HCMC (Saigon)-Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam.

The city center is situated on the banks of the Saigon River, 60 kilometers (37 mi) from the South China Sea and 1,760 kilometers (1,094 mi) south of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.

The metropolitan area, which consists of Hồ Chí Minh City metro area, Thủ Dầu Một, Di An, Bien Hoa and surrounding towns, is populated by more than 9 million people, making it the most populous metropolitan area in Vietnam and Indochina.

The Greater Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area, a metropolitan area covering most part of Dong Nam Bo plus Tien Giang and Long An provinces under planning will have an area of 30,000 square kilometers with a population of 20 million inhabitants by 2020.

With a population now exceeding 7 million (registered residents plus migrant workers as well as a metropolitan population of 10 million), Ho Chi Minh City is in need of vast increase in public infrastructure.

To meet this need, the city and central governments have embarked on an effort to develop new urban centers.

The two most prominent projects are the Thu Thiem city center in District 2 and the Phu My Hung Urban Area, a new City Center in District 7 (as part of the Saigon South project) where various international schools such as Saigon South International, the Japanese school, Australia's Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, the Taiwan and Korea schools are located.

Ho Chi Minh City is the most important economic center in Vietnam as it accounts for a high proportion of Vietnam's economy.

Some 300,000 businesses, including many large enterprises, are involved in high-tech, electronic, processing and light industries, also in construction, building materials and agro-products. Investors are still pouring money into the city.

Investment is trended to hi-tech, services and real estate projects.

Currently, the city has 15 industrial parks and export-processing zones, in addition to the Quang Trung Software Park and the Saigon Hi-Tech Park. Intel invested about 1 billion dollars in a factory in the city.

Projects:

·         Location: District 7, residential apartments and commercial space, built up area: 700,000 sqm. Total investment $835,000,000.

·         Location: District Binh Tan, residential apartments, built up area: 115,000 sqm. Total investment $114,000,000.

·         Location: District 9, residential apartments, built up area: 150,000 sqm. Total investment $144,000,000.