Viên An is a commune

Communes of Vietnam

In Vietnam, there are three kinds of third-level administrative subdivisions: the rural commune , the commune-level town ，and the ward . In Vietnam a rural commune is referred to as a xã and urban communes are referred to as Thị trấn, urban townships...

 in the Ngoc Hien

Ngoc Hien

Ngọc Hiển is the southernmost district of Cà Mau Province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.As of 2003 the district had a population of 79,546. The district covers an area of 743 km²...

 district of Ca Mau Province

Ca Mau Province

Cà Mau is a province of Vietnam, named after its capital city. It is located in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam, and is the southernmost of Vietnam's 58 provinces...

, 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 –...

, approximately 56 kilometres from Ca Mau

Cà Mau

Cà Mau is a city in southern Vietnam. It is the capital of Ca Mau province, a province in the Mekong Delta region, in the southernmost part of Vietnam's inland territory. Vietnam's incumbent Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung was born and raised here...

 city. It borders Rạch Gốc on the Ca Mau Peninsula

Ca Mau Peninsula

peninsula makes up the southern tip of Vietnam. It is in Ca Mau province, and lies between the Gulf of Thailand to the west and the South China Sea to the east....

 of the South China Sea

South China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Singapore and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around...

 near the southernmost tip of Vietnam.

The Cua Lon River lies to the north and Tan An

Tân An

Tân An is the capital city of Long An province in Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. It was upgraded from town level to city on 26 August, 2009. The population of Tan An 165,214 , with an area of 81.79 km²...

 to the east. The economy is based primarily on fishing, and the seafood industry, especially shrimp and green lobster

Lobster

Clawed lobsters comprise a family of large marine crustaceans. Highly prized as seafood, lobsters are economically important, and are often one of the most profitable commodities in coastal areas they populate.Though several groups of crustaceans are known as lobsters, the clawed lobsters are most...

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