Bàu Lâm (Vietnamese: ) is a commune of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is one of the 168 new wards, communes and special zones of the city following the reorganization in 2025.
Geography Bàu Lâm is located in the East of Ho Chi Minh City, about 42km northeast of Bà Rịa and about 110km east of Saigon. It has the following geographical location:
To the east, it borders Hòa Hiệp To the south, it borders Hòa Hội To the southwest, it borders Xuân Sơn To the west, it borders Sông Ray and Xuân Đông To the north, it borders Xuân Hòa
According to Official Dispatch No. 2896/BNV-CQĐP dated May 27, 2025 of the Ministry of Home Affairs, following the merger, Bàu Lâm has a land area of 123.83 km², the population as of December 31, 2024 is 22,567 people, the population density is 182 people/km².
History On June 16, 2025, the National Assembly Standing Committee issued Resolution No. 1685/NQ-UBTVQH15 on the arrangement of commune-level administrative units of Ho Chi Minh City in 2025 (effective from June 16, 2025). Accordingly, the entire land area and population of Tân Lâm and Bàu Lâm communes of the former Xuyên Mộc district will be integrated into a new commune named Bàu Lâm (Clause 162, Article 1).
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