Our vision for Thu Duc City is to create an innovative and highly interactive urban area on the basis of three eastern districts, to become a core nucleus of the industrial revolution 4.0 in the region and to be a leading foundation for implementation of the smart city project.
With long-term enthusiasm for the city and three months of competition to show, the Sasaki – enCity team developed a planning proposal based on the idea of building a new highly interactive and innovative district at the east of Ho Chi Minh City (now known as Thu Duc City). In the proposal, Sasaki and enCity suggested that Thu Duc City could utilise the model of “Future Hub Living Lab”, which supports innovative start-ups and encourages community participation.
In an exciting move by the Vietnamese National Assembly, a new municipality has just been established in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). Thu Duc City is the city’s new Innovation District, merging Districts 2, 9 and Thu Duc. The master plan for Thu Duc City is being developed by enCity in partnership with Sasaki, after winning the 2019 competition with a proposal for a Highly Interactive Innovation District (HIID).




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