Tân Phú
Tân Phú District was an urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam.

Tân Phú District was an urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. Established in 2003 from the division of Tân Bình district, it covered an area of 15.97 km² and had a population of 585,348 as of 2024. The district was dissolved on June 30, 2025, following a national resolution to reorganize administrative units, with its wards merged and redistributed.
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Worth seeing in and around Tân Phú
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.
- 01Vietnam 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.
7.7 km · university in Ho Chi Minh City · Wikipedia - 02Saigon 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.
8.2 km · cathedral located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 03War 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.
7.4 km · military museum in Vietnam · Wikipedia - 04Independence 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.
7.8 km · Presidential Palace of South Vietnam · Wikipedia - 05Saigon 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.
8.6 km · opera house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 06Thong 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.
5.4 km · stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 07Bến 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.
8.2 km · market in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 08Ho 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.
8.5 km · city hall of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 09Saigon 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.
8.7 km · zoo in District , Ho Chi Minh City · Wikipedia - 10Museum of Ho Chi Minh City
Museum of Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Gia Long Palace, is a historical site and museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The museum is situated at the corner of Lý Tự Trọng and Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa streets, located on a 2-hectare block near the Independence Palace.
8.3 km · museum in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tân Phú
- Airports
- Tan Son Nhat (SGN), 4 km · Can Tho (VCA), 127 km · Techo (KTI), 196 km
- Stations
- Tan Son Nhat International Airport, 4.2 km · Saigon railway station, 5.8 km · Bến Thành station, 8.3 km · Opera House station, 8.6 km · Ba Son station, 9.1 km
- Can Tho → Tân Phú226 km · quickest by road, 4h 38m · ₫267,000–356,000
- Phu Quoc Island → Tân Phú391 km · quickest by air, 8h 15m · ₫1,927,980–2,950,370
- Nha Trang/nha Trang aiurportCam Ranh → Tân Phú194 km · quickest by road, 5h 19m · ₫289,000–386,000
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tân Phú
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 Tân Phú. 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 Tân Phú
Tân Phú is 3 km from Ho Chi Minh City, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ho Chi Minh Citylargest city in Vietnam8.6 km
- Cholonquarter of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, known as Chinatown5.9 km
- District 1urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam8.3 km
- Bình ThạnhUrban District of Ho Chi Minh City9.5 km
- Tân Bìnhurban district of Ho Chi Minh City3.1 km
- District 11Urban District of Ho Chi Minh City4 km