Vũng Tàu

Vũng Tàu (Hanoi accent: [vuŋm˧ˀ˥ taːw˨˩] (listen), Saigon accent: [vuŋm˧˩˧ taːw˨˩] (listen)) is the largest city of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province in southern Vietnam. The city area is 140 square kilometres (54 square miles), consists of 13 urban wards and one commune of Long Sơn Islet. Vũng Tàu was the capital of the province until it was replaced by the much smaller Bà Rịa city on 2 May 2012. The city is also the crude oil extraction center of Vietnam.