Renting in Phú Mỹ Hưng & District 7, Ho Chi Minh City

District 7 is south of the old city centre, and much of it is Phú Mỹ Hưng, a planned new town begun in 1993. Phú Mỹ Hưng has wide streets, a central lake, international schools and hospitals, and a large foreign community, mostly from Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China.

In 2018 the developer counted more than 30,000 residents, over half of them foreign. Life centres on Crescent Lake, crossed by the Starlight pedestrian bridge, with Crescent Mall on its shore.

Schools and hospitals cluster in their own parts of the town: Saigon South International School is in the Hillview area, and FV Hospital, Tâm Đức Heart Hospital and Vietnam-America Hospital are in the medical area.

Landmarks

• Crescent Lake (Hồ Bán Nguyệt): The central lake, crossed by the Starlight pedestrian bridge (Cầu Ánh Sao) and the Moonlight bridge.
• Crescent Mall: About 200 stores at 101 Tôn Dật Tiên, opened on 30 November 2011.
• Lawrence Ting Charity Walk: Held in Phú Mỹ Hưng every year since 2006.

Shops, health and schools

• Supermarkets: Annam Gourmet, which stocks imported groceries, has a store at 64-70 Nguyễn Đức Cảnh, open since 2009.
• Healthcare: FV Hospital at 6 Nguyễn Lương Bằng has a 24-hour emergency department and JCI accreditation four times in a row (2016 to 2025). Tâm Đức Heart Hospital is at 4 Nguyễn Lương Bằng, and Family Medical Practice has a clinic at 41 Đặng Đức Thuật.
• International schools: Saigon South International School (78 Nguyễn Đức Cảnh, founded 1997) teaches an American curriculum from Early Childhood to Grade 12, with AP courses and the IB Diploma. Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese schools are in the Southside area, and RMIT University has a campus here.

Getting around

• Nguyễn Văn Linh boulevard runs across the area from Tân Thuận bridge to National Route 1, and connects to the expressways towards the Mekong Delta and Long Thành.
• Phú Mỹ Bridge, opened in September 2009, crosses the river to the Thủ Đức side.

Good to know

• Phú Mỹ Hưng is large and split into named areas, so check which one a home is in against the school or hospital you will use most.