Ho Chi Minh City proposes to rename the park in front of Thong Nhat Hall and 4 gateway highways

The park in front of the Reunification Hall is proposed to become April 30 Park along with 4 national highways at the gateway to Ho Chi Minh City named after Do Muoi, Le Duc Anh, Le Kha Phieu, Phan Van Khai...

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has just sent a document requesting the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to consider naming streets, public works and adjusting routes in the city.

Accordingly, National Highway 1 through Ho Chi Minh City is divided into 3 sections with 3 street names.

Specifically, the section from Thu Duc intersection (Thu Duc City) to An Suong intersection (District 12) over 21km long is named Do Muoi Street; the section from An Suong intersection to An Lac roundabout 14.25km long is named Le Duc Anh Street; the section from An Lac roundabout to the border of Long An province is named Le Kha Phieu.

w high speed road tphcm trung luong 11426.jpg — National Highway 1 intersects with Vo Van Kiet Avenue from An Lac roundabout to the border of Long An province, proposed to be renamed Le Kha Phieu. Photo: Dao Phuong.

For National Highway 1K, the section from National Highway 1 to the border of Binh Duong province, which is more than 1.8km long, will be named Hoang Cam.

National Highway 22 is divided into 2 sections, including section 1 from National Highway 1 (An Suong intersection in District 12 bordering Hoc Mon district) to An Ha bridge (bordering Hoc Mon district with Cu Chi) over 10km long named Le Quang Dao; section 2 from An Ha bridge (Cu Chi district) to the border of Tay Ninh province over 20km long named Phan Van Khai.

National Highway 50, the 8.57km section from Nguyen Van Linh Street (District 7) to the border of Long An province, will be named Van Tien Dung.

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee also proposed to name the public work in front of Thong Nhat Hall (District 1) with an area of over 3.5 hectares as April 30 Park.

The bridge across Kim Cuong Island (Thu Duc City) is nearly 300m long and becomes Tran Quy Kien bridge.

In addition, 11 routes in District 12 and 1 route in Tan Phu District with symbols using letters, numbers... are also proposed to be changed to the names of businessmen, meritorious people or names of historical and cultural relics and events...

Ho Chi Minh City proposes naming streets Do Muoi, Le Kha Phieu, Le Duc Anh, Phan Van Khai

Four national highways at the gateway to Ho Chi Minh City, including 1, 22, 1K and 50, are proposed to be renamed after former Party and State leaders Do Muoi, Le Kha Phieu, Le Duc Anh and Phan Van Khai.

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Many street names such as Kha Van Can, Luong Nhu Hoc, Truong Quoc Dung, Nguyen Duy Duong, Nguyen Van Trang… in Ho Chi Minh City have been misnamed for many years.