I went there too. I thought it was pretty nice. It seemed to be a neutral area. Everyone left everyone else alone.
The Aussies were there, and everyday, like clockwork, they sent a Caribou up to Bien Hoa. We could almost set our watches by them. I thought it compared to Boracay, but smaller in area.
The Aussies are pretty much everywhere there is a beach in the South now and the locals have little trouble sorting Americans and Aussies. Aussies are not very friendly to locals and Americans are spotted instantly as soon as one gives a local a hand with something. Aussies don’t do that, nor do much of anyone else.