Thang Tam Temple

Dinh Than Thang Tam (Thang Tam Temple), Thang Tam Ward, Vung Tau City (From the Front Beach, follow Truong Cong Dinh St. to Tran Hung Dao Park. Here take Hoang Hoa Tham Street to Thang Tam).

Aka Thang Tam’s Local Gods Communal House, is a special feature in Vung Tau. According to legend, it was built in the Minh Mạng dynasty (1820-1840) as a place to worship the three men who set up the 3 villages of Thang in Vung Tau. Visit this site to discover the story of the three men who led three villages’s inhabitants to Vung Tau and started a new way of life. The architecture is particularly interesting around the Tam Quan gate, the sanctum, the public commune, the meeting room and the scene for military opera stage that is skillfully engraved.