Bai Xep

A strip of yellow sand about 500 meters long lies tucked between two arms of dark rock. This is Bãi Xép. It sits north of the old city of Tuy Hòa, about 14 kilometers away. Since the administrative changes of 2025, the area belongs to Tuy An Nam commune in Đắk Lắk Province.

What sets Bãi Xép apart is those two dark ends. They hold the sand like a natural frame. The deep color of the rock makes the sand look brighter and the sea look clearer. To stand here is to look into a picture that already has its frame.

To take in the whole view, people climb Gành Ông. It is a tall headland that juts out into the sea and looks straight down on Bãi Xép. From up there the eye gathers yellow sand, blue water and the two black ends of the beach. Around them lie lush green grass and clumps of cactus growing along the slope. The sea wind blows, the grass bends, and the feeling of standing between sky and water is hard to forget.

Gành Ông has also found its way into the movies. It is the setting for the kite-flying scene in the film Tôi thấy hoa vàng trên cỏ xanh, which means "I See Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass." The film crew chose it as one of many beautiful settings across old Phú Yên. A visitor here may well recognize the grass, the slope and the sky from the screen.

Bãi Xép has kept a wild, simple look, with no noise and no crowds. There is only the sound of waves against the dark rock, the wind slipping through the cactus, and sunlight stretched across the sand. It is a place to slow down, to breathe, and to listen to the sea.

What stays in memory longest is the view from Gành Ông down to the sand: green grass, cactus, black rock and a sea that glitters. Old Phú Yên has used this one frame to introduce itself to the world, and it has never needed another word.