Tân Hưng, Ho Chi Minh City
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Tân Hưng
Phường Tân Hưng Tân Quy Đông | |
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| Coordinates: 10°44′23.6″N 106°42′12.7″E / 10.739889°N 106.703528°E | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Municipality | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Established | June 16, 2025[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.30 sq mi (8.54 km2) |
| Population (2024)[2] | |
• Total | 153,674 |
| • Density | 46,600/sq mi (18,000/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+07:00 (Indochina Time) |
| Administrative code | 27475[3] |
Tân Hưng (Vietnamese: Phường Tân Hưng) is a ward of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is one of the 168 new wards, communes and special zones of the city following the reorganization in 2025.[4][5]
Tân Hưng is located in the urban core of Ho Chi Minh City, 5 km to the south of Saigon, it has the following geographical location:
- To the east, it borders to Tân Thuận by Lâm Văn Bền street
- To the southeast, it borders Tân Mỹ by Nguyễn Thị Thập street and Thầy Tiêu creek
- To the south, it borders Nhà Bè by Rạch Đỉa creek
- To the east, it borders Chánh Hưng and Bình Hưng by Ông Lớn creek
- To the north, it borders Vĩnh Hội, Khánh Hội and Xóm Chiếu by Tẻ canal.
According to Official Dispatch No. 2896/BNV-CQĐP dated May 27, 2025 of the Ministry of Home Affairs, following the merger, Tân Hưng has a land area of 8.54 km², the population as of December 31, 2024 is 135,674 people, the population density is 17,994 people/km².[6]
History
On June 16, 2025, the National Assembly Standing Committee issued Resolution No. 1685/NQ-UBTVQH15 on the arrangement of commune-level administrative units of Ho Chi Minh City in 2025 (effective from June 16, 2025). Accordingly, the entire land area and population of Tân Phong, Tân Quy, Tân Kiểng and Tân Hưng wards of the former District 7 will be integrated into a new ward named Tân Hưng (Clause 21, Article 1).[7]
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