Phan Thiết Chí Minh reportedly lived in Phan Thiết for a short time around 1910 and worked as a schoolteacher. During the Vietnam War, Phan Thiết was the site of the U.S. military base known as Landing Zone Betty, which was located at the now closed airfield south-west of the city. In recent years, Phan Thiết (specifically Mũi Né Beach district) has been transformed into a resort destination. 24 October 1995 is considered to be the birth of tourism in Phan Thiết, when thousands rushed to Mũi Né to see the total solar eclipse. The event was commemorated on the same day
Wu Pang Wu Pang Wu Pang () (1909–2000) was a Hong Kong Chinese director, producer, production manager, actor, movie planner, writer and the co-creator of the Yong Yao Film Company. Born in 1909 in Shanghai, he decided to move to Hong Kong when he was 27 years old. He and producer Zhenjiang Yongyao started making films in 1938. At the age of 30, Wu Pang began making films of folk hero Wong Fei Hung which starred actor and martial artist Kwan Tak-hing, also known as Kwan Te-hsing by film producer Raymond Chow Man Wai. Over the course of his life, Wu Pang