Long Hương (Vietnamese: ) 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.
Geography Long Hương is located more than 60 kilometers southeast of Saigon and about 25 kilometers northeast of Vũng Tàu. Long Hương borders the following wards and communes: To the east, it borders Tam Long and Bà Rịa To the west, it borders Tân Hải To the south, it borders Long Sơn and Phước Thắng To the north, it borders Châu Pha and Nghĩa Thành
According to Official Dispatch No. 2896/BNV-CQĐP dated May 27, 2025 of the Ministry of Home Affairs, following the merger, Long Hương has a land area of 41.22 km², the population as of December 31, 2024 is 31,457 people, the population density is 763 people/km².
History On June 2, 1994, Long Hương commune was established in Bà Rịa
On October 22, 2002, the Government issued Decree 83/2002/ND-CP, it states that: Long Hương ward is established based on 1,485.1 hectares of land and 6,767 people of Long Hương commune. Kim Dinh ward was established with the remaining land and population of Long Hương commune.
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 land area and population of Kim Dinh, Long Hương wards and Tân Hưng commune of the former Bà Rịa city will be integrated into a new ward named Long Hương (Clause 106, Article 1).
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