Dong Nai Nature - Culture Reserve

About this location

DONG NAI NATURE - CULTURE RESERVE: AN EPIC SAGA AMIDST THE GREAT FOREST Located in Vinh Cuu District, Dong Nai Province, 70 km from Ho Chi Minh City, the Dong Nai Nature - Culture Reserve is a core area of the world biosphere reserve. It boasts over 100,000 hectares of pristine primary tropical forest alongside the vast Tri An Lake. Associated with the historical Resistance Base D (Chien khu D), this location carries a heroic revolutionary cultural value. Through the cinematic lens, dense old-growth canopies, wild trails, and misty lake surfaces create spatial depth and highly aesthetic natural lighting, perfectly capturing both the harshness and grandeur of history and nature. This wild, historically rich natural setting is particularly ideal for historical films, war movies, action-adventure films, survival adventures, as well as documentaries and exploratory reality shows. Information compiled from sources by: PTIT. Photo source: PTIT.

Location rules

• - Strictly prohibited contents: disclosing state secrets, propagating against the State, distorting history, violating sovereignty, undermining national solidarity, insulting historical figures and national heroes. (Article 9, Cinema Law)
• - Foreign film crews are required to use film production services provided by a Vietnamese film establishment.
• - Forest environmental protection: Absolutely prohibiting the cutting of trees, breaking of branches, hunting, relocating flora and fauna, or arbitrarily altering the natural topography.
• - Operational license: Written approval from the Reserve Management Board must be obtained before rolling cameras, accompanied by a detailed storyboard for the location.
• - Forest fire prevention and safety: Strictly prohibiting the use of fire, flammable and explosive materials, or fire/smoke effects in the forest without prior approval and direct supervision by forest ranger forces.
• - Waste management and site restoration: Film crews must collect and thoroughly dispose of all waste and set materials, and commit to restoring the site to its original condition.

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Special notes

• Flash floods, sudden water surges, undercurrents