East by the province of Binh Duong and Binh Phuoc, South and Southeast Ho Chi Minh City and Long An province, northern and northwestern bordering with 3 provinces of Cambodia: Svay Rieng, Veng and Tbong Khmum. One of the most important advantages of Tay Ninh is port trade economic development basing on exploration of the border gate system. Tay Ninh has 240km of borderline with Cambodia and has 14 pairs of border gates (of which there are two international border gates: Moc Bai and Xa Mat)

Tay Ninh’s climate is rather moderate and has 2 plain main seasons. The dry season starts from December to April, and the rain season from May to November. The average annual temperature is 27.2oC. The average rainfall is from 1,770 to 2,100 mm. The average annual humidity is about 84.9%. Tay Ninh is affected with 2 kinds of wind: eastern wind (north and northeast directions), monsoon wind (west and south-west directions).

Land resource: There are 5 main kinds of land in Tay Ninh, and total area is 402,817 square hectares, among which:

• Grey land makes up 85.63% of total natural land about 344,928 hectares distributed in high terrain, which is con-venient for motorization and water drainage, suitable to grow many kinds of trees/ plants.
• Alkaline land group makes up 6.3% of natural land, about 25,359 hectares that is mainly distributed along the Vam Co Dong River.
• Yellow – reddish land group covers 1.7% of natural land, about 6,850 hectares that is mainly distributed in areas of hills and mountains in districts of Tan Bien, Tan Chau. The land is suitable to grow industrial plants and forest trees.
• Alluvium group makes up 0.4% of natural area, about 1,775 hectares that is distributed in districts of Trang Bang, Duong Minh Chau, Chau Thanh and Go Dau. The land is suitable to grow water rice and vegetables.
• Buried peat land accounts for 0.27% of natural land about 1,072 hectares distributed among alkaline land along lower sections of the Vam Co river which are belong to districts of Chau Thanh, Go Dau, Ben Cau. This kind of land can be use to grow rice and other vegetable.

Water resources: Surface water resource depends mainly on the two big rivers of Sai Gon and Vam Co Dong. The Sai Gon river starts from Loc Ninh (Binh Phuoc), which has total length of 280km. One route running along the border of Tay Ninh and Binh Phuoc, Binh Duong provinces is 135 km in length. One route running through internal Tay Ninh province is 18km in length. The average volume of water is 85 m3 /s. The slop of the riverbed is small (0.7%), so it can cause flood slowly.

Underground water source: Tay Ninh has underground water source distributed in areas with the largest flow of water, good quality. In southern districts of this province, there is more underground water source distributed near the surface than the northern areas. In the dry season, volume of the underground water can still be exploited well, ensuring quality for life and production.

Mineral resource: Mineral resources of Tay Ninh province are mainly non-metal such as limestone, peat, pebble, gravel, sound, and clay.

• Limestone: There is a volume of 76 million tons, distributed at Tong Le Chan hill, Soc Con Tran and Cha Va (Tan Chau district). This is profuse material for cement factories.
• Peat: There is a volume of 6 million tons in estimation with large mines of Thon Ben, Tri Binh, Thanh Ham, Ninh Dien (Chau Thanh district), Long Chu, Tien Thuan (Ben Cau district).
• Pebble and sand: They have the volume of about 10 million m3, distributed in Tan Chau, Chau Thanh, Hoa Thanh and Trang Bang.
• Clay: Clay for brick has the volume of about 18 millionm3, distributed in many places in the province such as Tan Chau, Tan Bien, Tay Ninh commune, Chau Thanh, Go Dau and Ben Cau.

Tay Ninh has some mineral water mines, among which mineral water mine in Ninh Dien commune, Chau Thanh district is being exploited by Ninh Dien mineral water factory