Thủ Đức

Coordinates: 10°49′35.62″N 106°45′39.23″E / 10.8265611°N 106.7608972°E / 10.8265611; 106.7608972
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Not to be confused with Thủ Đức (urban district), the former urban district.
For other uses, see Thủ Đức (disambiguation).
Thủ Đức
Thành phố Thủ Đức
Thành phố phía đông
Municipal City (Class-1)
City of Thủ Đức
Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area viewed from District 1
Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area
viewed from District 1
Official seal of Thủ Đức
Seal
Nickname: 
Eastern City
Location of City of Thu Duc within Ho Chi Minh City
Location of City of Thu Duc within Ho Chi Minh City
Map
Thủ Đức is located in Vietnam
Thủ Đức
Thủ Đức
Coordinates: 10°49′35.62″N 106°45′39.23″E / 10.8265611°N 106.7608972°E / 10.8265611; 106.7608972
Country Vietnam
MunicipalityHo Chi Minh City
Founded
  • 1955: Thủ Đức District,
    Gia Định
  • 1975: Thủ Đức District, Saigon - Gia Định
  • 1997: Established District 2, District 9, Thủ Đức District
  • January 1, 2021: City of Thủ Đức
UTC+7 (Indochina Time)
Websitetpthuduc.hochiminhcity.gov.vn

Thủ Đức is a

municipal city (sub-city) under the administration of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
.

The city was founded by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on December 9, 2020 from the districts of 2, 9, and Thủ Đức District.[4][5] Thu Duc City covers 211.56 km², the population as of 2019 was 1,013,795 inhabitants.[6][7] With the establishment of Thu Duc City, the main city will contribute more to the national economic growth and boost the development in Southern Key Economic Zone (SKEZ).[8]

This new city-within-city model has been used by many places in the world including financial center Canary Wharf in London, Silicon Valley in the United States, Gangnam in Seoul or Pudong in Shanghai, etc. It was suggested that Thu Duc should be given autonomy in decision making and policy incentives to develop innovation capacity to improve competitiveness like what China did to Shenzhen, whose economy now is larger than Hong Kong's.[9][10]

Administration

Thu Duc is a class-1 city of Ho Chi Minh City and the first city to use city-within-city model in Vietnam.[11][12]

Thủ Đức City has 34 wards:

Trường Thọ.[13][14]

After arrangement, Ho Chi Minh City consists of 22 district-level subdivisions including 1 city, 16 urban districts, and 5 rural districts. The further commune-level subdivisions would have 312 in total including 249 wards, 58 communes, 5 commune-level towns.[15]

Innovation Centers

There are eight innovation centers in total of Thu Duc city:[16][17][18][19][20][21]

  • Thu Thiem Fintech Hub
  • Truong Tho Port Urban Area
  • Rach Chiec Sports and Wellness Hub
  • National University IT and EduTech Hub
  • Saigon Hi-Tech Park and Automated Manufacturing Hub
  • Tam Da Ecotech Hub
  • Creative Startup Center
  • Traffic Hub connecting the Southeastern parts and Cat Lai International Port

Economy

Thu Duc City will contribute one third of

Dong Nai.[15][22]

Infrastructure

Highway and Expressway

Services

Facilities

During the existence of

Thu Duc Military Academy
.

References

  1. ^ Tá, Lâm (January 22, 2021). "Nguyen Van Hieu to become a secretary of Thu Duc City Communist Party of Vietnam" (in Vietnamese).
  2. ^ "Nguyen Phuoc Hung to become a chairman of Thu Duc City People's Council" (in Vietnamese). January 22, 2021.
  3. ^ Thanh, Tuyền; Lê, Thoa (January 22, 2021). "Hoang Tung to become a chairman of Thu Duc City People's Committee" (in Vietnamese).
  4. ^ "Standing Committee of the National Assembly approved the establishment of Thu Duc City (in Vietnamese)". December 9, 2020.
  5. ^ "Thu Duc City was approved by Standing Committee of the National Assembly (in Vietnamese)". December 9, 2020.
  6. ^ "NA Standing Committee likely to approve proposal to establish Thu Duc City this week". The Saigon Times. 2020-12-09. Archived from the original on 2021-09-20. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  7. ^ "The founding of Thu Duc City)" (in Vietnamese). VnExpress. 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  8. ^ Doan Loan, Hoang Thuy (December 9, 2020). "It's official: HCMC to get its Thu Duc City". VnExpress.
  9. ^ Viet Anh (December 24, 2020). "What can make Thu Duc a successful city within a city?". VnExpress.
  10. ^ "Seminar talks prospects, challenges of Thu Duc city". VietnamPlus. December 11, 2020.
  11. ^ Huu, Cong (November 12, 2020). "HCMC set to carve out class-1 city by merging three districts". VnExpress.
  12. ^ "Good governance essential for proposed new Thu Duc City: experts". VietNamNet Newspaper. December 10, 2020.
  13. ^ "HCMC to announce establishment of Thu Duc City on Dec 31". VietNamNet Newspaper. December 28, 2020.
  14. ^ Manh Hoa - Translated by Kim Khanh (December 28, 2020). "Thu Duc City not to charge fees of altering personal documents". Sài Gòn Giải Phóng.
  15. ^ a b Đoàn, Loan; Viết, Tuân (December 9, 2020). "The establishment of Thu Duc City". VnExpress (in Vietnamese).
  16. ^ VietNamNet (June 1, 2020). "City adjusts zoning plan for innovative hub".
  17. ^ Kieu Phong - Translated by Kim Khanh (September 2, 2020). "Thu Duc City, an aspiration for HCMC's growth". Sài Gòn Giải Phóng.
  18. ^ Christele, Harrouk (December 10, 2019). "Sasaki to Design Ho Chi Minh City Innovation District in Vietnam". ArchDaily.
  19. ^ Minh, Hằng (December 9, 2020). "Eight important innovation centers of Thu Duc City (in Vietnamese)".
  20. ^ Kiều, Phong (September 7, 2020). "Ho Chi Minh City status to grow with Thu Duc City".
  21. ^ "Ho Chi Minh City Innovation District". Sasaki.
  22. ^ "Resolution on establishment of Thu Duc City under Ho Chi Minh City announced". Nhân Dân. December 31, 2020.
  23. ^ "New Eastern Bus Station in HCM City to open next month". VOV. September 24, 2020.

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