All competition entries will be judged objectively and anonymously. The entries will be judged on the following:
- Quality of the design concepts
- Sustainable ideas and strategies
- Responses to the project scope and design requirements
- Responses to local HCMC urban conditions (environmental, architectural and landscape)
- Appropriateness to the overall vision for the Thu Thiem New Urban Area
- Functional responses and feasibility of implementation
- Appropriateness to the culture of public space in Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City