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1 Introduction
As one of the central districts of HCMC, district 5 has a lot of schools, hospitals, and entertainment places. It is 4.14 kilometers square, 4 kilometers long, and 1 kilometer wide. It is surrrounded by district 1 on the east side, district 6 on the west side, district 10 and 11 on the north side, and district 8 on the south side. The Tau Hu canal passing district 5 and seperating it with district 8 makes it more beautiful.

Fig.1: The location of the District 5 in Hochiminh City, Vietnam
Its population is about 251,999 people and its population density is 60,869 people/km². Besides there are 818 companies involving in various fields in district 5. It also gets over 1 billion US dollars /year for income and contributes about 20 million US dollars /year for taxes.

With 15 wards, the district 5 governmental agencies encounter a lot of difficulty in activities of the urban management. The local government has increasingly seen the benefits of technology in executing many of their responsibilities. Computers have obviously changed the way most agencies do business. The processing, analytical and data storage capabilities of computers have given public agencies that have invested in such systems a great tool for accomplishing their duties. One example of how technology has changed the way governments do business is the development of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Fig.2: The panorama of the District 5