Thảo Điền
Suits families moving from abroad who want leafy riverside streets, international schools nearby and a metro station five minutes on foot.
🇻🇳 Where to live in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City's residential areas range from the dense central core around Bến Thành to planned townships with wide roads and riverside tower clusters. Some pockets are leafy and low-rise with villas and cafés, others are market-driven, busy and best covered by motorbike. A few areas sit within a short walk of a metro station on M1, while others are built around bikes or cars.
Open Ho Chi Minh City on the map Live scores for transit, cafes, schools and healthcare, calculated from what is actually around each address.Which area suits whom
District 4
Works for someone who wants compact, fast-changing streets known for seafood and close proximity to District 1, getting around by bike.
Đa Kao
Fits a resident who wants a quiet central pocket of heritage villas and cafés, with Ba Son station a six-minute walk away.
District 7 (Phú Mỹ Hưng)
Suits car-owning families who prefer a planned township with wide roads and an established expat and Korean community.
12 neighborhoods
District 1
Central core · Bến Thành market · Đồng Khởi · Landmark 81 views
- Nearest station: Bến Thành (M1) · 250 m · 3 min walk
Thảo Điền
Expat enclave · Riverside villas · Intl schools · Leafy
- Nearest station: Thảo Điền (M1) · 400 m · 5 min walk
Bình Thạnh
Landmark 81 · Vinhomes towers · Fast-rising · Riverside
- Nearest station: Tân Cảng (M1) · 400 m · 5 min walk
Đa Kao
Leafy heritage · Villas · Cafés · Quiet central pocket
- Nearest station: Ba Son (M1) · 450 m · 6 min walk
An Phú
New Thủ Đức residential · Compounds · Expat families · Modern
- Nearest station: An Phú (M1) · 500 m · 6 min walk
District 3
Tree-lined boulevards · Cafés · Colonial villas · Central (bikes)
- No rapid transit station recorded nearby
District 7 (Phú Mỹ Hưng)
Planned township · Wide roads · Expat & Korean · Family (car-first)
- No rapid transit station recorded nearby
District 5 (Cholon)
Chinatown · Wholesale markets · Temples · Dense & lively (bikes)
- No rapid transit station recorded nearby
Phú Nhuận
Local residential · Street food · Central & unpretentious (bikes)
- No rapid transit station recorded nearby
District 4
Seafood streets · Compact · Fast-gentrifying · Near D1 (bikes)
- No rapid transit station recorded nearby
Thủ Thiêm
New urban peninsula · Riverfront · Empty-canvas development (car)
- No rapid transit station recorded nearby
Tân Bình
Airport district · Markets · Practical residential · Busy (bikes)
- No rapid transit station recorded nearby