Topic: Ho Chi Minh City

Integrating commercial and service spaces into metro stations is a key solution for creating new retail hubs and driving urban economic growth.

It performs the function of direct State management over export processing zones (EPZs) and industrial zones (IZs) in the city.

The proposal is tied to the city's plan to transition 400,000 gasoline-powered vehicles to electric ones.

One of the projects is the tidal flood control initiative, often dubbed the "VND10 trillion anti-flooding super-project" (over $382 million), designed to protect a 570-sq.km area from tidal surges.

All buses in the southern city expected to run on green energy by 2030.

The initiative requires the acquisition of roughly 110 ha for the 13.5-km stretch of the projected railway passing through the city.

The. figure accounts for 55.65% of the annual plan and marks a 22.56% increase compared to the same period last year.

The HCMC housing market continues to suffer from a lack of new projects, resulting in limited housing supply.

The city's Department of Construction will publish the detailed information of these 17 projects on its official web portal.

Each zone is designed to fulfill multiple functions associated with key development areas that play a central role in the region, country, and the world.