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Thủ Dầu Một pronunciation (help·info) is the capital town of Bình Dương Province, Vietnam. Binh Duong (in Vietnamese, Bình Dương, Hán Tự: 平[[wikt 洋|洋]] is a Province of Vietnam. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially It is located at around 10°58′0″N, 106°39′0″E.

The town has an area of 88 km², population (2003) is 158,000, and is located 20 km north of downtown Hồ Chí Minh City, on the left bank of the Saigon River, upstream from Hồ Chí Minh City. The Saigon River (Song Sai Gon is a river located in southern Vietnam that rises near Phum Daung in southeastern Cambodia, and flows south and south-southeast Although this town is an administratively separate town, it is considered as part of the Hồ Chí Minh City Metropolitan Area since this town is bordered by Hồ Chí Minh City’s urban area.

Administrative divisions

Thủ Dầu Một has 12 wards:

  1. Phú Cường
  2. Hiệp Thành
  3. Chánh Nghĩa
  4. Phú Thọ
  5. Phú Hòa
  6. Phú Lợi
  7. Phú Mỹ
  8. Chánh Mỹ
  9. Định Hòa
  10. Tương Bình Hiệp
  11. Tân An
  12. Hiệp An

Economy

Thủ Dầu Một has seen a rapid expansion and economic development since 1997, as the province has become an important industrial hub of the region. In January 2007, this town was officially recognized a third class town, which means it has met city status of Vietnam and will become a city in 2007. There is a 4200-ha urban-tech park under development here. Once completed, Thủ Dầu Một will become a modern city in the Hồ Chí Minh City Metropolitan Area (including: Hồ Chí Minh City as a core, Nhon Trach City, Thủ Dầu Một, Tan An City, Biên Hòa City and some urbanized rural counties of Đồng Nai Province and Bình Dương Province). Biên Hòa is a city in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam, about 20 miles (30 kilometers east of Ho Chi Minh City, to which Bien Hoa is linked by Vietnam Binh Duong (in Vietnamese, Bình Dương, Hán Tự: 平[[wikt 洋|洋]] is a Province of Vietnam.

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