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CMIA, Surbana Jurong to develop US$1.1bn Eco-Tech Park in Ho Chi Minh City

Singapore-Based private equity firm CMIA Capital Partners (“CMIA”) will lead the investment in a 1,018-hectare mixed-use township development in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – the HCMC Eco-Tech Park. The value of the development is estimated to be more than US$1 billion. An MOU has been inked between CMIA and Ho Chi Minh City for the development, located in the Trung An Commune of Cu Chi District.

When completed, the HCMC Eco-Tech Park will serve as an integrated regional urban centre for North Ho Chi Minh City with adequate infrastructure and enhanced connectivity with the nearby CBD areas of HCMC & Binh Duong. It will be home to 100,000 residents, house a 200-hectare high-tech industrial park, and contain recreational spaces and amenities. It is expected to generate about US$2 billion in annual revenues and create jobs for more than 20,000 employees.

Urban, infrastructure and managed services consulting firm Surbana Jurong Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, will be the project’s development manager.

Artist's illustration of the mixed-use mall by the river. (Image source: CMIA Capital Partners).

Creating an Integrated Township to live, work and play

The HCMC Eco-Tech Park is strategically located within 35 km of Ho Chi Minh City CBD. Key air and seaports such as the Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Cat Lai Seaport, Hiep Phuoc Sea Port, Bin Duong Seaport and the future Long Thanh Airport (in the future) are within 2 hours drive. The Eco-Tech Park also has enhanced accessibility via the Saigon River.

The HCMC Eco-Tech Park is planned with sustainability and resiliency planning principles. Existing rivers and forests are kept ensuring a balanced nature and biodiversity. A new reservoir of 64ha will be created to mitigate the flood concerns and provide space for renewable energy solutions such as a solar farm.

The waterfront along the Saigon River will be activated with parks and promenades.

All the efforts create an eco-tourism opportunity for the local community.

Upon completion, the HCMC Eco-Tech Park will boast a distinctive, vibrant waterfront mixed-use commercial centre, livable communities with various housing choices and a world-class industrial park with integrated logistics facilities. By doing so, the integrated township will allow residents to live, work and play without needing to step out of the township.

The HCMC Eco-Tech Park will also create a vibrant work centre for industries, focusing on bringing businesses in high-tech processing and manufacturing, product development, quality assurance and quality control, research and regulation. This will enhance the transformation of Ho Chi Minh City’s value-added manufacturing & production capability, transition to a knowledge and service-based economy for Trung An, and an opportunity to show the Vietnamese growth story on a global stage.

“The planning and execution of the HCMC Eco-Tech Park was be created with the following in mind – increase the welfare of the citizens of Vietnam through upskill, training, thereby increasing wages, provide the real estate platform for foreign / local direct investments to thrive, and finally to improve the living standards of all who live-work-play within the HCMC Eco-Tech Park” CEO of Surbana Jurong CityGlobal, Nina Yang said.

CMIA chairman Lee Chong Min noted: “Vietnam has a strong and resilient economy and has been welcoming of foreign direct investments… We thank the leadership for providing the most favorable of conditions for our investment in this project.”