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Tân Bình District
Quận Tân Bình
District
Country Vietnam
Centrally Governed CityHồ Chí Minh City
Seat22 Lý Thường Kiệt
Wards15 phường
Government
 • People's CommitteeThái Thị Dư
Area
 • Total
22.38 km2 (8.64 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
430,160
 • Density19,000/km2 (50,000/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Main ethnic groupsPredominantly Việt
Time zoneUTC+07 (ICT)
Websitetanbinh.hochiminhcity.gov.vn

Tân Bình is an urban district of Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam. The City's international airport is situated in the district.[1] It consists of 15 wards occupying 22.38 km². In the October 1, 2004 census, 397,569 people were recorded as living there; 2005 figures estimate that the population fell to 394,281.

Location within Hồ Chí Minh City

Position in the metropolitan area of HCMC Position in HCMC's core

Tân Bình borders district 3, district 10, district 11, district 12, Tân Phú, Gò Vấp and Phú Nhuận. Tan Son Nhat International Airport is located in Tân Bình. Once the largest urban district of Hồ Chí Minh City, Tân Bình was partitioned to create Bình Tân and Tân Phú. Like Bình Thạnh, these three districts comprise a vast of residential area which grew organically for more than 40 years without any urban planning.

Economy

Jetstar Pacific Airlines and Vietnam Air Service Company have their headquarters in the district.[2][3] VietJet Air has its Hồ Chí Minh City office in the district as well.[4]

Education

Tân Bình District has one of the most notable high schools in Hồ Chí Minh City, the Nguyen Thuong Hien High School. Other public high schools are Nguyen Chi Thanh High School, Nguyen Thai Binh High School and Ly Tu Trong High School.

Tân Bình School's Disability Workplace Education and Training Project is a collaborative project involving Tân Bình District Department of Education and Training, RMIT University's Department of Social and Community Services and the Loreto Vietnam Australia Program (LVAP). The project is funded by the Australian Government International Aid Program (AusAID) and technical support is provided by AVI (Australian Volunteers International).[5]

References

  1. ^ "Tan Binh Map, Ho Chi Minh City". Vietnam Travel and Living Guide. Vietnam Online. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ VASCO. VASCO. Retrieved on 2013-07-16.
  4. ^ [2][dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Disability Workplace Education and Training Project". RMIT Vietnam. RMIT International University Vietnam. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
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