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Proposal to upgrade Cu Chi to a city instead of a district<\/font><\/h3>\n
That is the proposal of scientists and experts at the Scientific Workshop on orientation, development potential and improvement of investment environment in Cu Chi area organized by the People’s Committee of Cu Chi District (HCMC) in coordination with the HCM City Academy of Officials on February 19.<\/h6>\n
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Development not commensurate with potential<\/em><\/h6>\n

According to Mr. Nguyen Quyet Thang, Secretary of the District Party Committee – Chairman of the People’s Council of Cu Chi District, as a transitional area between the Southeast and Southwest regions, Cu Chi District plays a central role, connecting the development of a large area when bordering Hoc Mon District of Ho Chi Minh City and localities such as Binh Duong, Tay Ninh, Long An. Although it has a lot of potential, in the past time, Cu Chi’s development has not been commensurate with its potential, advantages and available space. In the coming time, it is necessary to awaken, rise strongly, and have policies to strongly attract investors and attract the elite to Cu Chi to build a sustainable urban development. At the workshop, the People’s Committee of Cu Chi District presented 9 projects that are attracting investment, with a scale of nearly 6,000 hectares to call for investment.<\/p>\n

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Ms. Pham Phuong Thao, former Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council, said that Cu Chi should not become a district but a city. Because if it becomes a district, Cu Chi will not be able to preserve its agricultural part, but if it becomes a city, it can preserve and develop its agricultural communes to develop its strengths, in order to attract tourists.<\/p>\n

Sharing the same view, Dr. Bui Ngoc Hien, from the Ho Chi Minh City Academy of Officials, said that Cu Chi should be developed into a city within the city because the district has almost met the requirements. Meanwhile, to become a district will have a “delay” and require more time.<\/p>\n

Dr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Head of the General Planning Management Department (Department of Planning and Architecture of Ho Chi Minh City), said that according to the existing planning, Cu Chi District is oriented to develop functional areas such as the Northwest urban area as a modern, ecological urban area, synchronously developing technical infrastructure and social infrastructure; a city-level center to the northwest with functions of a service center, trade, healthcare, culture, education and training, sports and recreation.<\/p>\n

Cu Chi is also a locality with planning orientation for the development of industrial parks: Tan Phu Trung industrial park, Tay Bac industrial park, Dong Nam industrial park, automobile mechanical industrial park… and agricultural production zones, high-tech agricultural zones; Agricultural zone combined with eco-tourism and garden houses west of Saigon River: developing an agricultural zone combined with eco-tourism and garden houses with its own characteristics, embellishing and preserving traditional values \u200b\u200bof craftsmanship, customs, cultural life combined with exploiting modern tourism and garden house economy.<\/p>\n

Green urban development<\/em><\/h6>\n

Mr. Vo Van Hoan, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, said that Cu Chi must be identified for investment and development into a “green city” and “ecological city”. To do this, in the overall socio-economic development plan of Ho Chi Minh City, as well as the land use plan of Cu Chi District, it is necessary to consistently consider the role and development of green belts; allow for closer connections between rural, urban and suburban areas, maintain the stability of existing craft villages and develop eco-tourism in Cu Chi tunnels, Ben Duoc temple,…<\/p>\n

Trong d\u00e0i h\u1ea1n, C\u1ee7 Chi \u0111\u1ea9y m\u1ea1nh \u1ee9ng d\u1ee5ng c\u00f4ng ngh\u1ec7 trong s\u1ea3n xu\u1ea5t, kinh doanh, \u0111\u1eb7c bi\u1ec7t l\u00e0 s\u1ea3n xu\u1ea5t c\u00f4ng nghi\u1ec7p, s\u1ea3n xu\u1ea5t n\u00f4ng nghi\u1ec7p nh\u1eb1m n\u00e2ng cao n\u0103ng su\u1ea5t, ch\u1ea5t l\u01b0\u1ee3ng, n\u00e2ng cao hi\u1ec7u qu\u1ea3 s\u1eed d\u1ee5ng \u0111\u1ea5t, g\u00f3p ph\u1ea7n t\u0103ng qu\u1ef9 \u0111\u1ea5t ph\u1ee5c v\u1ee5 m\u1ea3ng xanh.<\/p>\n

In the long term, Cu Chi will promote the application of technology in production and business, especially industrial and agricultural production, to improve productivity, quality, and land use efficiency, contributing to increasing land funds for green areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is necessary to quickly deploy the An Suong – Moc Bai expressway, Ring Road 3 to soon connect Cu Chi, Hoc Mon with the east of Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai province, removing the biggest bottleneck of Cu Chi which is traffic, when the roads in Cu Chi are mostly small roads. At the same time, pay attention to developing the road along the Dong Nai river from Ho Chi Minh City to Cu Chi, Tay Ninh, both reducing travel time and creating a landscape for eco-tourism development. Focus on removing difficulties and obstacles for planning projects in the district, especially the Northwest urban area\u2026\u201d, Mr. Hoan proposed.<\/p>\n

For Cu Chi to have a breakthrough in development in the coming time, experts suggest that the city needs to have a mechanism to attract large investors, reform administrative procedures to facilitate investors, and policies to attract talent…<\/p>\n

“Keeping the village in the city” when Cu Chi became a city<\/em><\/h6>\n

Ms. Pham Phuong Thao, former Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council, said that Cu Chi district needs to do a good job in planning, architecture, and building a modern new countryside in the direction of “keeping the village in the city”, not allowing the spontaneous urbanization of “the city is not the city, the village is not the village”, and keeping the corridor along the Saigon River. With the available foundations, Cu Chi needs to develop into a unique cultural space, with many attractive tourism products, combined with cultural values, preserving and developing craft villages. Professor Dr. Nguyen Tan Phat, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Academy of Officials, assessed the models that Cu Chi can aim for as river tourism and fruit gardens along the Saigon River, entertainment associated with agriculture, visiting historical and cultural relics…<\/p>\n

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