Video Description: The Mega-City Rise: Walking Through Thu Thiem’s Massive Construction Boom
Join us as we embark on a captivating walking tour of Thu Thiem, the rapidly evolving “future Manhattan” of Ho Chi Minh City. Just a year ago, this vibrant peninsula looked vastly different, but today, it’s a testament to ambitious urban development. Experience the striking transformation with soaring high-rises, bustling construction sites, and newly paved avenues emerging across the Saigon River from bustling District 1. Discover the exciting projects reshaping Vietnam’s modern financial landscape in this firsthand exploration of one of Asia’s most dynamic urban growth areas, recorded on September 25, 2026. Don’t miss this chance to witness the remarkable journey of Thu Thiem’s construction boom!
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Lots of construction going on at that area 🤔But development is essential at some point so ,it’s probably going to look quite nice when all of the constructions are done 🤔Thank you for sharing this A K🙂👍!!!
Wow.
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You should have been there in 1999. The bridge you are on is only a few years old. And check out Pudong in Shanghai…. similar size and shape.
After the construction is completed, that area will be even more “bustling/busier” than ever……
This is a nice area of Thu Thiem for a walking tour especially with a lot of construction going on in the city thanks Action Kid.👋🏙️
Maybe it's the year of the Fire Horse so everything runs so fast. These are new and stalled projects from years ago, on the paper, proposed but just laid there, until this year Kaboom, everything starts at the same time. Here's the list of projects to be built on Thu Thiem.
1- The projects in your video is the $1.2 billion USD administrative center, builds by Sun, all government agencies and departments will locate here, and people only need to take the metro directly to here and do their paperwork. The existing buildings will auction, and the historic buildings will open for the public, like the city hall or maybe the court house.
2- Inside the administrative center, there will be a "Youth Cultural Center" and an "Opera House" and a large city square connect this administrative building to the river.
3- In return for building this administrative center, the government will give Sun the properties between the River and Sala-City, this is enough to build another complex like the Landmark 81.
4- Emprire City on the right side of the tunnel, already completed 4 buildings, will be another one 88 storey tower, but they proposed 115 to make it the tallest in the country. Empire City is next to the Sun property above ^^
5- On the other side of the tunnel is the Eco Smart City Thu Thiem, almost abandoned by Lotte Korea firm, but they got back to the table and continued with the talk, now they're testing the foundation. This will be another big complex with a lot of 50 storeys.
6- Waterfront near the Bason bridge proposed 99 storey tower by VietJet, the Airlines that just purchased a bunch of Boeing aircrafts from the US
7- Thu Thiem bridge going straight will be the new metro station, incorporate with the Metropolis Thu Thiem complex with a bunch of buildings and the tallest is 90 storeys.
They waited too long so a lot of these projects start at the end of this year and beginning next year. But the earliest to complete is the city square
Some explosives of the construction area would give me the creeps and make me fearful Action Kid😳😮😨, although the construction workers will take care of it as you're in Thu Thiem HCMC just like the other workers in NYC, NJ, and Georgia, but in Thu Thiem.🤔 But I appreciate the walk however you're showing what it looks like with the massive construction explosion!😅😌🤗🥹😇