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Ninh Van Bay
Vịnh Ninh Vân
Ninh Van Bay (Vịnh Ninh Vân) lies on the seaward side of the Hon Heo peninsula, in Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam[1]. Vietnamese Wikipedia's disambiguation page for Ninh Van describes it as a sea bay in what is now Dong Ninh Hoa ward[1]. No fetched source gave a published figure for the bay's own area, depth or coastline length.
The name Ninh Van covers two distinct places on the same peninsula. The resorts of Six Senses, An Lam and L'Alya stand directly on the bay itself and are reached only by boat; a location search for the Six Senses property places it at about 12.359° N, 109.278° E[2]. The separate fishing village of Ninh Van lies further along the Hon Heo peninsula and is reached by road: a single pass road across the peninsula, opened in 2009, runs almost 10 km from Ninh Phuoc, about 70 km from Nha Trang and about 30 km from Ninh Hoa town centre[3].
The Vietnamese Wikipedia disambiguation page states that the former Ninh Van commune, in what was Ninh Hoa town, is now part of Dong Ninh Hoa ward[1]. Dong Ninh Hoa ward was itself formed on 1 July 2025 by merging the former wards of Ninh Diem, Ninh Hai and Ninh Thuy with Ninh Phuoc commune, an area of 134.17 km² and a 2025 population of 43,484, described by Vietnamese Wikipedia as the widest ward in Khanh Hoa province[4].
Geography
Ninh Van Bay opens onto the seaward, eastern side of the Hon Heo peninsula, in Khanh Hoa province[1]. No fetched source gave a published figure for the bay's own water area, depth or shoreline length. A location search for the Six Senses Ninh Van Bay resort, which stands directly on the bay, places it at about 12.359° N, 109.278° E[2]; this is used here as an approximation for the bay's position, not a measurement of the bay as a whole.
The name Ninh Van covers two distinct places on the same peninsula. The resorts of Six Senses, An Lam and L'Alya stand directly on the bay and are reached only by boat, with no public landing[3]. The separate fishing village of Ninh Van lies further along the peninsula and is not reached from the resorts by road[3].
The pass road
A single pass road across the Hon Heo mountains, opened in 2009, connects the fishing village of Ninh Van to Ninh Phuoc; the road runs almost 10 km, is described by the source used here as having sections in poor repair, and is about 70 km from Nha Trang and about 30 km from Ninh Hoa town centre[3]. Before 2009 the village was reached only by boat[3].
Administration
The Vietnamese Wikipedia disambiguation page for Ninh Van states that the former Ninh Van commune, in what was Ninh Hoa town, is now part of Dong Ninh Hoa ward[1]. Dong Ninh Hoa ward was formed on 1 July 2025 by merging the former wards of Ninh Diem, Ninh Hai and Ninh Thuy with Ninh Phuoc commune; the combined ward covers 134.17 km², had a 2025 population of 43,484, and is described by Vietnamese Wikipedia as the widest ward in Khanh Hoa province[4].
Questions and answers
Can Ninh Van Bay be reached by road?
The resorts on the bay itself are reached only by boat, with no public landing. The separate fishing village of Ninh Van, further along the Hon Heo peninsula, is reached by a pass road opened in 2009[3].
Sources
Every figure in this article is cited to one of these pages, listed in order of first use, with the date it was read.
See also
- Doc LetBeach
- Hon OngIsland
- Cam Ranh BayBay
- Mui DoiCape
- Nha Trang BayBay
- Van Phong BayBay