1. Which district of Ho Chi Minh City is closest to Cambodia?

  • Hoc Mon
  • Cu Chi
  • Can Gio
  • Nha Be

Exactly

Cu Chi District is located in the northwest of Ho Chi Minh City, about 33km from the city center. The district has an area of ​​about 435km2. Thai My Commune in this district is only about 16km from the Vietnam - Cambodia border as the crow flies.

Cu Chi is connected to Cambodia via the Trans-Asia Highway and Moc Bai border gate. If you calculate the walking distance from Thai My commune to Moc Bai border gate (Tay Ninh), it is only about 29km.

2. Which is not the name of a district in Ho Chi Minh City?

  • Binh Chanh
  • Binh Thanh
  • Binh Tan
  • Tan Binh

Exactly

Currently, Ho Chi Minh City has 6 districts named in letters: Binh Thanh, Binh Tan, Tan Binh, Go Vap, Phu Nhuan, Tan Phu. Binh Chanh is a district of Ho Chi Minh City, along with 4 other districts: Hoc Mon, Cu Chi, Nha Be and Can Gio. In total, Ho Chi Minh City has 22 district-level administrative units, including 16 districts, 5 counties and one city.

3. Which of the following districts does Ho Chi Minh City no longer have?

  • District 2 and District 5
  • District 5 and District 7
  • District 7 and District 9
  • District 9 and District 2

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District names using numbers are a characteristic of Ho Chi Minh City. However, the city currently has only 10 districts named by numbers, because District 2 and District 9 no longer exist. These are two old districts of Ho Chi Minh City, together with Thu Duc, merged into Thu Duc city with a natural area of ​​211km2 and a population of nearly 1.2 million people, equivalent to Da Nang.

4. Which district in Ho Chi Minh City has the highest population density in the country?

  • District 1
  • District 4
  • Binh Thanh
  • Tan Phu

Exactly

District 4 is located in the south of Ho Chi Minh City, is the smallest district with an area of ​​about 4.18 km2. The district has a triangular shape, separated from the rest of the city by the Saigon River, Ben Nghe Canal and Te Canal. With an area of ​​4.18 km2, District 4 has a very high population density, reaching 47,686 people/km2, the most densely populated compared to other districts in the city and the whole country, according to 2022 data.

5. Which is the only district in Ho Chi Minh City that borders the sea?

  • Cu Chi
  • Nha Be
  • District 11
  • Can Gio

Exactly

Can Gio District is over 700km2 wide with over 70,000 people, located about 50km from the center of Ho Chi Minh City. This is the only locality of the city bordering the sea with a length of 23km, 70% of which is rivers, canals, mangrove forests and natural conditions for developing tourism and international-class resort urban areas.