Editing Ho Chi Minh City (section)

==Administration==
[[File:Ho Chi Minh City, City Hall, 2020-01 CN-03.jpg|thumb|[[Ho Chi Minh City Hall]] is the administrative building of the city's government.]]
[[File:Sai Gon districts coloured numbered 2.png|thumb|Administrative divisions of HCMC's urban districts and municipal city<br>1–12. Districts 1 to 12 excludes District 2 and District 9 (Part of city of Thủ Đức).<br>2. City of Thủ Đức<br>13. Bình Thạnh<br>14. Bình Tân<br>15. Gò Vấp<br>16. Phú Nhuận<br>17. Tân Bình<br>18. Tân Phú]]

The city is a municipality at the same level as [[Provinces of Vietnam|Vietnam's provinces]], which is subdivided into 22 district-level sub-divisions (as of 2020):

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*5 rural districts ({{cvt|1601|km2|disp=or}} in area), which are designated as rural (''{{lang|vi|huyện}}''):
**[[Củ Chi District|Củ Chi]]
**[[Hóc Môn District|Hóc Môn]]
**[[Bình Chánh District|Bình Chánh]]
**[[Nhà Bè District|Nhà Bè]]
**[[Cần Giờ District|Cần Giờ]]
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*16 urban districts ({{cvt|283|km2|disp=or}} in area), which are designated urban or suburban (''{{lang|vi|quận}}''):
**[[District 1, Ho Chi Minh City|District 1]]
**[[District 3, Ho Chi Minh City|District 3]]
**[[District 4, Ho Chi Minh City|District 4]]
**[[District 5, Ho Chi Minh City|District 5]]
**[[District 6, Ho Chi Minh City|District 6]]
**[[District 7, Ho Chi Minh City|District 7]]
**[[District 8, Ho Chi Minh City|District 8]]
**[[District 10, Ho Chi Minh City|District 10]]
**[[District 11, Ho Chi Minh City|District 11]]
**[[District 12, Ho Chi Minh City|District 12]]
**[[Gò Vấp District|Gò Vấp]]
**[[Tân Bình District|Tân Bình]]
**[[Tân Phú District, Ho Chi Minh City|Tân Phú]]
**[[Bình Thạnh District|Bình Thạnh]]
**[[Phú Nhuận District|Phú Nhuận]]
**[[Bình Tân District, Ho Chi Minh City|Bình Tân]]
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*1 sub-city ({{cvt|211|km2|disp=or|}} in area), which is designated [[municipal city (Vietnam)|municipal city]] (''{{lang|vi|thành phố thuộc thành phố trực thuộc trung ương}}''):
**[[Thủ Đức]]
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They are further subdivided into 5 commune-level towns (or townlets), 58 communes, and 249 wards ({{As of|2020|lc=y}}, see List of HCMC administrative units below).<ref name="Statistical office"/> On 1 January 2021, it was announced that [[District 2, Ho Chi Minh City|District 2]], [[District 9, Ho Chi Minh City|District 9]] and [[Thủ Đức (urban district)|Thủ Đức District]] would be consolidated and was approved by [[Standing Committee of the National Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web |last=VnExpress |title=HCMC set to carve out class-1 city by merging three districts – VnExpress International |url=https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/hcmc-set-to-carve-out-class-1-city-by-merging-three-districts-4190658.html |access-date=2020-11-12 |website=VnExpress International – Latest news, business, travel and analysis from Vietnam |language=en |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125002013/https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/hcmc-set-to-carve-out-class-1-city-by-merging-three-districts-4190658.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{cite web |last1=Đoàn Loan |last2=Viết Tuân |date=2020-12-09 |title=Thành lập thành phố Thủ Đức |url=https://vnexpress.net/thanh-lap-thanh-pho-thu-duc-4203798.html |url-status=live |access-date=2021-05-22 |website=[[VnExpress]] |language=vi |archive-date=9 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209140051/https://vnexpress.net/thanh-lap-thanh-pho-thu-duc-4203798.html}}</ref>

===City government===
The [[Ho Chi Minh City Hall|Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee]] is a 13-member executive branch of the city. The current chairman is [[Phan Văn Mãi]]. There are several vice chairmen and chairwomen on the committee with responsibility over various city departments.

The legislative branch of the city is the ''Ho Chi Minh City People's Council'' and consists of 105 members. The current chairwoman is Nguyễn Thị Lệ. The judiciary branch of the city is the ''Ho Chi Minh City People's Court''. The current chief judge is Lê Thanh Phong.

The executive committee of [[Communist Party of Vietnam|Communist Party]] of Ho Chi Minh City is the leading organ of the Communist Party in Ho Chi Minh City. The current secretary is [[Nguyễn Văn Nên]]. The permanent deputy secretary of the Communist Party is ranked second in the city politics after the Secretary of the Communist Party, while chairman of the People's Committee is ranked third and the chairman of the People's Council is ranked fourth.{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

{{List of HCMC Administrative Units}}