Ho Chi Minh City seeks ideas for innovation district planning

Ho Chi Minh City on April 24 announced an international competition calling for planning ideas to develop a highly interactive and innovative urban area in the east of the city.

Wednesday, April 24, 2019 18:23

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Ho Chi Minh City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City on April 24 announced aninternational competition calling for planning ideas to develop a highlyinteractive and innovative urban area in the east of the city.

Ho Chi Minh City isthe largest economic hub of Vietnam and has a high-quality labour force, withits labour productivity posting 2.7fold higher than the country’s average.

The city set a targetof building an innovation district in line with the fourth Industrial Revolutionin order to create an interaction between the fields of research, humanresources training, and technology application, and to support such surroundingprovinces as Dong Nai and Binh Duong to make a driving force for economicdevelopment in the southern region.

The highly interactiveand innovative urban area will comprise of Districts 2 and 9 and Thu Ducdistrict, with a total area of more than 21,000ha.

Capacity profiles shouldbe sent to the organising board, with deadline fallingon May 2. Two months later, theorganising board will announce a list of participating units and hold thecompetition.

The organising boardwill present one first prize worth 4.5 billion VND (193,100 USD) and one secondprize of 2 billion VND in August.-VNA

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