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District 12 () is an
urban district (''quận'') of
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025.
The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...
, the largest and most populous city in
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
.
As of 2010, the district had a population of 427,083.
The district covers an area of 53.0 km².
The district is divided into 11 small subsets which are called wards.
District 12 borders
Bình Dương Province and the city of
Thủ Đức
Thủ Đức ʰu˨˩˦:ɗɨk˧˥is a sub-municipality in Ho Chi Minh City of the Southestern region of Vietnam.
History
The oldest name what was recorded in this area was Ngãi An (義安), a district-level administrative unit has existed sin ...
to the east,
Hóc Môn District to the west and north, the districts of
Bình Thạnh,
Gò Vấp,
Tân Bình and
Tân Phú to the south.
Administration
The district consists of 10 wards:
*An Phú Đông
*Đông Hưng Thuận
*Hiệp Thành
*Tân Chánh Hiệp
*Tân Thới Hiệp
*Tân Thới Nhất
*Thạnh Lộc
*Thạnh Xuân
*Thới An
*Trung Mỹ Tây
Quang Trung Software City
The goal of the city is to offer a living and workplace to people who are particularly interested in software development as an economic incentive system to spur the growth of the software industry in Vietnam. It is sponsored by the
Japan External Trade Organization
is an Independent Administrative Institution established by Japan Export Trade Research Organization as a nonprofit corporation in Osaka in February 1952, reorganized under the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in 1958 (later t ...
and
United States Agency for International Development
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an agency of the United States government that has been responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance.
Established in 1961 and reorganized in 1998 ...
.
The Vietnamese government has arranged for high speed internet to be wired to the area. The city opened in 2001 and housed 20,000 people in 2010.
Legal Incentives
In order to facilitate use of this resource a number of laws have been set up.
Taxes
Companies are tax-exempt for their first four years after making a profit, and then only charged 50% of their normal taxes for the next nine years after their exemption. Overall taxes for the area are 10% for the first 15 years of the city, and 25% after that. Imported materials used for software production are import-tax free so long as they can not yet be used domestically. Exported software products are export-tax exempt. A Value Added Tax is also waived for exported software and domestically consumed software.
Foreign Workers
Special privileges are available to foreigners who are involved in a city project, particularly in getting visas and in buying or renting houses.
Cloud Service Provider
Another part of the government incentives includes a cloud computing platform for use by local companies.
References
{{Districts of Southeast Vietnam
Districts of Ho Chi Minh City