Linh Son Ancient Pagoda

A pagoda founded in 1860 in Vung Tau, home to an ancient sandstone statue of Shakyamuni Buddha

Located on Hoang Hoa Tham Street at the foot of Nui Nho (Small Mountain), Linh Son Co Tu is presented in the City's tourism publications as the earliest-founded ancient pagoda in Vung Tau, dating from 1860, and one of the coastal city's famous landmarks. In 1991, the pagoda was recognised as a National relic. The pagoda's most remarkable feature is in the main hall: an ancient 1.2 m-high sandstone statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, painted gold on the outside. According to many locals, this statue, made by the Champa people, is 1,600 years old. The pagoda also houses a bronze statue of Maitreya Buddha brought from southern Laos in 1972. Each year, the pagoda holds major ceremonies at Tet, on the feast days of Quan Am (Guanyin), on Buddha's Birthday and at Vu Lan. The pagoda sits on the same Hoang Hoa Tham Street as Thang Tam Communal House, making it easy to combine into a stroll around Vung Tau's historic buildings.

English text: machine translation from the Localis platform — proper names kept in Vietnamese.