District 7 () is a former urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. As of 2024, the district had a population of 456,789 and an area of .District 7 was dissolved on 1 July 2025 as part of the 2025 Vietnamese administrative reform, which abolished all district-level units in Vietnam, with its wards consolidated into four larger wards directly under Ho Chi Minh City.
District 7 was formed from the northern part of Nhà Bè District in 1997, connected to the city of Thủ Đức by the Phú Mỹ Bridge, 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).
Geography and location District 7 located on the south side of urban core of former Ho Chi Minh City, adjacent with:
Nhơn Trạch district, Đồng Nai province (by Nhà Bè River) and Thủ Đức (by Saigon River) to the east District 8 and Bình Chánh district to the west by Ông Lớn Canal Nhà Bè district to the south by waterway of Rạch Đỉa – Rạch Rơi – Phú Xuân River District 4 (by Tẻ Channel) and Thủ Đức (by Saigon River) to the north.
The district has an area of 35,69 km², population as of 2019 is 360,155 people, population density is 10,091 people/km².
Administration District 7 consists of 10 wards (phường), which is now 4 wards directly under Ho Chi Minh City: Tân Thuận Bình Thuận Tân Thuận Đông Tân Thuận Tây Phú Thuận Phú Thuận Phú Mỹ (eastern Huỳnh Tấn Phát Road) Tân Hưng Tân Hưng Tân Kiểng Tân Phong Tân Quy Tân Mỹ Tân Phú Phú Mỹ (western Huỳnh Tấn Phát Road)
Education
Primary Schools NoSchool nameSchool CodeDomain1Phu Dong Primary Schoolthphudongq7https://thphudongq7.hcm.edu.vn2Dang Thuy Tram Primary Schoolthdangthuytramhttps://thdangthuytram.hcm.edu.vn3Le Van tam Primary Schoolthlevantamq7https://thlevantamq7.hcm.edu.vn4Tran Quoc Toan Primary Schoolthtranquoctoanq7https://thtranquoctoanq7.hcm.edu.vn5Tan Thuan Primary Schoolthtanthuanhttps://thtanthuan.hcm.edu.vn6Vo Thi Sau Primary Schoolthvothisauq7https://thvothisauq7.hcm.edu.vn7Luong The Vinh Primary Schoolthluongthevinhq7https://thluongthevinhq7.hcm.edu.vn8Kim Dong Primary School thkimdongq7https://thkimdongq7.hcm.edu.vn9Nguyen Van Huong Primary Schoolthnguyenvanhuonghttp://thnguyenvanhuong.hcm.edu.vn/10Pham Huu Lau Primary Schoolthphamhuulauhttps://thphamhuulau.hcm.edu.vn11Nguyen Thi Dinh Primary Schoolthnguyenthidinhq7https://thnguyenthidinhq7.hcm.edu.vn12Tan Quy Primary Schoolthtanquyq7https://thtanquyq7.hcm.edu.vn13Phu Thuan Primary Schoolthphuthuanq7https://thphuthuanq7.hcm.edu.vn14Le Quy Don Primary Schoolthlequydonq7https://thlequydonq7.hcm.edu.vn15Phu My Primary Schoolthphumyhttps://thphumy.hcm.edu.vn16Phan Huu Thuc Primary Schoolthphanhuythuchttps://thphanhuythuc.hcm.edu.vn17Dinh Bo Linh Primary Schoolthdinhbolinhhttps://thdinhbolinh.hcm.edu.vn18Le Anh Xuan Primary Schoolthleanhxuanq7https://thleanhxuanq7.hcm.edu.vn
Secondary schools
NoSchool nameSchool CodeDomain1Nguyen Hien Secondary schoolthcsnguyenhienq7https://thcsnguyenhienq7.hcm.edu.vn2Tran Quoc Tuan Secondary schoolthcstranquoctuanhttps://thcstranquoctuan.hcm.edu.vn3Huynh Tan Phat Secondary schoolthcshuynhtanphathttps://thcshuynhtanphat.hcm.edu.vn4Hoang Quoc Viet Secondary schoolthcshoangquocviethttps://thcshoangquocviet.hcm.edu.vn5Nguyen Thi Thap Secondary schoolthcsnguyenthithaphttps://thcsnguyenthithap.hcm.edu.vn6Pham Huu Lau Secondary schoolthcsphamhuulauhttps://thcsphamhuulau.hcm.edu.vn7Nguyen Huu Tho Secondary schoolthcsnguyenhuuthohttps://thcsnguyenhuutho.hcm.edu.vn
Universities RMIT University Vietnam has a campus in Tân Phong. RMIT is a university from Melbourne, Australia, operating several campuses in Vietnam with approximately 7000 students and 650 staffs. Tôn Đức Thắng University is located in Tân Phong.
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