Phan Thiet

Phan Thiết ( listen) town is the capital of Binh Thuan province, in southeastern Vietnam. Phan Thiet is a municipality in central, south central sector, however, the development plan to 2025, it would be municipality Southeast Vietnam. The population of Phan Thiết city in 2005 is roughly 350,000 and is expected to increase to about 400,000 in 2015. Phan Thiet is the provincial capital of Binh Thuan province where all government offices for the province are located. There are also seven districts in the province : Hàm Thuận Bắc, Hàm Thuận Nam, Đức Linh, Tánh Linh, Hàm Tân, Bắc Bình and the island district of Phú Quý.