Gia Định, Ho Chi Minh City

Gia Định Phường Gia Định Bình Hòa, Bà Chiểu
Ward
From left to right: Bà Chiểu Market, Bông Bridge, Lê Văn Duyệt Tomb on the same name boulevard, Thị Nghè Bridge with Thủy Lợi University, Phan Đăng Lưu Boulevard, Miếu Nổi Apartment
Interactive map of Gia Định
Country	Vietnam
Municipality	Ho Chi Minh City
District	Bình Thạnh District
Area
• Total	1.07 sq mi (2.76 km2)
Population
• Total	125,946
• Density	118,190/sq mi (45,632/km2)
Time zone	UTC+07:00 (Indochina Time)
Administrative code	26944[1]

Gia Định (Vietnamese: Phường Gia Định) is a ward of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is one of 168 new wards, communes and special zones of the city following the reorganization in 2025.^[2][3]

Ward of is located in the north of the central core of Ho Chi Minh City, bordering:

• Thạnh Mỹ Tây ward to the east, separated by Xô Viết Nghệ Tĩnh Street;
• Đức Nhuận and Cầu Kiệu Ward to the west;
• Saigon and Tân Định wards to the south, separated by Nhieu Loc–Thi Nghe Channel;
• Bình Lợi Trung and Bình Thạnh wards to the north, separated by streets of Nguyễn Văn Đậu, Lê Quang Định, Nơ Trang Long and Phan Đăng Lưu – Bạch Đằng.

According to Official Dispatch No. 2896/BNV-CQDP dated May 27, 2025, of the Ministry of Home Affairs, following administrative reorganization, the newly established Gia Định Ward has an area is 2.76 km², the population as of December 31, 2024 is 125,946 people, the population density is 45,632 people/km² (Article 6 of Resolution No. 76/2025/UBTVQH15 dated April 14, 2025 of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

Prior to the ward's establishment, Gia Định was the historic and colloquial Vietnamese name for almost area of the former Ho Chi Minh City as Province of Gia Định (Tỉnh Gia Định) throughout the Six Provinces of Southern Vietnam period. It was also the official name for a satellite province that completely encloses the capital city of the State of Vietnam (as Đô thành Sài Gòn-Chợ Lớn), the Republic of Vietnam (as Đô thành Sài Gòn), and being merged since the Republic of South Vietnam (as Thành phố Sài Gòn-Gia Định). Since the French Indochina, Gia Định was a colloquial name for the new downtown of the province next to Saigon as the city was separated from the province and being a municipality. The provincial capital of Gia Định is located in the Commune of Bình Hòa, Gò Vấp district, now corresponding with the wards of Gia Định and Bình Thạnh.

On June 16, 2025, the National Assembly Standing Committee issued Resolution No. 1685/NQ-UBTVQH15 on the arrangement of commune-level administrative units of Ho Chi Minh City in 2025 (effective from June 16, 2025). Accordingly, the entire area and population of Ward 1, Ward 2, Ward 7 and Ward 17 of Bình Thạnh district, will be rearranged into a new ward named Gia Định (Clause 42, Article 1).^[4][5]

List of major hospitals in the ward:

• Nhân Dân Gia Định General Hospital (or Gia Định People Hospital)
• Bình Thạnh General Hospital

Schools with "*" means that there was originally one institution which was then split into two

• Gia Định Special Education School
• Hoàng Hoa Thám High School
• Võ Thị Sáu High School
• Trương Công Định Secondary School
• Điện Biên Secondary School
• Hà Huy Tập Primary and Secondary School*
• Lam Sơn Primary and Secondary School*
• Hồng Hà Primary School
• Tô Vĩnh Diện Primary School
• Lê Đình Chính Primary School
• Bế Văn Đàn Primary School

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  Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts, the oldest higher institution in the ward
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  School of Health Sciences, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH), one of the first private university in Ho Chi Minh City
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  Hồng Bàng International University – Campus 1, Ship of Knowledge Building
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  Liberty Hall at Level 15 of Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Finance, Campus A

• Thuyloi University – Southern Campus
• Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts
• Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology^[a] – School of Health Sciences,
• Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Finance
• Hong Bang International University – Campus 1

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  An old gate engraved the name "Gia-Định" outside Trương Công Định Secondary School
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  Row of shophouses next to Bà Chiểu Market on Phan Đăng Lưu Boulevard
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  Main gate of Tomb of Lê Văn Duyệt on Vũ Tùng Street
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  Tombstone house inside the Tomb of Lê Văn Duyệt
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  Cannon - a relics of Gia Định Citadel
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  SAWACO Surge Tower, it was referred to as a "rocket tower" due to its shape