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. The district covers an area of 5 km2.

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. 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 with bustling markets not far from Saigon.
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

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.