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HCM City eyes to become multi-centre urban area

The southern metropolis, Ho Chi Minh City, aims to become a multi-centre urban area by following a transit-oriented development (TOD) model, according to its general planning for construction by 2040, with a vision to 2060.
HCM City eyes to become multi-centre urban area ảnh 1 A view of HCM City’s central area located along the Sai Gon river. ( Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The southern metropolis, Ho Chi Minh City, aims tobecome a multi-centre urban area by following a transit-oriented development(TOD) model, according to its general planning for construction by 2040, with avision to 2060.

Under this scheme, Thu Duc city will be a smart, highly interactive and innovativeurban area in HCM City’s eastern part, and Can Gio district will be turned intoan ecological urban area serving as a gateway for international trade by sea.

Meanwhile, the southern and southwestern urban areas to be a gateway connectingwith the Mekong Delta, and the northwest urban area to serve as a gatewayconnecting with neighbouring provinces of Binh Duong and Tay Ninh, andCambodia.

HCM City is zoning its inland waterway infrastructure system in order tocontribute to socio-economic development and reduce the load on road traffic.

It has a plan of a synchronous transport infrastructure system, meeting thedemand for convenient and smooth traffic connections between satellite urbanareas.

It focuses on research and planning of a coastal road associated with coastaleconomic corridors, the N2 road, which is a strategic economic corridor fromHCM City's Cu Chi district to the Mekong Delta provinces of Long An, Dong Thap andAn Giang, the logistics corridor Moc Bai – HCM City – Cai Mep, and asynchronously-connected transport system with neighbouring provinces.

Municipal People's Committee Chairman Phan Van Mai has asked relevantdepartments and agencies to update the planning for the city’s transport systembased on the general construction planning, along the direction of graduallyreducing traffic pressure on the city’s central area and developing satelliteurban areas associated with main urban functions in the overall city and urbanareas./.
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