Thu Thiem (District 2) is a trophy-tier Class A submarket of Ho Chi Minh City with average asking rent around ₫1,400,000/sqm/mo · ≈ $60.9 PSF/yr USD.

  • New financial centre frontier.
  • Trophy tier — ~₫1,400,000/sqm/mo.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Thu Thiem (District 2), Ho Chi Minh City — Class A submarket

New financial centre frontier. · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: ₫1,400,000/sqm/mo · ≈ $60.9 PSF/yr USD

TL;DR

  • New financial centre frontier.
  • Trophy tier — ~₫1,400,000/sqm/mo.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Overview

Thu Thiem in District 2 is HCMC's master-planned new financial centre — The Hallmark trophy delivery 2024 anchors a deep planned Class A pipeline.

Tenant profile

Banking, financial services, multinational HQs, professional services.

Typical specification

15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.

Transit

Future Metro Line 2 (Thu Thiem extension); BRT.

Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.

Amenities

Thu Thiem Bridge, Thu Thiem Eco-Smart City.

Comparable buildings

  • The Hallmark
  • Empire City
  • Lotte Eco Smart City

Where Thu Thiem (District 2) sits in Ho Chi Minh City

Thu Thiem (District 2) is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Ho Chi Minh City, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around ₫1,400,000/sqm/mo · ≈ $60.9 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Ho Chi Minh City Class A stock, Thu Thiem (District 2) typically attracts Banking, financial services, multinational HQs, professional services and competes most directly with the city's other trophy submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.

Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Thu Thiem (District 2): District 1, District 7 (Phu My Hung), District 3, Binh Thanh & An Phu. The full Ho Chi Minh City submarket atlas is at /cities/ho-chi-minh-city.

Topic deep-dives for Thu Thiem (District 2)

For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Thu Thiem (District 2), the highest-leverage analyses to commission next are the rent benchmark, the concession-package comparable, and the ESG performance baseline. Class A Atlas covers each as a dedicated topic page for this submarket:

Related glossary

Terminology specific to Ho Chi Minh City Class A leasing and to the trophy tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.

Editorial provenance

Reviewed by Kenji Watanabe — APAC contributing editor. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.

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