Thủ Đức

Not to be confused with Thủ Đức district, the former urban district.
For other uses, see Thủ Đức (disambiguation).
Thủ Đức
Thành phố Thủ Đức
Eastern City, East Saigon
Municipal city (Class-1)
Thủ Đức City
Ho Chi Minh City Planning Exhibition Center with An Khánh Temple and Thisofic Tower (both right) in Thủ Thiêm new urban area
Thủ Đức Market at the historic downtown of the city
Hanoi Highway along with HCMC Metro Line 1
East – West Highway towards to Thủ Thiêm Tunnel
Cát Lái Port on Đồng Nai River
Suối Tiên Amusement Park
Saigon Hi-Tech Park
Seal
Nicknames: 
"The Golden Gate of Saigon"
"The Capital of Vietnamese Hi-Tech"
Location 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
MunicipalityHo Chi Minh City
Establishment
  • 1868 : Thủ Đức District, Biên Hòa
  • 1955 : Thủ Đức District, Gia Định
  • 1975 : Thủ Đức District, Saigon - Gia Định
  • 1997 : Established District 2, District 9, Thủ Đức District
  • 2021 : Thủ Đức City
Central hall168 Trương Văn Bang Street, Thạnh Mỹ Lợi
Wards34
Government
 • TypeUrban Governance
 • BodyCity of Thủ Đức People's Council
 • Secretary of CPVNguyễn Văn Hiếu[1]
 • Chairman of People's CouncilNguyễn Phước Hưng[2]
 • Chairman of People's CommitteeHoàng Tùng[3]
Area
 • Total
211.56 km2 (81.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total
1,013,795
 • Density4,792.0/km2 (12,411/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (Indochina Time)
WebsiteTpthuduc.Hochiminhcity.gov.vn

Thủ Đức (IPA: [tʰu˨˩˦:ɗɨk˧˥]) is a former sub-municipality in Ho Chi Minh City of the Southeast region of Vietnam.

Thủ Đức ceased to exist as a municipal city on 1 July 2025, following the elimination of district level units in Vietnam.[4]

History

The oldest name what was recorded in this area was Ngãi An (義安), a district-level administrative unit has existed since the Nguyễn lords. However, since October 9, 1868, the French government in Cochinchina has decided to change its name to Thủ Đức or sometimes Thũ Đức[note 1] (守德) to suit the expansion and upgrade plan for the land. That was inherently a pen name of a Minh Hương man called Tạ Huy (謝輝), courtesy name Dương Minh (揚明), who has made meritorious services to this area.[5] He was ordained "pioneering saint" (前賢, tiền hiền) by Saigonese folk.[note 2]

Thủ Đức 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.[6][7] Thu Duc City covers 211.56 km2, the population as of 2019 was 1,013,795 inhabitants.[8][9] 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).[10]

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 Đức 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.[11][12]

Geography

Thủ Đức lies in the eastern of Ho Chi Minh City, adjacent to:

The city has an area of 211,56 km2, population as of 2019 is 1,013,795 people, population density is 4,792 people/km2.

Administration

Thủ Đức was a class-1 city of Ho Chi Minh City and the first city to use city-within-city model in Vietnam.[13][14]

Thủ Đức City has 34 wards,[4][5] which is now reformed into 12 wards directly managed by Ho Chi Minh City:

  • An Khánh: An Khánh, An Lợi Đông, Thủ Thiêm, Thảo Điền with part in northern Hanoi Highway of An Phú
  • Bình Trưng: An Phú, Bình Trưng Đông, Bình Trưng Tây
  • Cát Lái: Cát Lái, Thạnh Mỹ Lợi
  • Phước Long: Phước Long A, Phước Long B, Phước Bình
  • Long Phước: Long Phước, Trường Thạnh
  • Long Trường: Long Trường, Phú Hữu
  • Long Bình: Long Bình, Long Thạnh Mỹ
  • Linh Xuân: Linh Xuân, Linh Trung, Linh Tây
  • Hiệp Bình: Hiệp Bình Chánh, Hiệp Bình Phước, Linh Đông
  • Tam Bình: Bình Chiểu, Tam Bình, Tam Phú
  • Tăng Nhơn Phú: Tăng Nhơn Phú A, Tăng Nhơn Phú B, Tân Phú, Hiệp Phú
  • Thủ Đức: Linh Chiểu, Bình Thọ, Trường Thọ, part of Linh Tây (Thủ Đức Market)

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]

Culture

Education

During the existence of the Republic of Vietnam regime, it was the location of Thu Duc Military Academy.

Consulate

List of consulate general in the City of Thủ Đức
Nation Address
Austria 12/140 Nguyễn Văn Hưởng, Thảo Điền
Malaysia 109 Nguyễn Văn Hưởng, Thảo Điền
Philippines 998 Đồng Văn Cống, Thạnh Mỹ Lợi
Sweden 146-E15 Nguyễn Văn Hưởng, Thảo Điền

Economy

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][16]

Innovation projects

There are eight innovation centers in total of Thu Duc city:[17][18][19][20][21][22]

  • Thủ Thiêm Fintech Hub (part of VIFC-HCM)
  • Trường Thọ Port Urban Area (Saigon Quays)
  • Rach Chiec National Sports Complex
  • National University IT and EduTech Hub
  • Saigon Hi-Tech Park and Automated Manufacturing Hub
  • Tam Đa Ecotech Hub
  • Creative Startup Center
  • Traffic Hub connecting the Southeastern parts and Cát Lái International Port

Highway and expressway

Services

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ The record of local voice in Saigon. This rule was circulated regularly before 2000.
  2. ^ Nguyễn Liên Phong, Nam Kỳ phong tục nhơn vật diễn ca (Customs and figures in Cochinchina by poetry), Phát Toán publishing house, Saigon, Cochinchina, 1909.

References

  1. ^ Tá, Lâm (January 22, 2021). "Nguyen Van Hieu to become a secretary of Thu Duc City Communist Party of Vietnam" (in Vietnamese).
  2. ^ "Nguyen Phuoc Hung to become a chairman of Thu Duc City People's Council" (in Vietnamese). January 22, 2021.
  3. ^ Thanh, Tuyền; Lê, Thoa (January 22, 2021). "Hoang Tung to become a chairman of Thu Duc City People's Committee". PLO (in Vietnamese).
  4. ^ a b "From July 1, 87 cities across Vietnam will no longer exist". Vietnamnet. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  5. ^ a b Where does the name of Thủ Đức come from ? (vi)
  6. ^ "Standing Committee of the National Assembly approved the establishment of Thu Duc City (in Vietnamese)". December 9, 2020.
  7. ^ "Thu Duc City was approved by Standing Committee of the National Assembly (in Vietnamese)". December 9, 2020.
  8. ^ "NA Standing Committee likely to approve proposal to establish Thu Duc City this week". The Saigon Times. 2020-12-09. Archived from the original on 2021-09-20. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  9. ^ "The establishment of Thu Duc City" (in Vietnamese). VnExpress. 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  10. ^ Doan Loan, Hoang Thuy (December 9, 2020). "It's official : HCMC to get its Thu Duc City". VnExpress.
  11. ^ Viet Anh (December 24, 2020). "What can make Thu Duc a successful city within a city ?". VnExpress.
  12. ^ "Seminar talks prospects, challenges of Thu Duc city". VietnamPlus. December 11, 2020.
  13. ^ Huu, Cong (November 12, 2020). "HCMC set to carve out class-1 city by merging three districts". VnExpress.
  14. ^ "Good governance essential for proposed new Thu Duc City: experts". VietNamNet Newspaper. December 10, 2020.
  15. ^ a b Đoàn, Loan; Viết, Tuân (December 9, 2020). "The establishment of Thu Duc City". VnExpress (in Vietnamese).
  16. ^ "Resolution on establishment of Thu Duc City under Ho Chi Minh City announced". Nhân Dân. December 31, 2020.
  17. ^ VietNamNet (June 1, 2020). "City adjusts zoning plan for innovative hub".
  18. ^ Kieu Phong - Translated by Kim Khanh (September 2, 2020). "Thu Duc City, an aspiration for HCMC's growth". Sài Gòn Giải Phóng.
  19. ^ Christele, Harrouk (December 10, 2019). "Sasaki to Design Ho Chi Minh City Innovation District in Vietnam". ArchDaily.
  20. ^ Minh, Hằng (December 9, 2020). "Eight important innovation centers of Thu Duc City (in Vietnamese)".
  21. ^ Kiều, Phong (September 7, 2020). "Ho Chi Minh City status to grow with Thu Duc City".
  22. ^ "Ho Chi Minh City Innovation District". Sasaki.
  23. ^ "New Eastern Bus Station in HCM City to open next month". VOV. September 24, 2020.

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