Appearance of Binh Duong's 5th city

Ben Cat City, Binh Duong Province, was established on the basis of the original 234.35 km2 of natural area and population of 364,578 people of Ben Cat town.

The National Assembly Standing Committee voted to pass the Resolution on the establishment of An Dien and An Tay wards in Ben Cat town and the establishment of Ben Cat city in Binh Duong province. According to the plan submitted by the Government, An Dien and An Tay wards in Ben Cat town were established on the basis of the original natural area and population size of An Dien and An Tay communes (Photo: Quoc Chien)

An Dien Ward has 31.22 km2 of natural area and a population of 25,363 people; An Tay Ward has 44.01 km2 of natural area and a population of 41,917 people. Ben Cat City, Binh Duong Province, was established on the basis of the original 234.35 km2 of natural area and a population of 364,578 people of Ben Cat Town (Photo: Quoc Chien)

This is also an area for the development of high-tech industry, clean industry, a center for research and transfer of science and technology; a landscape protection area along the Saigon River, Dong Nai River and peripheral agricultural landscape. (In the photo: Vietnam-Germany University is located in Thoi Hoa Ward, Ben Cat City)

This is also a location that plays an important role in the socio-economic development, investment attraction, industrialization, urbanization, national defense and security of Binh Duong province and the Southern key economic region. (In the photo: Ben Cat City leaders presented souvenirs to the Secretary in charge of economics of the Polish Embassy and leaders of ILD Coffee Company, specializing in producing cold coffee from Poland, who came to explore investment.

Currently, Ben Cat has 8 industrial parks and 1 concentrated production area, creating jobs for about 180,000 workers; there are 5,985 investment projects, of which 5,186 are domestic projects with a total capital of nearly 55 billion VND and 799 foreign projects with a total capital of 9.28 billion USD (In the photo: Trade Unions and local authorities at all levels give gifts to workers on the occasion of Lunar New Year 2024)

The urban development orientation of Ben Cat by 2030 is an industrial - service urban area; by 2040, it is an urban center with the function of an industrial - service urban area - a traffic hub; with a strongly developed road traffic system, connecting smoothly with key routes, industrial parks, southern urban areas of the province, with Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Phuoc province and the Central Highlands provinces (In the photo: A section of Ring Road 4 connecting the 10-lane My Phuoc - Bau Bang road passing through My Phuoc Industrial Park, Ben Cat City)

Thus, Binh Duong province has 9 district-level administrative units including 5 cities (Thu Dau Mot, Tan Uyen, Di An, Thuan An, Ben Cat) and 4 districts (Bau Bang, Dau Tieng, Bac Tan Uyen and Phu Giao); 91 commune-level administrative units, including 47 wards, 5 towns and 39 communes.

Ben Cat is one of the five important urban areas of Binh Duong province, the northern dynamic urban area of ​​Ho Chi Minh City.

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According to Lao Dong

Source: https://tienphong.vn/dien-mao-thanh-pho-thu-5-cua-binh-duong-post1622072.tpo