​1. Geological location

Bien Hoa people may have probably heard about the “Don Market”, a quite humble name which used to be familiar to generations of Dong Nai-Gia Dinh residents. As a place situated along Dong Nai River, which has clear blue water flows all year round carrying with cool airstreams, those who have ever crossed Ghenh bridge have come to present-day Buu Hoa.

Buu Hoa ward measures 48.25 hectares, in the shape of an unequal quadrangle.

Its north borders Hoa An ward.

Its south borders Tan Van ward.

Its east borders Dong Nai River – with Bien Hoa city and Hiep Hoa ward on the other bank.

Its west border Binh An commune (Binh Duong province).

Buu Hoa is only one km away from the city center in a straight line, with a convenient road system. It is crossed by rail system toward Ho Chi Minh City (30 km) and National Highway to Ha Noi (1,700 km). It is also crossed by Provincial Road 1 (to Tan Uyen and Thu Dau Mot, Binh Duong) and National Highway 51 (to Nhon Trach, Long Thanh, Ba Ria – Vung Tau). There is a waterway system of Dong Nai River connecting with cannel system in the Mekong Delta, facilitating trading activities with localities in the Southwestern region.

2. Wards and hamlets

Buu Hoa ward consists of five quarters with 97 residential groups.

Quarter 1 has 26 groups.

Quarter 2 has 20 groups.

Quarter 3 has 25 groups.

Quarter 4 has 12 groups.

Quarter 5 has 14 groups.

3. Topography

Buu Hoa ward has uneven terrains. Quarter 3 - Tan Ban has 5-m high mound land peaked at 11.8 m. Due to the traditional method of burning forest for cultivation, this large mound land is barren and poor in nutrients, and abandoned for decades as grazing land. When facing a shortage of arable land people reclaimed it into farming land to date.

4.Climate and meteorology

Located in the Southeastern region, the ward’s climate is mild, diverging into two distinct rainy and sunny seasons. The rainy season starts from May to July while the sunny season is between December and April every year.

5. Brief history

In the 1881 map of Boilloux the villages of My Khanh and Tan Ban were cited to belong to Chanh My Thuong district in Bien Hoa province. In 1939 the two villages of My Khanh and Tan Ban were merged into Buu Hoa village. My Khanh is the hometown of wife of celebrity Bui Huu Nghia Nguyen Thi Ton who travelled a long way to Hue to exculpate her husband, and was awarded with the title of "Liet Phu Kha Gia" by Empress Dowager Tu Du.

During the resistance war against the French colonialists, in 1948-1951, Buu Hoa belonged to Tan Uyen district. In 1951-1954, Buu Hoa merged with Hoa An to become Hoa An commune. At the end of 1951, Buu Hoa was brought back to Bien Hoa town. In 1954, Buu Hoa belonged to Chau Thanh district. In 1955 it belonged to Vinh Cuu district. In 1960-1967 was part of Lai Thieu district (Thu Dau Mot). And in 1968-1975 it belonged to Bien Hoa province (U1) and Bien Hoa town, which was an important base for logistics and information for the town in the resistance war.

Since 1976 Buu Hoa ward has belonged to Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province. In the ward Long Thien Family House and Nguyen Tri Phuong Communal House are two historical and cultural monuments which have been classified as National Monuments by the Ministry of Culture and Information.​