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Qui Nhon is a coastal city on the South Central Coast of Vietnam, famous for its beaches, the Cham Twin Towers and the rocky shore of Ghenh Rang. Its top sights are the Twin Towers, Qui Nhon Cathedral, the tomb of the poet Han Mac Tu, Queen's Beach and Ky Co Beach on the Phuong Mai Peninsula.
Once Cham land with the seaport of Thi Nai, it saw a Mongol invasion fleet in 1283, and the Ming treasure fleets of Admiral Zheng He made it their first port of call. Qui Nhon became a city in 1986 and capital of Binh Dinh province in 1989, and since July 2025 its area has formed wards of Gia Lai province.
The former city had about 319,000 people in 2022. It is known for banh xeo pancakes with jumping shrimp, banh hoi with rice porridge and fish-cake noodle soup. Phu Cat Airport, about 30 km to the north-west, has flights to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
The Twin Towers, Thap Doi or the Hung Thanh Towers, are a pair of Cham temple towers in Qui Nhon, Vietnam, built between the 11th and 13th centuries. The northern tower is about 20 metres tall and the southern 18, and stone Garuda figures at their corners show a strong Khmer influence.
Qui Nhon Cathedral, known as the Pointed Church, is the mother church of the Diocese of Qui Nhon on Tran Hung Dao Street in Qui Nhon, Vietnam. Begun on 1 October 1938 and opened on 10 December 1939, it is 57.5 metres long, seats 1,500 people and has a 47.2-metre spire.
The Han Mac Tu Tomb in Qui Nhon, Vietnam, is the grave of the poet Han Mac Tu (1912 to 1940), the most celebrated Vietnamese Catholic writer of the colonial era, on a hill at Ghenh Rang. He died of leprosy at Quy Hoa, and his remains were later moved here, facing the sea.
Quy Hoa Leprosy Hospital is a national hospital for leprosy and skin diseases in Qui Nhon, Vietnam, founded around 1929 by the French priest Paul Maheu. Before 1945 it took in more than 500 patients, among them the poet Han Mac Tu, and busts of Yersin and Pasteur stand in its grounds.
Quy Nhon Beach is the long sandy city beach of Qui Nhon, Vietnam, lined by a seaside promenade in the city centre and looking across the bay. The city's coast is rich in sandy beaches, and in 2015 Rough Guides listed Qui Nhon among the best places in Southeast Asia to get off the tourist trail.
Ghenh Rang Tien Sa is a national scenic area of rocky coast about 3 km south-east of central Qui Nhon, Vietnam, covering more than 35 hectares from Xuan Van mountain down to the sea. Listed in 1991, it holds Queen's Beach, the tomb of the poet Han Mac Tu and a stone church first built in 1963.
Queen's Beach, Bai Hoang Hau or Egg Beach, is a beach of round, smooth blue stones like giant eggs within Ghenh Rang Tien Sa in Qui Nhon, Vietnam. It takes its name from Empress Nam Phuong, who once bathed here, and it lies at the eastern end of the Xuan Van mountains.
Ky Co Beach lies at the foot of Phuong Mai mountain about 25 km north-east of central Qui Nhon, Vietnam, with the sea on one side and mountains on the other three. Likened to the Maldives of Vietnam, it has clear water, pale yellow sand, natural rock pools and coral to snorkel over.
The Phuong Mai Peninsula is a long, mountainous peninsula facing Qui Nhon, Vietnam, which shelters Thi Nai lagoon from the open sea. Its rugged coast holds Eo Gio and Ky Co beach, and since 2006 the Thi Nai Bridge road, nearly 17 km long, has linked it with the city across the lagoon.
Eo Gio is a saddle-shaped cove between two high capes on the Phuong Mai Peninsula, about 20 km north-east of central Qui Nhon, Vietnam, named for the wind it draws in. Strangely shaped rocky ridges reach out to sea around a wide golden beach, and a climb of about an hour gives views over it.
Thi Nai Lagoon is a saltwater lagoon of more than 5,060 hectares by Qui Nhon, Vietnam, about 4 km wide and over 10 km long. Fed by the Con and Ha Thanh rivers and sheltered by the Phuong Mai Peninsula, it was the harbour of the Champa kingdom and saw the Mongol fleet in 1283.
Cu Lao Xanh, also called Green Island or Van Phi, is an island of 365 hectares off the south-east of Qui Nhon, Vietnam, home to about 2,300 people in three villages that form Nhon Chau commune. It has a lighthouse and a wind power project, and it has recently become known as a diving spot.
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