Thủ Đức

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Thủ Đức Thành phố phía đông
Municipality (Class-1)
City of Thủ Đức Thành phố Thủ Đức
Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area viewed from District 1
Nickname:  Eastern City
Location of City of Thu Duc within Ho Chi Minh City
Thủ Đức
Coordinates: 10°49′35.62″N 106°45′39.23″E / 10.8265611°N 106.7608972°E / 10.8265611; 106.7608972
Country	Vietnam
Municipality	Ho Chi Minh City
Founded	1955: Thủ Đức District, Gia Định 1975: Thủ Đức District, Saigon - Gia Định 1997: Established District 2, District 9, Thủ Đức District January 1, 2021: City of Thủ Đức
Wards	34
Government
• Type	Urban Governance
• Body	City of Thu Duc People's Council
• Secretary of CPV	Nguyễn Văn Hiếu[1]
• Chairman of People's Council	Nguyễn Phước Hưng[2]
• Chairman of People's Committee	Hoàng Tùng[3]
Area
• Total	211.56 km2 (81.68 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	1,013,795
• Density	4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indochina Time)
Website	tpthuduc.hochiminhcity.gov.vn

Thủ Đức is a municipal city (sub-city) under the administration of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

The city was founded by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on December 9, 2020 from the districts of 2, 9, and Thủ Đức District.^[4][5] Thu Duc City covers 211.56 km², the population as of 2019 was 1,013,795 inhabitants.^[6][7] 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).^[8]

This new city-within-city model has been used by many places in the world including financial center Canary Wharf in London, Silicon Valley in the United States, Gangnam in Seoul or Pudong in Shanghai, 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 China did to Shenzhen, whose economy now is larger than Hong Kong's.^[9][10]

Thu Duc is a class-1 city of Ho Chi Minh City and the first city to use city-within-city model in Vietnam.^[11][12]

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.^[13][14]

After arrangement, Ho Chi Minh City 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.^[15]

There are eight innovation centers in total of Thu Duc city:^{[16][17][18][19][20][21]}

• 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

Thu Duc City will contribute one third of Ho Chi Minh City's gross regional domestic product (GRDP) and account for 7 percent of the national gross domestic product (GDP), which is only behind Hanoi's GRDP in scale but higher than that of Binh Duong and Dong Nai.^[15][22]

List of consulate general in the City of Thủ Đức

Nation	Address
Austria	12/140 Nguyễn Văn Hưởng, Thảo Điền ward
Malaysia	109 Nguyễn Văn Hưởng, Thảo Điền ward
Philippines	998 Đồng Văn Cống, Thạnh Mỹ Lợi ward
Sweden	146-E15 Nguyễn Văn Hưởng, Thảo Điền ward

• 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

• New Eastern Bus Station^[23]
• Ho Chi Minh City Metro (Line 1, Line 2, Line 3B)
• Thủ Thiêm–Long Thành Light Rail (planned)
• North–South Railway (Bình Triệu station)
• North–South Express Railway (planned)

During the existence of South Vietnam, 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

• 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.

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