Bình Thạnh
Bình Thạnh was a former district of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

Bình Thạnh was a former district of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. As of 2017, the district had a population of 490,618 and a total area of 21 km2.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Bình Thạnh
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Landmark 81
Landmark 81 is a supertall skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is primarily invested in and developed by Vinhomes, the largest Vietnamese real-estate developer.
3.6 km · skyscraper · Wikipedia - 02Vietnam National University
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City is a public research university system in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. VNU–HCM is one of two Vietnam's national universities, the other one being Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
2.4 km · university in Ho Chi Minh City · Wikipedia - 03Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon, officially the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception is a cathedral located in the Saigon ward of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The cathedral, established by French administrators who originally named it the Church of Saigon, was constructed between 1877 and 1880.
2.8 km · cathedral located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 04War Remnants Museum
The War Remnants Museum is a war museum at 28 Võ Văn Tần Street, Xuân Hòa, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It contains exhibits relating to the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War.
2.7 km · military museum in Vietnam · Wikipedia - 05Independence Palace
The Independence Palace, also publicly and officially known as the Reunification Convention Hall or simply Reunification Hall, is a historic landmark and government-owned public hall in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was designed by architect Ngô Viết Thụ and was the presidential palace, home and workplace of the president of the Republic of Vietnam.
3 km · Presidential Palace of South Vietnam · Wikipedia - 06Saigon Opera House
Saigon Opera House is a municipal opera house in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Like other French-built opera houses during French colonial period, including Hanoi Opera House and Haiphong Opera House, it is an example of French Colonial architecture in Vietnam.
3.3 km · opera house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 07Thong Nhat Stadium
Thống Nhất Stadium, formerly Cộng Hoà Stadium is the second-largest multi-purpose stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, and the oldest in Vietnam. It is located on 138 Đào Duy Từ Street, Diên Hồng.
5.5 km · stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 08Bến Thành Market
Bến Thành Market is located in the center of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in District 1. The market is one of the earliest surviving structures in the city and an important symbol of the city.
3.5 km · market in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 09Ho Chi Minh City Hall
Ho Chi Minh City Hall, officially called the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council and People's Committee Head Office, is a city hall and the seat of the government of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is located in downtown Ho Chi Minh City's Saigon ward, between Pasteur, Lý Tự Trọng, Đồng Khởi, and Lê Thánh Tôn Street, with its front facade facing Nguyễn Huệ Boulevard.
3.2 km · city hall of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 10Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens
The Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, or locally and coloquially known as The Zoo, is Vietnam's oldest zoo and botanical garden. The Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens was commissioned by Admiral Pierre-Paul de La Grandière in 1864, and was opened to the public in 1869, making it one of the world's oldest continuously operating zoos.
2.4 km · zoo in District , Ho Chi Minh City · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bình Thạnh
- Airports
- Tan Son Nhat (SGN), 4 km · Can Tho (VCA), 134 km · Techo (KTI), 203 km
- Stations
- Tan Son Nhat International Airport, 4.5 km · Saigon railway station, 2.7 km · Bến Thành station, 3.7 km
- Can Tho → Bình Thạnh132 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · ₫161,000–214,000
- Phu Quoc Island → Bình Thạnh301 km · quickest by air, 3h 55m · ₫1,209,130–1,875,370
- Nha Trang/nha Trang aiurportCam Ranh → Bình Thạnh287 km · quickest by air, 4h 26m · ₫1,344,870–2,086,410
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bình Thạnh
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bình Thạnh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundTaxis are mostly Toyota Vios sedans (up to four passengers) and Toyota Innova minivans (up to six passengers), which are assembled in Vietnam and inexpensive to buy.
- Go nextCu Chi Tunnel — day-trips are tirelessly flogged by travel agencies around Pham Ngu Lao, and can be done as a half-day trip, or as a full-day with a stop at Tay Ninh to see the Holy See of the Cao Dai religion.
- Go nextOne way to get to the tunnels is by speedboat.
From Wikivoyage: Ho Chi Minh City, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Bình Thạnh
Bình Thạnh is 5 km from Quận Mười, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ho Chi Minh Citylargest city in Vietnam3.4 km
- Cholonquarter of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, known as Chinatown6.6 km
- District 1urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam3.6 km
- Tân Bìnhurban district of Ho Chi Minh City4.1 km
- District 4Urban District of Ho Chi Minh City5.1 km
- District 6Urban District of Ho Chi Minh City9 km