Long Tân, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu

Long Tân is a commune (xã) and village in Đất Đỏ District, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province, Vietnam, at 10°31′N 107°16′E. When it was part of South Vietnam, it was in Phước Tuy Province.
It is renowned for its rubber plantations, and hosts a very small population of roughly 1,200 people.
The village, along with nearby Long Phước, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, was cleared to make an exclusion zone around the Nui Dat Australian base near Bà Rịa. The destruction of the two villages formed part of the background for the Battle of Long Tan on 18 August 1966, where a much smaller Australian unit recorded a decisive victory over the Vietnamese communist force.
History
The southern tip of Vietnam was colonised by Vietnam late after battles with Champa. Like many villages in the southern tip of Vietnam the village's official Confucian name contains the word "New" Tân (隆新).
Battle
During this battle, 2,500 Việt Cộng and North Vietnamese attacked...