Phú Nhuận district

Phú Nhuận is one of the nineteen urban districts in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is densely populated, with 180,100 inhabitants in an area of just 4.88 km². Phú Nhuận district is sometimes considered the center of Ho Chi Minh City due to its central location from all of the surrounding districts. As of 2003 the district had a population of 181,243.^[1] The district covers an area of 5 km².^[1]

Phú Nhuận District Quận Phú Nhuận
Urban district
From top to bottom, left to right: Gia Định Park, Tomb of Võ Di Nguy, Tân Sơn Nhất Hotel, Phú Nhuận intersection with the Vietinbank Building (formerly building of Commercial Bank of Vietnam), Phan Xích Long Food Street with Hoàn Mỹ Saigon Hospital in the middle, Hồ Văn Huế street - street of wedding dress, Traditional Medicine Institute
Phú Nhuận District
Coordinates: 10°48′6″N 106°40′39″E
Country	Vietnam
Centrally governed city	Ho Chi Minh City
Founded	1955: Phú Nhuận commune, Tân Bình district, Gia Định 1975: Phú Nhuận district, Saigon
Wards	13
Area
• Total	4.86 km2 (1.88 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Total	213,961
• Density	44,000/km2 (110,000/sq mi)
Demographics
• Main ethnic groups	Predominantly Việt
Time zone	UTC+07:00 (ICT)
Website	www.phunhuan.hochiminhcity.gov.vn

Administrative divisions

There are 11 wards in Phú Nhuận District as of January 2025:

• Ward 1
• Ward 2
• Ward 4
• Ward 5
• Ward 7
• Ward 8
• Ward 9
• Ward 10
• Ward 11
• Ward 13
• Ward 15

In 2021, Vietnam's Standing Committee of the National Assembly decided to merge Wards 11 and 12, and Wards 13 and 14 of Phú Nhuận. The new wards are named Ward 11 and Ward 13, respectively.^[2] A similar process was done to Wards 6 and 16 in 1982.

Economy

Phú Nhuận has been an extension of Saigon, when it was still a commune of Gia Định province and was a suburb of Saigon with housing estates for civil servants built here (e.g Chu Mạnh Trinh residentials, now is Đoàn Thị Điểm street) with bustling markets not far from Saigon (e.g. Phú Nhuận Market, Trần Hữu Trang Market...).

With its location in between the route from the city center to the airport and the wave of population dispersion, Phú Nhuận district is gradually becoming busier, leading to the emergence of office towers and modern housing projects blending with the old ones

Office buildings

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  Mapletree Centre Point (left) and Cát Tường Building (right)
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  Buildings at corner of Nguyễn Văn Trỗi - Trần Huy Liệu
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  Buildings at corner of Nguyễn Văn Trỗi - Trần Huy Liệu
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  Ong & Ong 159 Phan Xích Long Building
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  LogiGear Tower

Housing projects

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  Phan Xích Long Apartment
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  PNTechcons Apartment in Rạch Miễu Residents
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  Novaland Golden Gate
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  The Prince Residence
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  Rạch Miễu Residents next to Trần Khánh Dư Bridge passes the Nhiêu Lộc–Thị Nghè Channel with Miếu Nổi Apartment in Bình Thạnh district from the back

Religious culture

Phú Nhuận is diverse culture area, in addition to the two predominant religions of Buddhism and Christianity, there is also Islamic area around Phú Nhuận market.

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  Đại Giác Temple
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  Kim Sơn Temple
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  St. Dominic Three Bells Church
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  Grace Baptist Church
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  Phú Nhuận Church
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  Jamiul Muslimin Mosque