The national parliament last Wednesday greenlighted the establishment of a city within a city in Ho Chi Minh City called Thu Duc.Thu Duc City will be formed, starting January 1, by merging three eastern districts – 2, 9 and Thu Duc. It will span 211 square kilometers and house more than a million people. Some of its highlight features will be the high-tech park in District 9, the university precinct in Thu Duc, and the new urban area and financial center on the Thu Thiem Peninsula in District 2.The new city will propel HCMC’s plan to turn itself into a smart city, an idea which has been on the anvil since 2017.It is also expected that Thu Duc City will contribute 30 percent of HCMC’s gross regional domestic product and 7 percent of the country’s GDP.A key factor to realizing these ambitious targets is the traffic system for the new city, which is deemed inadequate at this moment, only meeting 30 percent of the demand.In this context, at least eight major projects gain added importance, given their potential to help transform the area’s traffic situation in the coming years.First metro lineThe first of the projects targeted for expedited work is… Read full this story
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