Modern urban areas will be a unique attraction for residents and visitors to Ho Chi Minh City and Thu Duc City. That is one of the contents that businesses and departments contributed ideas to in the discussion to contribute ideas for the general planning project of Thu Duc City that took place on the morning of March 5.
Attending were Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nha, Member, Director of Department of Planning and Architecture; Mr. Hoang Tung, Chairman of Thu Duc City People's Committee and many leaders of departments, People's Committees of districts.
Looking forward to receiving more contributions
Mr. Hoang Tung, Chairman of Thu Duc City People's Committee shared, Thu Duc city has a population of 1 million people, including 34 wards.
TP có vị trí nằm về phía Đông của TP.HCM, một vị trí quan trọng trong vùng tam giác TP.HCM- Đồng Nai – Bà Rịa Vũng Tàu. Đây là đầu mối của các tuyến giao thông huyết mạch giữa TP.HCM – Long Thành – Dầu Giây, Xa lộ Hà Nội, đường Phạm Văn Đồng – Quốc lộ 1K, Quốc lộ 52, Quốc lộ 13, đường Vành đai 2,…
Since its establishment, Thu Duc City has focused on developing industries and fields such as: science and technology; financial technology; medical and health care; biotechnology and ecological technology; higher education and training, high-tech research and production, development cooperation within the region and the whole country.
Thu Duc city towards an urban area with good quality of life and attractive working environment; have a typical culture on the basis of heritage conservation and river landscape; develop smart urban infrastructure, sustainable and adaptive to climate change.

Mr. Hoang Tung, Chairman of Thu Duc City People's Committee wishes to receive comments on the general planning project of Thu Duc city.
“I hope that today's seminar will contribute a lot of ideas to develop Thu Duc city planning in the direction of a smart, creative and highly interactive city. We are looking forward to receiving contributions to realize the plan,” emphasized Mr. Tung.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nha, Director of the Department of Planning and Architecture, commented: “We want the planning project to be more everyday, methodical, into practical products.
We need to build a good plan from the basis of honestly receiving the opinions of the business community, considering these as the criteria to evaluate the project for the most feasibility.”
Many practical contributions
At the talk show, Mr. Johnathan Hanh Nguyen, Chairman of the Inter-Pacific Import and Export Group (IPPG) said, according to the conclusion of the meeting on the afternoon of March 4, Ho Chi Minh City will cooperate with Da Nang city to complete the project. financial center project in Vietnam. This project has been cherished by the company for many years and this financial center will be located in Thu Duc city.
To do this, you need to prepare now. Firstly, it is necessary to improve the transport infrastructure between Thu Duc City and neighboring provinces.
The second is to develop high-quality human resources, especially in the fields of finance and technology, which can be done in association with investors for training and transfer; develop a model modern urban area, with a commercial and high-class service area.
The urban area will be a unique attraction for residents and visitors to Ho Chi Minh City and Thu Duc City.

Mr. Johnathan Hanh Nguyen proposed the establishment of a financial, economic - trade - tourism center in Thu Duc City.
Ông Johnathan Hạnh Nguyễn cũng nhấn mạnh cơ quan nhà nước cần số hoá để tra cứu, giải đáp thắc mắc cho người dân và doanh nghiệp.
In addition, the entire intelligent transport system should pay attention to the development of a public transport system to meet the travel needs of the people; focus on developing clean energy…
Mr. Johnathan Hanh Nguyen pledged to support Thu Duc City in planning a number of areas to become a financial, economic - trade - tourism center, contributing to economic development.
The strategic finance team immediately organized the staff, so that when the financial center is selected, they will start building this financial center right away.
Similarly, Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Phuong Nam, Deputy General Director of Saigon Newport Company, said that now Tan Cang is the leading port and container operator in Vietnam, accounting for a large market share.
Contributing to the urban planning of Thu Duc city, Mr. Nam proposed to increase the operating capacity of Cat Lai port. Accordingly, Thu Duc city and Cat Lai port need to increase traffic connections in Thu Duc city and neighboring provinces and the Mekong Delta.
Besides, to build Cat Lai bridge, it is necessary to pay attention to the stillness to ensure the passage of boats. At the same time, pay attention to the relocation of Truong Tho port. In parallel, it is soon to plan container parking spots to wait for goods to be picked up... Finally, arrange residential areas and cheap housing for workers to travel smoothly.
Besides, there are contributions to infrastructure, telecommunications, education, health... in Thu Duc city. The discussion received the attention and contributions of many units and businesses.
Thu Duc city development goals:
Step by step perfecting the regional connection infrastructure system between Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring localities as well as connecting between different areas of Ho Chi Minh City in a strategic, key and effective manner;
Focusing on developing Thu Duc city according to the model of a highly interactive creative urban area, becoming a city of knowledge economy and artificial intelligence, one of the growth engines of HCMC and the region;
Developing urban space in Ho Chi Minh City in accordance with the strategy and model of marine economic development, adaptation to climate change, inundation, high tide, saline intrusion, sea level rise;
Integrated urban development with the public transport system (TOD), other high-speed traffic, including underground and public traffic and surrounding underground urban space, linking public transport with use land to effectively exploit the land, exploit the transport infrastructure system to expand the urban development space and functional areas.

To form the nucleus of the main centers and service centers, the financial, commercial, service, health, cultural, research, education and training centers of urban areas and the nuclei of the urban areas. urban, strengthening the multipolar urban structure.
Preserve and enhance the spatial identity of the city's landscape architecture, develop housing and social infrastructure, meet the needs of public utilities, infrastructure and services, increase the public green land fund , improve the environment in existing areas.
Develop digital infrastructure and synchronous urban technical infrastructure system, serving as a basis for sustainable urban development management.
Source: https://theglobal.vn/