Ba Ria Vung Tau province is founded on August 12th 1991 by the socialist republic of Vietnam’s national assembly’s decision, belonging to the Southern East with the border length of 162km on mainland - the North border on 3 districts Long Thanh, Long Khanh, Xuan Loc of Dong Nai province, the West border on Can Gio District of Ho Chi Minh City, the East border on Ham Tan District of Binh Thuan Province, the South border on East sea. Its seashore length is 100km (with 72km of the sand-bank can use as seaside resort). Its continental shelf border on Truong Sa Islands where has 2 very important resources of petroleum and seafood. Its natural area is 1975.14km2 in 1975, population is 821.300 people in 2000, population density is 416 persons/km2. There are 8 administrative units including Vung Tau City, Ba Ria Town, and districts: Chau Duc, Xuyen Moc, Tan Thanh, Long Dien, Dat Do, Con Dao.