In photos: Binh Duong opens $70           million administrative center To promote administrative reform to serve nearly 1.8 million residents and 15,000 businesses, the southern province of Binh Duong is the pioneer in grouping all administrative bodies into one place - a 23-storey twin towers. The administrative center is located right in the center of the Binh Duong New City, covering 1,000 hectares, as part of the 4,196ha industrial-service - urban area complex. This is the political - economic - cultural center of the entire province and the nucleus of a modern Binh Duong City. The building consists of two towers A and B and it is the home to nearly 60 party and government agencies of Binh Duong. "The whole ground floors in the two towers are arranged for one-stop administrative bodies, which are very modern and friendly with the people and businesses," said Mr. Truong Cong Huy, who is in charge of administrative reform at the Binh Duong Department of Home Affairs. The building has 23 floors, 104 meters high with a total investment of VND1.4 trillion (about $700 million), with helipads, a 2-story car park which can accommodate more than 2,000 cars and 640 motorcycles, the total area floor of 104,000 m2. Right next to the center is the Convention Center which can accommodate 800 people. Mr. Tran Van Nam, Vice Chairman of Binh Duong province, said the provincial administrative center is designed in the direction of being open and friendly to that people and businesses. The administrative center will officially operate today, February 20. The construction of this work began in November 2010.       The entrance to the administrative center.    The nearby convention & exhibition center. The elevators.  The first floor is designed in circle to make friendly feeling. A working room is fully equipped and comfortable.   The meeting room of the Provincial Party Standing Committee.   The meeting room of the People’s Committee. The center has four rooms to deal with any questions of people and businesses about administrative procedures The meeting room of the People’s Committee is on the 16th floor. The 16th and 17th floors are the place where the two towers are connected. The front of the administrative center is a large yard and many lawns. It faces the newly-built park of the Binh Duong New City. The parking area which can accommodate more than 2,000 motorbikes. The car parking area with a capacity of 640 cars. Two basement garages for the people working in the center.  Trams at the administrative center.   The lighting system in the center is being completed.   Trams take staff to the center.   In front of the entrance is a modern park. At the back of the building is the largest roundabout in Southeast Asia, connecting the main roads of the new city which are gradually completed. Next to the center is a residential area, with apartment blocks that are being built. The 8-lane road to the administrative center.     The helipad on the top of the building which is under construction. Workers are building the remaining works. Photo: VNE/Zing Tran Cham, VietNamNet Bridge