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An Khánh, Ho Chi Minh City

An Khánh
Phường An Khánh
Thủ Thiêm, Thảo Điền
Ward, central business district
From left to right, top to down: An Khánh ward skyline, Saigon River Tunnel, Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area, Thảo Điền station at Thảo Điền quarter, Hanoi Highway, Saigon River Park with An Khánh Temple
Interactive map of An Khánh
Coordinates: 10°47′12″N 106°43′47″E / 10.78667°N 106.72972°E / 10.78667; 106.72972
Country Vietnam
ProvinceHo Chi Minh City
EstablishedJuly 1st 2025[1]
Area
 • Total
15.33 km2 (5.92 sq mi)
Elevation
1 m (3.3 ft)
Population
 • Total
76,967
 • Density5,021/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7
Administrative code27094[2]

An Khánh (Vietnamese: Phường An Khánh) is a ward of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is one of the 168 new wards, communes and special zones of the city following the reorganization in 2025.[3][4]

Geography

An Khánh is located in the center of Ho Chi Minh City, it has the following geographical locationː

  • To the east, it borders Bình Trưng
  • To the west, it borders Saigon and Thạnh Mỹ Tây, with the border being the Saigon River.
  • To the south, it borders Xóm Chiếu and Tân Thuận, with the border being the Saigon River.
  • To the north, it borders Bình Quới with the border being the Saigon River, and Thủ Đức with the border being Rạch Chiếc River

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 (statistical data as of December 31, 2024 according to regulations in Article 6 of Resolution No. 76/2025/UBTVQH15 dated April 14, 2025 of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly).[5]

The Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area of An Khánh ward will be joined with Bến Thành and Saigon wards 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:[6]

  • Transferring An Khánh commune to the newly established District 2, Ho Chi Minh City
  • Established An Khánh ward based on 169 ha of area and 12.865 people of An Khánh commune.
  • Established Bình Khánh ward based on 226 ha of area and 6.580 people of An Khánh commune.
  • Established Bình An ward based on 169 ha of 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 (the resolution takes effect from January 1, 2021).[7]. 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.[8]
  • 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 area and population of Thu Thiem, An Loi Dong, Thao Dien, An Khanh wards and a part of An Phu ward (Thu Duc City) will be reorganized into a new ward called An Khánh.[5]

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References

  1. ^ "QUỐC HỘI THÔNG QUA NGHỊ QUYẾT SẮP XẾP ĐƠN VỊ HÀNH CHÍNH CẤP TỈNH". xaydungchinhsach.chinhphu.vn (in Vietnamese). Chính phủ Việt Nam. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Quyết định số 19/2025/QĐ-TTg của Thủ tướng Chính phủ: Ban hành Bảng danh mục và mã số các đơn vị hành chính Việt Nam" (PDF). Viet Nam Government Portal.
  3. ^ ONLINE, TUOI TRE (16 June 2025). "Chi tiết mới nhất về 168 phường, xã của TP.HCM sau sáp nhập". TUOI TRE ONLINE (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  4. ^ Báo Pháp Luật TP. Hồ Chí Minh (25 June 2025). "Tra cứu chi tiết 3.321 phường, xã, đặc khu của 34 tỉnh, Thành phố sau sắp xếp lại bộ máy". Báo Pháp Luật TP. Hồ Chí Minh (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 9 October 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  5. ^ a b "RESOLUTION NO. 76/2025/UBTVQH15 ON ARRANGEMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS IN 2025". Xây dựng chính sách, pháp luật. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Nghị định 3-CP năm 1997 về việc thành lập quận Thủ Đức, Quận 2, Quận 7, Quận 9, Quận 12 và thành lập các phường thuộc các quận mới - Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh".
  7. ^ "HCMC to announce establishment of Thu Duc City on Dec 31". VietNamNet Newspaper. 28 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Thảo Điền là một phường thuộc thành phố Thủ Đức, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Việt Nam". www.thegioibietthu.com.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 3 January 2026.
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