park.

Further reading: Tuan Chau group suggests building mega resort project in Vung Tau city.

Marine City

Vung Tau Aquarium

Vung Tau Aquarium

Location: Front Beach, Vung Tau.
Developer: Vung Tau Cable Car Tourism JSC (VCCT).

The Hon Nguu aquarium complex is a proposed tourism development that will include a three-hectare aquarium, a cable car station and a 22-story five-star hotel.

An environmental impact assessment (EIA) report was approved in January 2019, but after land reclamation begun the project was halted in October 2019.

One Opera Complex

Corner of Hoang Hoa Tham and Thuy Van, Vung Tau

Location: Corner of Hoang Hoa Tham and Thuy Van, Vung Tau.

The One Opera Complex is situated on a prime piece of real estate opposite the Vung Tau Back Beach Square. There have been different designs for this site over the years, but for now it remains an empty lot.

Images from Haai Architecture.

One Opera Vung Tau

One Opera Vung Tau

One Opera Vung Tau

One Opera Complex
[One Opera Complex – 2012 version (vnre.reic.vn).]

One Opera Complex
[One Opera Complex version via diaoconline.vn]


YouTube: Dự án : One Opera Complex at Vung Tau City – Vietnam.

Mepros Hotel

Mepros Hotel
[Image via NVL Consultant.]

Address: 147 Thuy Van, Vung Tau.

Mepros Hotel is a 4-star hotel on the main Back Beach road. The project has been stalled for a number of years.

Aquamarine

Aquamarine

Location: So 79 đuong D5, phuong 10, Vung Tau.
Website: aquamarine.vn

The Maris Vung Tau

The Maris Vung Tau
[Image via angialand.com.vn.]

Location: 3 Thang 2, Phuong 10, Vung Tau.
Architect: TAMA Architects

The Maris Vung Tau is a luxury beach resort set on 23 hectares of beachfront property. The project includes luxury villas, serviced apartments, a 5-star hotel, and three beach clubs. The main building will include the Grand Eastin Hotel.

Bien Hoa – Vung Tau Railway Project

If ever there was a city that would be perfect for a commuter railway it would be Vung Tau. There is currently no railway that serves the city of Vung Tau, but there is a proposal for a Bien Hoa – Vung Tau railway.

This railway would connect the provinces to the east of Greater Ho Chi Minh City, from the Thi Vai–Cai Mep port to Di An station in Binh Duong. This would then connect with the proposed Sai Gon – Loc Ninh railway that goes near the Cambodian border. This line would be 95.4 kilometres long with 12 stations, with train speeds of 160 kilometres per hour.

If this eastern rail ring is built, it could be connected to the main North-South line, and a junction to change for the railway to the future Long Thanh International Airport.

The railway appears to be planned with getting freight to the port, with passenger travel being an afterthought. There should be more planning to push a railway line as close to Vung Tau City as possible. This would help alleviate the traffic between Vung Tau and Ho Chi Minh City. I made a map of an expanded Ho Chi Minh City metro railway that includes Vung Tau.

Completed Projects

Gold Sea Vung Tau

Gold Sea Vung Tau

Location: 172 Hoang Hoa Tham Street, Vung Tau.

Vung Tau Melody

Vung Tau Melody

Location: Corner of Vo Thi Sau and Hoang Hoa Tham Street, Thang Tam Ward, Vung Tau.
Website: vungtaumelody.com.vn
Developer: Hung Thinh Corp.

Never Built

Proposed developments that never came to be, and alternative renders of completed projects.

Wonderful World Theme Park

Wonderful World was a proposed Disney-style theme park in Vung Tau. The park would have covered 155 ha in Bau Trung, Nguyen An Ninh ward, Vung Tau city.

Wonderful World Theme Park - Vung Tau
[Image via vnre.reic.vn.]

Another version shows the park in reclaimed land off the back beach.

Wonderful World Theme Park - Vung Tau

Vietinbank Complex

Vietinbank Complex
[Image via vnre.reic.vn.]

Vung Tau News

Vietnam’s touristic Vung Tau to recall 28ha of coastal land from lessees owing $14mn rental – [15/02/22]

Ba Ria- Vung Tau Province plans to establish three more industrial parks – [11/03/21]

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About James Clark

James Clark is the editor of Future Southeast Asia and is currently based in Ho Chi Minh City. Follow his travels at nomadicnotes.com and on Twitter at @nomadicnotes

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