An Khánh, Ho Chi Minh City


An Khánh is a new ward in Ho [Chi Minh City], Vietnam. It is one of 168 new wards, communes and special zones in Ho Chi Minh City after the 2025 arrangement.

Geography

An Khánh is located in the center of Ho Chi Minh City, it has the following geographical locationː
According to Official Dispatch No. 2896/BNV-CQDP dated May 27, 2025 of the Ministry of Home Affairs, An Khánh after the arrangement has an area of 15.33 km², population as of December 31, 2024 is 76,967 people, population density reaches 5,020 people/km².
The Thủ Thiêm [New Urban Area] of An Khánh ward will be joined with Bến Thành and Saigon ward to be the international financial center of Ho Chi Minh City. The new Ho Chi Minh City administrative center will also be built at the Central Lake of Thủ Thiêm quarter in the ward.

History

During the Nguyễn Dynasty, the area of An Khánh ward roughly corresponded to Binh Khánh village, belonging to Bình Trị Trung commune, Bình Dương district, Tân Bình prefecture, Gia Định province.
During the French colonial period, Binh Khánh village merged with An Lợi Xã and An Lợi Đông villages to form An Khánh Xã village, which at that time belonged to An Bình commune, Thủ Đức district, Gia Định province.
After 1956, the villages were called communes. In 1966, the government of the Republic of Vietnam merged An Khánh Xã commune into the City of Saigon and divided it into two wards, An Khánh and Thủ Thiêm, belonging to District 1. However, in early 1967, An Khánh and Thủ Thiêm wards were separated again to form District 9 of Saigon.
In 1976, District 9 was dissolved, and An Khánh and Thủ Thiêm wards were merged into Thủ Đức rural district and demolished into two communes.
On January 6, 1997, the government issued Decree No. 03-CP. Accordingly:
  • Transferring An Khánh commune to the newly established District 2, Ho Chi Minh City
  • Established An Khánh ward based on 169 ha of natural area and 12.865 people of An Khánh commune.
  • Established Bình Khánh ward based on 226 ha of natural area and 6.580 people of An Khánh commune.
  • Established Bình An ward based on 169 ha of natural area and 6.774 people of An Khánh commune.
On December 9, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly issued Resolution 1111/NQ-UBTVQH14 on the rearrangement of district and commune-level administrative units and the establishment of Thủ Đức City in Ho Chi Minh City.. From that:
  • The city of Thủ Đức was established by merging the entire area and population of District 2, District 9, and Thủ Đức District.
  • The entire area and population of An Khánh ward merged into Thủ Thiêm ward
  • Established the new An Khánh ward tby merging the entire area and population of Bình An và Bình Khánh wards.
On June 16, 2025, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly issued a resolution on the reorganization of commune-level administrative units in Ho Chi Minh City in 2025. Accordingly, the entire natural area and population size of Thu Thiem, An Loi Dong, Thao Dien, An Khanh wards and a part of An Phu ward will be reorganized into a new ward called An Khánh.

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