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Ho Chi Minh City University of Education (HCMUE, Vietnamese: Trường Đại học Sư phạm Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) is a university specializing in tertiary-level training of teachers and lecturers located in District 5. HCMUE is one of fourteen leading national universities of Vietnam and one of the two prestigious and largest pedagogical universities, playing a leading role in teacher and lecturer training.

Vĩnh Nghiêm Pagoda (Chùa Vĩnh Nghiêm; literally Ever Solemn) is a pagoda in an area of 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft) at 339, Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa street, Ward 7, District 3 Ho Chi Minh City. This is the first pagoda in Vietnam to be built in Vietnamese traditional architecture style but with concrete.