Prioritize shaping new development space

Therefore, comrade Nguyen Thanh Nghi suggested that it is necessary to “combine the logistics center with the development orientation of the urban axis - green, smart port…” to thereby improve the productivity, quality and competitiveness of the ward.

At the 1st Congress of the Tan Hai Ward Party Committee (HCMC) (term 2025-2030 - the ward merged from Tan Hoa Ward and Tan Hai Ward of Phu My City, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province previously), Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the HCMC People's Council Vo Van Minh pointed out that the current strength of Tan Hai Ward is its proximity to Cai Mep - Thi Vai port cluster, Cai Mep Ha logistics center and modern industrial parks. Therefore, it is necessary to promote inter-regional connecting traffic routes, especially with routes in the HCMC area (formerly). In particular, comrade Vo Van Minh requested to study the construction of a metro line to reduce dependence on National Highway 51.

Meanwhile, it is expected that around the last week of August, the Congress of the Party Committee of Binh Duong Ward will take place - one of the special wards of Ho Chi Minh City, merged from 4 wards of the old Binh Duong province (including Hoa Phu, Phu Tan, Phu My and Phu Chanh wards) with 7 industrial parks (such as VSIP 2, Dong An 2, Song Than 3...) and the administrative boundary of the ward still covers the entire area of the former "Binh Duong new city".

Also in the area, there are large real estate projects of foreign investors such as Tokyu (Japan), Capitaland (Singapore)... Certainly, with the new expansion and inter-regional position, the direction of the decisions at this important congress will continue to be opened up, unleashing new resources for the locality and the city - region in general.

Test 3 congresses in 3 key localities of Ho Chi Minh City to see the importance of prioritizing the reshaping of the new development space based on the inheritance of identity and "transformation" of new advantages after the merger. That new space includes administrative boundary space, economic space, cultural space, community space - new customs. On the basis of reshaping the space by integrating those 4 spatial dimensions into the new vision - development planning to determine the goals, viewpoints, tasks, and solutions for the new journey.

In a way, it is as if there is an extended form of “TOD” in the spatial development format of 168 wards and communes of Ho Chi Minh City - except for Con Dao special zone. Of course, it is not only the connection between the traffic - residential - service axis but also includes the original TOD axes and equivalent sets formed in the new geographical - administrative space and non-territorial space through digital space.

People and businesses need time to get used to the new administrative space, sometimes with a new name and a much expanded historical range. Meanwhile, with practical requirements, the economic space must be approached and there must be immediate plans to adjust and develop to meet new conditions.

A viewpoint has just been put forward by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction: if the adjustment is only within the area of communes and wards, the locality has full authority, if it is more/further than two communes and wards, it belongs to the department level. In reality, local, inter-local, even inter-provincial economic policies, and regional connectivity are still vague after many years of calling. But at this post-merger time, with the new administrative boundary space, the local areas can both apply the strategic foundation of "1 space - 3 areas - 1 special zone" and take advantage of their own advantages to plan and define the development path.

Particularly with cultural space and community space - new customs, it is certainly both an adaptation of the existing cultural space and traditional customs and a connection, interaction, development on the basis of administrative - economic space to gradually shape new cultures - customs. Especially in the conditions of cultural development as an industry associated with tourism and indigenous people, it is more and more trying to accumulate unique identities, integrating "collections" (both content and form) with innovative and creative nature.

Of course, to concretize it into unique, highly competitive products is not easy, except for some specific localities such as Can Gio, Con Dao, Ho Tram...

NGUYEN QUAN CAT

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/uu-tien-dinh-hinh-khong-gian-phat-trien-moi-post809370.html