District 7 () is an

urban district An urban district is a division generally managed by a local government. It may also refer to a city district, district, urban area or quarter Specific urban districts in some countries include: * Urban districts of Denmark * Districts of Germa ...

Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...

, the largest city in

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. As of 2024, the district had a population of 456,789 and an area of 36 km². District 7 was formed from the northern part of Nhà Bè District in 1997, connected to the city of

Thủ Đức Thủ Đức ʰu˨˩˦:ɗɨk˧˥is a sub-municipality in Ho Chi Minh City of the Southestern region of Vietnam. History The oldest name what was recorded in this area was Ngãi An (義安), a district-level administrative unit has existed sin ...

by the

Phú Mỹ Bridge The Phú Mỹ Bridge () is a cable-stayed road bridge over the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The bridge was constructed from March 2007 to September 2009 by a consortium consisting of Baulderstone, Bilfinger Berger, Freyssinet ( ...

, which opened in September 2009. The Phú Mỹ Hưng New City is located in the district (mostly entire the wards of Tân Phú and Tân Phong).

Administration

District 7 consists of 10 wards ''(phường)'':

Education

Primary Schools

Secondary schools

Universities

RMIT University Vietnam The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Vietnam (abbreviated as RMIT University Vietnam; Vietnamese: ''Đại học RMIT Việt Nam'') is the Vietnamese branch of the Australian university Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. It has thr ...

has a campus in Tân Phong.

RMIT The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (abbreviated as RMIT University) is a public research university located in the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia., section 4(b) Established in 1887 by Francis Ormond, it is the seventh-o ...

is a university from

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, operating several campuses in Vietnam with approximately 7000 students and 650 staffs. *

Tôn Đức Thắng University Ton Duc Thang University (TDTU) is a public university in Vietnam. The school belongs to the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor. The school operates under a fully autonomous mechanism. The school currently has a total of five campuses in fo ...

is located in Tân Phong.

References

Districts of Ho Chi Minh City {{HoChiMinhCity-geo-stub