Tân Bình district

For other uses, see Tân Bình.

Tân Bình was a former urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The city's international airport was situated in the district.^[1] It consisted of 15 wards, from Ward 1 to Ward 15. It occupied 22.43 km² (8.66 sq mi). In the 2019 census, Tân Bình district had a population of 474,792 people.^[2]

Tân Bình district Quận Tân Bình
Urban district
Giác Lâm Temple
Position in HCMC's core
Tân Bình district
Coordinates: 10°47′39″N 106°39′16″E
Country	Vietnam
Centrally governed city	Ho Chi Minh City
Abolished	1 July 2025
Seat	387A Trường Chinh
Wards	15 phường
Government
• People's Committee	Nguyễn Bá Thành
Area
• Total	22.43 km2 (8.66 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Total	574,792
• Density	26,000/km2 (66,000/sq mi)
Demographics
• Main ethnic groups	Predominantly Việt
Time zone	UTC+07:00 (ICT)
Website	tanbinh.hochiminhcity.gov.vn

Geography

Tân Bình was situated within the urban core of Ho Chi Minh City. Most of the district landscape was flat with the highest natural elevation being around 8–9 m (26–30 ft) in the area of Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport.

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1976 280,942 —     1980 250,472 −2.83% 1985 287,978 +2.83% 1990 357,202 +4.40% 1995 464,165 +5.38%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2000 646,407 +6.85% 2003 754,160 +5.27% 2004 404,239 −46.40% 2009 421,724 +0.85% 2019 474,792 +1.19%
Note: Tân Bình was partitioned in late 2003 to create Tân Phú district Source: Tân Bình District People's Council, 2009 Census,[3] 2019 Census[2]

As of the April 1, 2019 census, there were 133,745 households and 474,792 residents in the district.^[2] 16.5% were under the age of 14, 77.5% from 15 to 64, and 6% who were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 94.0 males.^[4]

Ethnic groups

In 2004, the population was predominantly ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh) with 93.33%. The second-largest ethnic group was the Chinese (Hoa) with 6.38%. Other ethnic groups included Khmer with 0.11%, Tày with 0,05%, Nùng with 0,03%, Mường with 0,02%, Chăm with 0,02% and Thái with 0,01% of the population.^[5]

Religion

According to the 1999 census, 56.68% reported to be non-religious, 22.9% practiced Catholicism, 19.62% practiced Buddhism, 0.4% practiced Cao Dai, 0.37% practiced Protestantism, 0.02% were Muslims while 0.01% followed Hoa Hao.^[5]

Education

Tân Bình district had one of the most notable high schools in Ho Chi Minh City, the Nguyễn Thượng Hiền High School. Other public high schools are Nguyễn Chí Thanh High School, Nguyễn Thái Bình High School and one of the most popular private high school in Ho Chi Minh City, Lý Tự Trọng High School.

Tân Bình School's Disability Workplace Education and Training Project is a collaborative project involving Tân Bình District Department of Education and Training, RMIT University's Department of Social and Community Services and the Loreto Vietnam Australia Program (LVAP). The project is funded by the Australian Government International Aid Program (AusAID) and technical support is provided by AVI (Australian Volunteers International).^[6]