Renting in Diamond Island

Diamond Island (Đảo Kim Cương) is a group of apartment towers on a natural island of about 8 hectares in Bình Trưng Tây, District 2, with the Saigon and Giồng Ông Tố rivers on three sides. Built by Kusto Home and finished in 2018, it has 1,323 apartments in seven blocks, named Brilliant and after five resort islands, set among pools, gardens and a marina.

Families who want an island setting with pools, a water park and a play castle for children, and a river on three sides, about 10 minutes from District 1.

Inside Diamond Island

• Brilliant: The first phase, two blocks designed by the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki.
• Hawaii: The first tower of the second phase: 25 storeys and 177 apartments.
• Bahamas: 29 storeys and 204 apartments, with views to the city centre, the pool and the marina.
• Bora Bora, Maldives and Canary: The other three towers of the second phase, which topped out together with Hawaii and Bahamas in September 2017.

Schools, health and shopping

• Parks and water: Three swimming pools covering more than 2,300 square metres, about 1,300 trees across the island, and a private marina.
• Children: A mini water park and a playground with a play castle.
• Sport: A tennis court, a sports complex, and a gym and spa.
• Other: An outdoor jacuzzi and a pool bar are among the island’s 42 leisure facilities.

Getting there

• By road, about 7 km to Bến Thành Market (10 to 15 minutes) and 14 km to Tân Sơn Nhất Airport (15 to 20 minutes), with no traffic.
• Cars and motorbikes reach the island over the Trần Quý Kiên bridge.
• The developer puts the island about 10 minutes from District 1. It borders the Thủ Thiêm new urban area and is near the Thủ Thiêm bridge and tunnel and the Ho Chi Minh City to Long Thành and Dầu Giây expressway.

Good to know

• It has long had an international community: about half the residents of the first phase were foreign in 2015.
• The blocks have names, not numbers: Brilliant, Hawaii, Bora Bora, Bahamas, Maldives and Canary.