Misplaced Pages

Thủ Đức

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from Thủ Đức City) Not to be confused with Thủ Đức (urban district), the former urban district. For other uses, see Thủ Đức (disambiguation).
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Vietnamese. Click for important translation instructions.
  • Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Misplaced Pages.
  • Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
  • You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Vietnamese Misplaced Pages article at ]; see its history for attribution.
  • You may also add the template {{Translated|vi|Thủ Đức}} to the talk page.
  • For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation.
Municipality in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Thủ Đức Thành phố Thủ Đức
Municipality (Class-1)
City of Thủ Đức
Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area viewed from District 1Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area viewed from District 1
Nickname: Eastern City
Location of City of Thu Duc within Ho Chi Minh CityLocation of City of Thu Duc within Ho Chi Minh City
Thủ Đức is located in VietnamThủ ĐứcThủ 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
Seat168 Trương Văn Bang Street, Thạnh Mỹ Lợi Ward
Wards34
Government
 • TypeUrban Governance
 • BodyCity of Thu Duc People's Council
 • Secretary of CPVNguyễn Văn Hiếu
 • Chairman of People's CouncilNguyễn Phước Hưng
 • Chairman of People's CommitteeHoàng Tùng
Area
 • Total211.56 km (81.68 sq mi)
Population
 • Total1,013,795
 • Density4,800/km (12,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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. Thu Duc City covers 211.56 km², the population as of 2019 was 1,013,795 inhabitants. 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).

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.

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.

Thủ Đức City has 34 wards: An Khánh, An Lợi Đông, An Phú, Bình Chiểu, Bình Thọ, Bình Trưng Đông, Bình Trưng Tây, Cát Lái, Hiệp Bình Chánh, Hiệp Bình Phước, Hiệp Phú, Linh Chiểu, Linh Đông, Linh Tây, Linh Trung, Linh Xuân, Long Bình, Long Phước, Long Thạnh Mỹ, Long Trường, Phú Hữu, Phước Bình, Phước Long A, Phước Long B, Tam Bình, Tam Phú, Tân Phú, Tăng Nhơn Phú A, Tăng Nhơn Phú B, Thạnh Mỹ Lợi, Thảo Điền, Thủ Thiêm, Trường Thạnh, Trường Thọ.

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.

Innovation Centers

There are eight innovation centers in total of Thu Duc city:

  • 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 Ho Chi Minh City's gross regional domestic product (GRDP) and account for 7 percent of the national gross domestic product (GDP), which is only behind Hanoi's GRDP in scale but higher than that of Binh Duong and Dong Nai.

Consulate

List of consulate general in the City of Thủ Đức
Nation Address
 Austria 12/140 Nguyễn Văn Hưởng, Thảo Điền ward
 Malaysia 109 Nguyễn Văn Hưởng, Thảo Điền ward
 Philippines 998 Đồng Văn Cống, Thạnh Mỹ Lợi ward
 Sweden 146-E15 Nguyễn Văn Hưởng, Thảo Điền ward

Infrastructure

Highway and Expressway

Services

Facilities

During the existence of South Vietnam, it was the location 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. ^ 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.

External links

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Municipal city HCMC
Urban districts
Rural districts
Others
Cities in Vietnam
Municipalities
Special
Class-1
Municipal cities
Class-1
Class-3
Provincial cities
Class-1
Class-2
Class-3
District-level towns
Class-3
Class-4
Districts of Southeast Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province
Bình Dương province
Bình Phước province
Đồng Nai province
Tây Ninh province
denotes provincial seat
Categories: