Introduction to Dat Do district

Dat Do has a semi-midland terrain, low hills and mountains, ancient alluvial terraces and coastal plains, with fertile plains, alternating between hills and mountains. Dat Do is a land composed of quite diverse terrain, with high mountains, long coastline and wide fields. Communes and towns: Phuoc Long Tho, Long Tan, Phuoc Thanh, Lang Dai are basalt red lands; Phuoc Hai and Loc An communes and towns are coastal areas; Long My and Phuoc Hoi are ancient alluvial lands.

     Dat Do was one of the first stops of the Vietnamese community on their way to reclaim land and settle down to the South in the 16th and 17th centuries. The district has a rich semi-midland terrain, with both plains and many mountains creating a lively landscape, playing an important role in economics, tourism and especially in military terms. Da Quy Mountain (also known as Dat Mountain) in Dat Do town is 82m high, Nhon mountain in Lang Dai is 24m high, Thom mountain in Long Tan is 126m high are important military locations, protecting National Highway 55 and Provincial Highway. 52. Especially the Chau Vien and Chau Long mountain ranges (now known as Minh Dam mountain) stretch along the territory of Phuoc Hai town, Long My commune and some localities of Long Dien district with the 327m high Chau Vien mountain, the 327m high mountain range. Hon Thung is 214m high and Da Dung island is 173m high, which are coastal walls protecting this rich land, creating a strategic military terrain.

     Ray River is a large river in Dat Do district. Ray River originates from many small streams in the Tan Phong area (Long Khanh) and Chua Chan mountain, flows south of Xuan Loc district, passes through the districts of Chau Duc, Xuyen Moc, flows through the rich plain of Dat Do district with a basin of 1,500 km2 then flows into Loc An estuary. During the two resistance wars against the French colonialists and the American imperialists, the area north of Song Ray was an important military base and logistics base for the province's revolutionary forces. Loc An estuary downstream is covered with thick Sac forest, adjacent to old forests, and is a landing site for receiving weapons and reinforcements by sea from the North to the Southeast during the resistance war against the US.

     Located in the sub-equatorial region, the monsoon is hot, humid and stable all year round, with few storms and floods. Dat Do's climate is directly influenced by the East Sea, temperate and cool. The rainy season in Dat Do lasts from May to October with quite a lot of rainfall from 1,300 to 1,700mm. The dry season is from November to April of the following year. With a favorable location, terrain and fresh nature, Dat Do has much potential for diverse economic development.

    Dat Do district has an important road system (National Highway 55, Provincial Road 52, Provincial Road 44 front, back 44, Vung Tau-Binh Thuan coastal road). Highway 55 is 22km long from Ba Ria, passing through Long Dien town, Dat Do town, connecting with Xuyen Moc and Ham Tan (Binh Thuan province). Since ancient times, under the Nguyen Dynasty, this was the 'thien ly' road from the North and Central regions to the South, with Dat Do being the first obstacle.

    Along with a road transportation system that was built relatively early and is quite complete, Dat Do has a coastline of about 17.5km from Ky Van cape to Loc An estuary. The Dat Do sea area is favorable for building a seaport to serve economic and tourism development, especially the Loc An seaport with favorable wind protection and spacious premises. Loc An fishing port is being invested into a center. Fisheries and tourism service center. Phuoc Hai town is a diverse tourist destination, with a beach that is considered one of the most beautiful beaches in the province, in addition to the amazing landscape of Ky Van cape protruding into the sea and the beautiful cherry blossom forest. combined with many historical and cultural relics ranked in the district.

   In addition to tourism potential, fishing and aquaculture are the main key industries of the district with a fishing output of about 40,000 tons/year, an increase of 2.2 times compared to when the district was first re-established. In addition to fishing, the district also has about 856 hectares of water surface for aquaculture concentrated in the Loc An area. Along with seafood fishing, a series of fishing services such as boat repair, mechanics, frozen seafood processing, dried fish, fish meal, fish sauce, and animal feed processing are also increasingly developing. .

    Dat Do is a land suitable for many types of crops, especially long-term industrial crops such as Rubber trees and perennial fruit trees such as durian, custard apple, mango, rambutan... Rice cultivation area, about 8,209 hectares (accounting for 45.3% of the rice growing area in the whole province), the crop growing area is about 5,926 hectares. Annual output is about 36,000 tons of rice and 17,000 tons of vegetables. In addition to farming, Dat Do people also do jobs that require the skill of artisans such as carpentry, wood carving... There are traditional craft villages such as brick and tile village, Long My clay pot; The craft village of weaving cushions with leaves in Phuoc Loi (Phuoc Hoi commune) has been famous since the early twentieth century.

     Seafood fishing developed early in Phuoc Hai. People set up temples to worship Ong Nam Hai, Quan Thanh De Quan or Ba Ngu Hanh, who are compassionate gods, ready to save suffering, rescue, and helap seafarers who encounter unfortunate events. Today, that custom is still preserved and developed.

Along with the process of exploring and building new countryside, the people here