Tây Sơn is a commune (xã) in south central Vietnam. It is of Gia Lai province.
On June 16, 2025, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly issued Resolution No. 1660/NQ-UBTVQH15 on the reorganization of commune-level administrative units in Gia Lai Province in 2025 (the resolution took effect on the date of its adoption). Accordingly, the entire natural area and population of Phú Phong Township, Tây Xuân Commune, and Bình Nghi Commune were consolidated to establish a new commune named Tây Sơn Commune.
Geography and Transport Phú Phong is located in the very west of the lowland plain of southern Bình Định along Côn River and the smaller Cút River, one of its tributaries.Vietnam Administrative Atlas. Cartographic Publishing House, Hanoi 2010 Côn River is an inland waterway that can be used for transport and provides indirect access to the sea as well as further up to Vĩnh Thạnh District.Vietnam Road Atlas (Tập Bản đồ Giao thông Đường bộ Việt Nam). Cartographic Publishing House (Vietnam), 2004
Phú Phong is also located at National Road 19, which connects it to National Route 1 (26 km distance), the ports of Quy Nhon (42 km) in the east and the Central Highlands in the west, including An Khê town (34 km), Pleiku city (129 km), and the border to Cambodia.
History and heritage sites
Phú Phong was granted town status in March 1979 (having been a village before that). It was expanded in 2006 and aims to become a level 4 urban settlement.
There is a temple commemorating the Tây Sơn dynasty, which originated in the Tây Sơn District, as well as an ancestral temple dedicated to Bui Thi Xuan, one of its major generals, and a Tây Sơn Museum.
Several Cham temple towers are located in Binh Nghi Commune to the east of the town.
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