An Đông (Vietnamese: ; ) is a ward of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is one of the city's 168 new wards, communes and special zones following the 2025 Vietnamese administrative reforms.
History
Under South Vietnamese rule On the 27th of March, 1959, South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm ratified Resolution No. 110-NV on dividing the existing 6 districts of Sài Gòn into 8 new districts, now consisting of: 1 (Nhứt), 2 (Nhì), 3, 4 (Tư), 5, 6, 7, and 8. Excluding districts 1-3, all other districts were accordingly renamed and their administrative boundaries altered.
The new (post-1959) District 5 was established on what was then (pre-1959) District 7 and District 4 (Tư), and initially consisted of 6 wards: An Đông, Chợ Quán, Trung Ương, Minh Mạng, Nguyễn Tri Phương, and Phú Thọ.
By 1962, Trung Ương Ward was dissolved in favor of 5 new wards: Đồng Khánh, Hồng Bàng, Khổng Tử, Nguyễn Huỳnh Đức and Trang Tử. District 5 was now divided into 10 wards, of which modern-day An Đông was located on segments of the former An Đông ward, Nguyễn Huỳnh Đức ward and Đồng Khánh ward; this would be the case until 1976.
1976 - present On the 20th of May, 1976, the administrative body of Sài Gòn-Gia Định (modern-day Ho Chi Minh City) underwent a second period of administrative reforms (under Resolution 301/UB), leading to the dissolution of all of District 5's 6 former wards in favor of 24 new wards, numbered '1' to '24'.
By the 1st of January, 2025, Ward 6 had officially dissolved and merged into Ward 5 of District 5.
On the 16th of June, 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 (Article 1 effective from the 1st of July, 2025). Accordingly, the entire land area and population of Ward 5, Ward 7 and Ward 9 of the former District 5 was tegrated into a new ward named An Đông (Clause 12, Article 1).
Geography Among the many wards surrounding the geographic center of Ho Chi Minh City, An Đông is located just 4 kilometers west of Sài Gòn ward, and borders the wards:
Chợ Quán to the east Chợ Lớn to the west Chánh Hưng and Phú Định to the south, along the Tàu Hủ Canal Diên Hồng and Vườn Lài to the north
Administrative divisions An Đông is currently divided into 23 neighborhoods (khu phố), numbered from '1' to '23'.
Demographics According to Dispatch No. 2896/BNV-CQĐP enacted by the Ministry of Home Affairs on the 27th of May, 2025, An Đông has a total area of 1.32 km² and a total population (as of the 31st of December, 2024) of 81,229 – making its population density approximately 37.225 people per km².
Government HeadquartersAddressThe Party Committee, the People's Council, the People's Committee & Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of An Đông Ward203 An Dương Vương St.Public Administration Service Center of An Đông Ward45 Phước Hưng St.People's Police of An Đông Ward78-80-82 Bùi Hữu Nghĩa St.Military Command of An Đông Ward47 Nguyễn Duy Dương St.
Health
Healthcare facilities Name of hospitalAddressNotesAn Bình Hospital (An Bình Hospital)146 An BìnhĐức Khang Hospital (Bệnh viện Đức Khang)500 Ngô Gia TựGate 1129A Nguyễn Chí ThanhGate 2Nguyễn Trãi Hospital (Bệnh viện Nguyễn Trãi)314 Nguyễn TrãiNguyễn Tri Phương Hospital (Bệnh viện Nguyễn Tri Phương)468 Nguyễn Trãi
Education
Higher education
Universities Name of institutionAddressWebsiteNotesPre-University of Ho Chi Minh City (Trường Dự bị đại học Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh)91 Nguyễn Chí ThanhHùng Vương University, Ho Chi Minh City (Trường Đại học Hùng Vương Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh)28–30 Ngô QuyềnCampus 1; main campus located in Chợ Lớn ward
Colleges Name of institutionAddressWebsiteNotesVOV II College (Trường Cao đẳng Phát thanh - Truyền hình II)75 Trần Nhân TônCampus 1
High schools (Trung học phổ thông) Name of institutionAddressWebsiteNoteVNU-HCM High School for the Gifted (Trường Phổ thông Năng khiếu, Đại học Quốc gia Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh)153 Nguyễn Chí ThanhTrần Khai Nguyên High School (Trường THPT Trần Khai Nguyên)225 Nguyễn Tri Phương Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm Secondary & High School (Trường THCS-THPT Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm)28-30 Ngô QuyềnQuang Trung - Nguyễn Huệ Secondary & High School (Trường THCS-THPT Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm)223 Nguyễn Tri PhươngNguyễn Tri Phương Campus
Secondary schools (Trung học cơ sở / THCS) The following list does not include escalator schools offering high school education. Name of institutionAddressWebsiteKim Đồng Secondary School (Trường THCS Kim Đồng)503 Phan Văn TrịLý Phong Secondary School (Trường THCS Lý Phong)83 Nguyễn Duy Dương
Primary schools (Trường tiểu học) Name of institutionAddressWebsiteTrần Quốc Toản Primary School (Trường Tiểu học Trần Quốc Toản)292 Trần PhúPhạm Hồng Thái Primary School (Trường Tiểu học Phạm Hồng Thái)38 Nguyễn Duy Dương
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