Ho Chi Minh City Plans to Announce Master Plan on November 16
Ho Chi Minh City plans to announce its 2025–2050 master plan and 100-year vision on November 16, 2026, and update planning documents and maps by year-end. The plan covers urban and rural development and sets out five growth poles, five satellite centers and ten development management zones.
The Ho Chi Minh City government issued a plan on November 11, 2026, to announce the city's 2025–2050 master plan and 100-year vision on the morning of November 16. It aims to complete updates to the planning documents and maps by December 31. The materials to be released include the plan's explanatory report, management regulations, maps, drawings and related electronic data. The city will also disclose how public comments were incorporated and addressed.
Ho Chi Minh City plans to announce its 2025–2050 master plan and 100-year vision on November 16, 2026.（VietVance）
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Council approved the plan on October 30, and the city government approved it on October 31. At a November 5 meeting on implementing the plan, officials proposed preparing zoning plans for about 341,737 hectares of urban land across 33 areas, accounting for 50.46% of the city's natural area. General plans at the commune or inter-commune level will be prepared for about 335,522 hectares of rural land, accounting for 49.54%.
The plan establishes ten development management zones in Ho Chi Minh City.（VietVance）
Nguyễn Văn Được, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, called for continued work on the planning documents after the announcement, including checking the locations, scale and routes of projects across sectors and promptly identifying the zoning, underground space, transport, water supply, drainage, energy and other plans to be prepared. The city aims to complete specialized plans by June 30, 2027, using a combination of mobilized private resources and budget funding.
The plan covers Ho Chi Minh City's administrative area of about 6,772.59 square kilometers and examines its links with Tây Ninh, Đồng Nai, Đồng Tháp, Lâm Đồng and related maritime areas. It projects a population of about 18 million by 2030, rising to 25 million in 2045 and more than 27 million in 2050. Its spatial structure comprises five growth poles, five strategic linkage systems, five satellite centers and ten development management zones. A planning graphic projects gross regional domestic product of US$2 trillion to US$2.5 trillion in 2050.
The plan projects Ho Chi Minh City's gross regional domestic product at US$2 trillion to US$2.5 trillion in 2050.（VietVance）
Source: VietVance
