Long Thanh Town is a town and township in Long Thanh District, Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

, 70 km northwest of Vung Tau

Vung Tàu

Vũng Tàu is a city in southern Vietnam. Its population in 2005 was 240,000. The city area is including 13 urban wards and one village. It is the capital of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, and is the crude oil extraction center of Vietnam. It is also known as one of the most beautiful cities of tourism...

, 20 km southwest of Bien Hoa

Bien Hoa

Biên Hòa is a city in Dong Nai province, Vietnam, about east of Ho Chi Minh City , to which Bien Hoa is linked by Vietnam Highway 1.- Demographics :In 1989 the estimated population was over 300,000. In 2005, the population wss 541,495...

. The town is located on the Road 51

National Road 51 (Vietnam)

National Route 51 is a four-lane highway starting from the city of Biên Hòa to Vung Tau in Dong Nam Bo, Vietnam, passing Bình, Long Thành, Bà Rịa town. This is the backbone route linking Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province with Dong Nai Province and Ho Chi Minh City...

 that connects industrial Bien Hoa

Bien Hoa

Biên Hòa is a city in Dong Nai province, Vietnam, about east of Ho Chi Minh City , to which Bien Hoa is linked by Vietnam Highway 1.- Demographics :In 1989 the estimated population was over 300,000. In 2005, the population wss 541,495...

 city with the petroleum installation and seaside resort at Vung Tau

Vung Tàu

Vũng Tàu is a city in southern Vietnam. Its population in 2005 was 240,000. The city area is including 13 urban wards and one village. It is the capital of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, and is the crude oil extraction center of Vietnam. It is also known as one of the most beautiful cities of tourism...

 city.

Facilities

This town is adjacent to the planned Long Thanh International Airport

Long Thanh International Airport

Long Thanh International Airport is an airport planned for construction in Long Thanh, Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam, approx 40 km northeast of Ho Chi Minh City. It is intended to become operational by 2020...

. Local economy is based on trading and services for the surrounding rubber

Rubber

Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, is an elastomer that was originally derived from latex, a milky colloid produced by some plants. The plants would be ‘tapped’, that is, an incision made into the bark of the tree and the sticky, milk colored latex sap collected and refined...

 and durian

Durian

The durian is the fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus Durio and the Malvaceae family . Widely known and revered in southeast Asia as the "king of fruits", the durian is distinctive for its large size, unique odour, and formidable thorn-covered husk...

 farms. In the suburbs of the town, there are industrial park

Industrial park

An industrial park is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development...

s and a golf course

Golf course

A golf course comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick and cup, all designed for the game of golf. A standard round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, thus most golf courses have this number of holes...

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Planned developments

When Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Day Expressway is completed, this town will become a component city of the Greater Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area

Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area

Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area that was in June 2008 proposed by the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam to the Government of Vietnam for approval...

. Then the city’s economy will be based on services for Long Thanh International Airport. There is a plan to relocate the Dong Nai Province administration offices from Bien Hoa city to this town.