District 12, Ho Chi Minh City District 12, Ho Chi Minh City District 12 () is an urban district ("quận") of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest and most populous city in Vietnam. As of 2010, the district had a population of 427,083. The district covers an area of 53,0 km². The district is divided into 11 small subsets which are called wards. It borders Hóc Môn District to the north, Thủ Đức District and Bình Dương Province to the east, Bình Tân District to the west and Tân Bình and Gò Vấp districts to the south. The district consists of 10 wards: The goal of
Ho Chi Minh Highway Ho Chi Minh Highway Ho Chi Minh Road or Ho Chi Minh Highway () is a highway in Vietnam. It runs from the north to the south of Vietnam, west of National Route 1A. The highway was named after Hồ Chí Minh. The route roughly coincides with the Ho Chi Minh trail during the Vietnam War. It is a two-lane highway and is planned to become an 8-lane highway and it will connect Cao Bằng Province by the Sino-Vietnamese border to Cà Mau Province with the total length of 3,167 km. As of 2007, this road runs from Hoa Lac