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of the Southestern region of

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History

The oldest name what was recorded in this area was Ngãi An (義安), a district-level administrative unit has existed since the

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. However, since October 9, 1868, the French government in Cochinchina has decided to change its name to Thủ Đức or sometimes Thũ Đức (守德) to suit the expansion and upgrade plan for the land. That was inherently a

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of a Minh Hương man called Tạ Huy (謝輝),

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Dương Minh (揚明), who has made meritorious services to this area. He was ordained "pioneering saint" (前賢, tiền hiền) by Saigonese folk. Thủ Đức 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. The establishment of Thu Duc City is hoped to enable it to contribute more to national economic growth and boost development in the 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.

Geography

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, Thủ Thiêm, 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.

Culture

Education

During the existence of the

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regime, it was the location of Thu Duc Military Academy. * Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City * Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area * Saigon Hi-Tech Park *Cát Lái - Phú Hữu Port * Suối Tiên Amusement Park

Consulate

Economy

Thu Duc City will contribute one third of

's gross regional domestic product (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.

Innovation projects

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

Highway and expressway

* Hà Nội Highway * Ho Chi Minh City–Long Thanh–Dau Giay Expressway * Ho Chi Minh City–Chon Thanh–Hoa Lu Expressway ''(planned)'' * National Route 1 * Ring Road 2 * Ring Road 3

Services

* New Eastern Bus Station *

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( Line 1, Line 2, Line 3B) * Thủ Thiêm–Long Thành Light Rail ''(planned)'' * North–South Railway ( Bình Triệu station) * North–South Express Railway ''(planned)''

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Education

Consulate

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Highway and expressway

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