Thủ Đức is a

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(sub-city) under the administration of

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. The city was founded by the

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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

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in the

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, Gangnam in

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, 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

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did to

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, whose economy now is larger than

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'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

. 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,

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, Trường Thạnh, Trường Thọ. After arrangement,

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

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(GRDP) and account for 7 percent of the national

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(GDP), which is only behind

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's GRDP in scale but higher than that of Binh Duong and Dong Nai.

Infrastructure

Highway and Expressway

* Hà Nội Highway * Ho Chi Minh City–Long Thanh–Dau Giay Expressway * Ring Road 2 * Ring Road 3

Services

* New Eastern Bus Station *

Ho Chi Minh City Metro The Ho Chi Minh City Metro (HCMC Metro, vi, Đường sắt đô thị Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, lit=Urban railway of the City of Ho Chi Minh) is a planned rapid transit network that will serve Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Its first metro li ...

Facilities

During the existence of

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, it was the location of Thu Duc Military Academy.

References

External links

Resolution No.1111/NQ-UBTVQH14 on establishment of Thu Duc City under Ho Chi Minh City
(''in Vietnamese'') by 14th Standing Committee of the National Assembly. {{Districts of Southeast Vietnam Districts of Ho Chi Minh City Cities in Vietnam