[1][2] Present-day Tôn Đức Thắng Boulevard incorporates Saigon's two colonial streets.

Following the 1963 South Vietnamese coup d'état, the Cộng Hòa Barracks were demolished and Cường Để Boulevard was extended as far as Hồng Thập Tự Street (present-day Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai Street).

In August 1975, it became part of the Đinh Tiên Hoàng Boulevard, which then stretched from Saigon River all the way to Bà Chiểu, the provincial capital of former Gia Định province.

[4] The second street stretched along the bank of Saigon River, it is further separated into two parts, then known as the quais, by the Place Rigault de Genouilly (present-day Mê Linh Square).

[4][5] List of notable buildings on the throughfare, starts from Lê Duẩn Boulevard to Khánh Hội Bridge.