Hai Tang Pagoda Chùa Hải Tạng

Pagoda above the fields called Đồng Chùa

Pagoda in Bai Lang: walk up from the landing for a short stop at the gate, the statue, and Đồng Chùa. It faces the terraced fields, with the hill behind the gate. The first building dates to 1758 and the move to 1848, after storm damage. Leave time for the boat back.

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The gate, the Quan Âm, and the hill behind Hải Tạng

Photo: Lê Thy · Public domain

TimeA short walk from the landing

Fee70,000 VND per person per visit

Get thereWalk through Bai Lang after the boat.

Best monthsSummer, holidays, and Tết crowd the pier

Bai Lang

Pagodas

Hải Tạng stands in Xóm Cấm, Bai Lang, on Hòn Lao. It faces southwest onto the fields called Đồng Chùa, with the hill behind it. You walk there from the landing.

Seated Buddha statues and offerings in the main hall of Hai Tang Pagoda — The main hall at Hải Tạng, with the altar statues

The city page dates the first building to Cảnh Hưng 19 (1758), about 200 metres northeast of today’s site, and the move to Tự Đức 1 (1848) after storm damage. It also describes a 2002 repair of the main hall, a stone enclosure, a lotus pond, and a 3.5 metre plaster Quan Âm in front of the three-door gate. Read 1758 and 1848 as two dates: the first building, then the move after storm damage. National relic, 2006.

The heritage pages describe the yin-yang tile roof, bell and drum towers, wooden statues, and a bronze bell, and say the house serves the islanders and the trading ships that stopped to pray. The fee is 70,000 VND per person per visit from 10 June 2026, plus 20,000 VND sanitation on the city table. The boat fare is Check on arrival.

Getting there and around

Land at Bai Lang and walk through the hamlet to Xóm Cấm. The pagoda is the landmark above Đồng Chùa.

The city page says the pagoda is about 20 km from the Hoi An shore. That distance is the crossing. The biodiversity agency says 18 km from Hoi An.

From Bai Lang

Walk from the landing through the hamlet to Xóm Cấm, above the fields called Đồng Chùa.

From Hoi An

Boat from bến thủy nội địa Cửa Đại – Cù Lao Chàm to Bai Lang, then walk. The crossing is about 20 km on the city temple page and 18 km on the biodiversity agency page.

Hours and fees

Hours
Check on arrival.
Closed
No weekly closing day was printed. Check the gate on arrival.
Admission
A separate pagoda price is Check on arrival. 70,000 VND per person per visit from 10 June 2026, plus 20,000 VND sanitation on the city table. The boat fare is Check on arrival.