Ba Ria - Vung Tau province's Tourism Information and Promotion Centre in collaboration with several travel companies based in the province, the specialized offices of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the districts Dat Do, Chau Duc, Ba Ria town has organized a state survey in the traditional villages and sightseeing destinations.

The team surveyed the Whale cemetery, Phuoc Hai fishing village in Dat Do district, Hai Tho wine shop in Hoa Long commune, Ba Ria town and Bau Chinh culture house in Chau Duc district. The survey was conducted in order to make assessment on the status of infrastructure, landscapes, environment, mode of operation, product quality and capabilities serving tourists, plan to open for tourism and listening to aspirations of the business owners or the representative of the destination management on the part of work to do to get tourists.

Ba Ria - Vung Tau is a coastal province close to Ho Chi Minh city, famous with beautiful white sand beaches Vung Tau attracts a great deal of tourists from Ho Chi Minh city at weekends. Vung Tau is also famous with beautiful sites such as Bao Dai white palace, Long Phuoc tunnels, Nghinh Phong cape, Dinh Co temple, Chon Nguyen zen monastery (Monkey pagoda). Vung Tau was also a military base in the American war, many war veterans from US, Australia visit the former base every year.

The program is part of the tourism information and promotion in 2014 in order to gather information, assess the status, service capacity and desire of people communities living in the ruins, villages, sights and thus invest funds, renovate and enhance the attractiveness to visitors, targeting at using vestiges as a level to improve tourism. The survey will continue through May with nearly 20 historical sites, traditional villages, landscapes, facilities making special products... in the province.