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🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province
♨ Temperature
60°C
⛰ Altitude
5 m
⚗ pH
6.8
💧 TDS
410 mg/L
🌊 Flow rate
—
📅 Established
Resort developed 1990s
✓ Verified on 2026-07-22
Binh Chau Hot Springs are set within the Binh Chau–Phuoc Buu Nature Reserve, approximately 140 kilometres east of Ho Chi Minh City. Geothermal water emerges through sandy coastal soil at temperatures ranging from 37°C in shallow pools to over 82°C at the hottest vents — hot enough to cook an egg in about eight minutes. The springs sit within protected coastal forest, a remnant ecosystem of sand dunes, wetlands, and secondary jungle. A resort complex with cooled bathing pools operates alongside the natural vents. The practice of cooking eggs and sweet potatoes at the boiling springs has become a signature experience, connecting geothermal science to everyday Vietnamese culinary culture. The source of geothermal heat is linked to deep fault lines in the continental shelf geology of southern Vietnam.
| Sodium | 85 mg/L |
| Chloride | 72 mg/L |
| Bicarbonate | 210 mg/L |
| Sulphate | 35 mg/L |
| Silica | 30 mg/L |
Binh Chau lies within a protected nature reserve on Vietnam's southeast coast, a rare remnant of the coastal lowland forests that once extended across Cochinchina. The geothermal activity connects to deep fault structures in the continental shelf. Local communities in Ba Ria-Vung Tau have long associated the warm springs with the vitalising energy of the earth — a concept woven into Vietnamese animist traditions of landscape reverence.
The ritual of cooking eggs in the boiling vents is iconic at Binh Chau: vendors sell raw eggs at the entrance, and visitors lower them into the hottest vents on small wire frames. This simple act — food prepared by the heat of the earth itself — transforms a geological field trip into a shared cultural moment. The tradition makes abstract geothermal science tangible and approachable.
Binh Chau operates within a protected nature reserve, requiring environmental assessments for any expansion. The geothermal field is fed by deep natural aquifers flowing without mechanical intervention. Conservation programmes within the Binh Chau–Phuoc Buu Nature Reserve protect the coastal forest buffer from uncontrolled development pressure.
Websitebinhchauhotspring.com.vn
AddressBinh Chau, Xuyen Moc District, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Vietnam