Thạnh Mỹ Tây ward

Thạnh Mỹ Tây is a ward of Ho Chi Minh City, Việt Nam. This is one of 168 ward, commune and special area of Ho Chi Minh City following Vietnam's 2025 administrative reforms.^[1][2]

Thạnh Mỹ Tây Phường Thạnh Mỹ Tây Tân Cảng, Thị Nghè, Thạnh Đa, Phú Mỹ, Phú An
Ward
From left to right: View of Thạnh Mỹ Tây ward from Ba Son Bridge, Saigon Bridge with Tân Cảng station, Văn Thánh Park, Thị Nghè quarter with City Garden apartment behind, Thị Nghè Market, Thủ Thiêm Bridge
Country	Vietnam
Municipality	Ho Chi Minh City
District	Bình Thạnh District
First settled	July 1, 2025
Area
• Total	1.7 sq mi (4.4 km2)
Population  (2024)
• Total	153,216
• Density	88,620/sq mi (34,216/km2)
Time zone	UTC+07:00 (Indochina Time)

Geography

Thạnh Mỹ Tây is one of the central wards of Ho Chi Minh City, it borders to:

• Bình Quới ward to the North by Thanh Đa Canal
• Saigon ward to the South by Nhiêu Lộc – Thị Nghè Channel
• An Khánh ward to the East by Saigon River
• Bình Thạnh and Gia Định wards to the West by Xô Viết Nghệ Tĩnh Street.

According to Official Dispatch No. 2896/BNV-CQDP dated May 27, 2025, of the Ministry of Home Affairs, following administrative reorganization, the newly established Saigon Ward will have an area of 4,4 km², a population of 153.216 people as of December 31, 2024, and a population density of 3 people/km² (Article 6 of Resolution No. 76/2025/UBTVQH15 dated April 14, 2025, of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly).^[3][4]

Origins

According to Historian Nguyễn Đình Tư, the name Thạnh Mỹ village covered a large area of ​​land on both sides of the Saigon River. Initially, the village belonged to Gò Vấp district, Gia Định province (for a period it belonged to Tân Bình province). Later, when the exploitation expanded, people divided the area on the east bank into Thạnh Mỹ Lợi (in former Thủ Đức) and the remaining area on the west bank was called Thạnh Mỹ Tây (means West Thạnh Mỹ).^[5]

However, some documents state that in 1929, Thạnh Đa commune merged with two communes, Phú Mỹ and Phú An, to form Thạnh Mỹ An. In 1934, Thạnh Mỹ An merged with Bình Quới Tây (Bình Quới ward nowadays) to form Thạnh Mỹ Tay commune; or Thạnh Mỹ Tây commune was the merger of three communes, Thạnh Đa, Bình Lợi Trung, and Bình Quới Tây.^[5]

"Thạnh" is an alternative form of "Thịnh" from "phồn thịnh" means prosperous, "Mỹ" means beautiful, the name was given with the wish that this place will always develop prosperously and well.

History

On June 16, 2025, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly issued Resolution No. 1685/NQ-UBTVQH15 on the arrangement of commune-level administrative units of Ho Chi Minh City in 2025.^[6] Accordingly, the entire wards of 19, 22 and 25 will be reorganized into a new ward called Thạnh Mỹ Tây Ward (Clause 45, Article 1).^[7]

Some famous place names in the ward: Hàng Xanh (or Hàng Sanh), Thị Nghè, Văn Thánh, Tân Cảng (Newport)...

Education

Universities

• 
  FTU – Branch II on D5 Street
• 
  Ho Chi Minh University of Transports
• 
  HUTECH Campus A
• 
  Tôn Đức Thắng University, 98 Ngô Tất Tố Campus

• Foreign Trade University – Branch II
• Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport
• Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH; private university)
• Tôn Đức Thắng University – 98 Ngô Tất Tố Campus

High school

Block A, Gia Định High School

• Gia Định High School (originally known as Nguyễn Duy Khang Private School, then Lạc Hồng High School and Thạnh Mỹ Tây High School)

Notable buildings

Thạnh Mỹ Tây ward is a place with a top-most high density of high-rise buildings, mostly on two main boulevards of Điện Biên Phủ and Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh.

A panorama view of Thạnh Mỹ Tây ward skyline

• Landmark 81
• Saigon Pearl Condominiums
• Sunwah Pearl
• Opal Tower
• Pearl Plaza
• CII Tower
• AP Tower
• Bitexco The Manor Ho Chi Minh
• Phạm Viết Chánh Apartment
• Ngô Tất Tố Apartment
• Nguyễn Ngọc Phương Apartment

Gallery

• 
  Dawn from Thủ Thiêm Bridge
• 
  City Garden on Ngô Tất Tố Street