Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, located in southern Vietnam, will officially move its seat of government to Ba Ria Town from Vung Tau City on April 30, according to Mr.Tran Minh Sanh, chairman of the provincial people’s committee.

The central government already had plans to construct new facilities in Ba Ria for relocating the local government seat here 19 years ago but, due to many reasons, the construction was only initiated in late 2009.

The office buildings where the province’s administration agencies will be located are nearly completed now, said the local Department of Construction, also the developer.

Mr.Nguyen Huu Manh, the department’s director, said the whole complex would be finished in late March.

Ba Ria, 20 kilometers northwest of the tourist City of Vung Tau, is the de facto seat of government as most of the province’s administration agencies are situated here although Vung Tau has been the provincial capital ever since Ba Ria-Vung Tau was established in 1991.

The relocation is intended to give impetus to the development of Ba Ria’s surrounding districts and, simultaneously, to make tourism the focus of Vung Tau, Sanh, the chairman, said.