[Photo] Ho Chi Minh City, a multi-centered megacity after the merger

After the merger, Ho Chi Minh City has entered a new era, forming a multi-centered super city converging industry, services, seaports, and tourism.

After July 1, 2025, Ho Chi Minh City marked a historic milestone in merging its administrative boundaries with Binh Duong and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces. From here, the largest multi-centered megacity in the country was formed. Each area in the new metropolis plays the role of a "dynamic center" with separate but closely connected functions, forming a unified whole - a multi-polar development belt, spreading to the entire southern economic region and further towards forming an economic, financial and service center of Asia.

From Ben Thanh, Dong Khoi to Thu Thiem, where it is growing. A modern urban ecosystem is gradually taking shape.

Ho Chi Minh City Center does not develop independently but is closely connected to Thu Thiem, which is growing into the international financial district of the expanding metropolis.

Connectivity to the central region will become clearer when Metro Line 1 Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien opens from December 2024.

This Metro line is considered the backbone of public transport, connecting the center of Ho Chi Minh City with the new urban area of ​​Thu Thiem, while expanding connections to high-tech parks, universities and industrial zones in Binh Duong.

Public transport, connecting Ho Chi Minh City center, expanding links to high-tech parks, universities and Binh Duong industrial zones.

Ho Chi Minh City Center is not only a historical urban symbol but is also repositioning itself to become the strategic economic core of the expanding megalopolis.

Belonging to the northern gateway of Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong - with the core of Song Than Industrial Park - is rising to become a strategic development pole in the Ho Chi Minh City metropolis after the merger.

From the foundation of an "industrial capital" that has been systematically planned for over 20 years, Binh Duong is now not only a place for concentrated production but also shaping a new role as a dynamic region integrating smart administration, industry and logistics.

Regional connectivity at the northern gateway of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Binh Duong) is also increasingly complete with a continuous traffic system such as the expanded National Highway 13, My Phuoc-Tan Van Expressway, Provincial Road 743, and especially the strategic connection with Ring Road 3, helping to quickly connect with the eastern gateway of the city (formerly Thu Duc city), Thu Thiem financial center, Cat Lai port and international trade routes.

Regional connectivity at the southeastern gateway of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Vung Tau) is also increasingly complete with a continuous traffic system.

Located southeast of Ho Chi Minh City, Cai Mep-Thi Vai port, one of the largest deep-water ports in Southeast Asia, is planned to become an international transit port in the future.

Along with that, Vung Tau beach with its advantages of climate, landscape and tourism infrastructure will become a coastal resort city combining financial services, marine technology, developing smart tourism models, quickly connecting with the center of Ho Chi Minh City via highways and coastal roads.

After the merger, the expanded Ho Chi Minh City megacity is carrying the mission of becoming the leading economic center of the region, an international trade gateway and a place to create a sustainable urban lifestyle. Each area in the megacity does not develop alone but is a link in the overall strategy, promoting the whole region to develop dramatically.

The merger is not only an administrative milestone, but also the opening day of a new urban era, where Vietnamese aspirations, bravery and intelligence converge and spread strongly globally.

THE ANH

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