Phan Thiet – Mui Ne
Phan Thiet – Located in Binh Thuan province is about 200km northeast from Ho Chi Minh City and lies south of Cam Ranh Bay on the southernmost stretch of Central Vietnam. Once part of the Cham Kingdom, it’s now a bustling town of about a 100,000 inhabitants.
Phan Thiet still has sizeable populations of Cham and Raglai ethnic minority groups. The former are a part of the area’s Cham heritage.
Apart from it’s Cham history, Phan Thiet can boast has a respectable heritage of its own, conquered by the Vietnamese armies sweeping southwards a the end of the 16th century, and a key player in the French war.
Mui Ne beach
It is 20km from the centre of Phan Thiet city. Along the road from Phan Thiet to Mui Ne are innumerable sand dunes with imposing landscape of beautiful rows of coconut trees and clean beaches. The typical scenery of Mui Ne lies in the moving lines of golden sand caused by the wind and when they are seen from afar they look like moving wares
The fishing village
At the far end of the beach, Mui Ne fishing village and several hectares of massive rolling sand dunes make a pleasant diversion from relaxing on the beach, swimming and windsurfing.