The Hòn La Economic Zone is located in this district.

Hòn La has a capacity for vessels up to 10,000 metric tons, and may handle up to 12 million metric tons at full capacity.

A coal-fueled thermoelectric plant with a total designed capacity of 2,400 MW was built by Petrovietnam in 2009.

Trần Nhân Tông founded the Tri Kien temple in present-day Bố Trạch.

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