Binh Thuan Province is rich inhuman and natural potentialities that are good advantages fordeveloping tourism and service sector. The province has the coastalline of nearly 200 km with many beautiful beaches such as Mui Ne, Ca Na,Cu Lao Cau and so on. Cu Lao Cau is a small and young island rising inthe middle of the sea, located in Tuy Phong District, Binh Thuan, about9 km away from the seashore. Tourists can spend 30 or 40 minutes to getthere by boat. This island stays about 119 km away from Phan Thiet Cityto the Northeast.

CuLao Cau island is characterised by rocky outcrops, with sandy beacheson the north and south sides. The highest point on the island is 27m.It covers a long distance of over 1.500m with the widest area of nearly700m and the highest one of 7m above sea level. The entire island issurrounded by tens of thousands of cliff blocks of different colors andshapes. From the main land, it looks like a big warship. It is reallyinteresting when having a condition to observe the whole islandcarefully. Around this isle, the water is always clean and blue. When the tide goes down, on the seashore we can see numerous beautiful shells and corals pleasing the tourists’eyes.

Quitemany kinds of sea creatures living around this island. It would be verygreat if tourists bring a fishing rod and some preys to fish. On theisland, there is also a fresh water well, which is called a Fairy Wellfrom an old book. Although the water amount is small, the well is the sort of permanent leaking water.

Fringingcoral reefs can be found around Cu Lao Cau island and platform reefs onsubmerged banks. The reefs are pristine, with an average cover of 43%.This site supports the highest diversity of hermatypic corals known inVietnam. There are more than 65 genera of coral known here, includingAcropora, Goniopora, Montipora, Porites, and Favia. There is also asmall area of seagrass beds. Sea currents from the north and southconverge near Hon Cau-Vinh Hao, with strong upwelling. The area hashigh productivity, with 175 phytoplankton species, 163 seaweed species,147 coral species, 80 mollusc species, 46 crustacean species, 26echinoderm species and 211 fish species so far recorded here.

CuLao Cau island is one of the places that has Vietnam’s best ecologicalenvironment. With beautiful neglected beach, presently, it is has been planned to be amarine life preservation zone and an eco tourist site. The island willpromisingly become an ideal ecological tourist attraction.