World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192011-11-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2826As Vietnam enters a crucial period of urbanization corresponding to its present stage of economic development, the Government of Vietnam has placed strong emphasis on developing its system of cities. In accordance with this objective this Urbanization Review is dedicated to understanding the key dimensions and aspects of Vietnam's urbanization process and to identifying trends, opportunities, challenges and core policy priorities that the government will need to address in order to realize its objective. The Vietnam Urbanization Review was prepared following extensive consultations with various stakeholders, including officials from national and local government, private sector groups and international and bilateral organizations active in development assistance in the urban sector in Vietnam. It builds on a strong portfolio of World Bank engagements in investment and policy lending to the Government of Vietnam. It also builds on a number of more in-depth studies that were commissioned specifically for the Vietnam urbanization review.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESS TO SANITATIONAGGLOMERATION BENEFITSAGGLOMERATION ECONOMIESAUTOMOBILESBIG CITIESBOTTLENECKSBUSCARCAR OWNERSHIPCAR USECARSCBDCENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTCITIESCITIES ALLIANCECITY BOUNDARIESCITY POPULATIONCITY SIZECITY TRANSPORTATIONCLIMATE CHANGECONCENTRATION OF POPULATIONCONSTRUCTIONCONSTRUCTION PERMITSDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESDEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT POLICIESDRIVERSDRIVINGECONOMIC CHANGESECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC TRANSITIONEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONETHNIC MINORITIESEXPENDITURESFIRE STATIONSFLOOR AREAFLOOR AREA RATIOFREIGHTFREIGHT MOVEMENTFREIGHT TRANSPORTFREIGHT TRANSPORT PRICEGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGOVERNMENT POLICIESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEALTH SERVICESHIGH TRANSPORTHIGHWAYHOSPITALHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSINGHOUSING MARKETSHOUSING STOCKINDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDSINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTINDUSTRIAL ZONESINDUSTRIALIZATIONINFORMATION SYSTEMSINHERITANCEINLAND WATERWAYINLAND WATERWAYSINTERNATIONAL AIRPORTINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONLAMLAND MANAGEMENTLAND MARKETSLAND OWNERSLAND SPECULATIONLAND USELAND USE PATTERNSLARGE CITIESLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL DEVELOPMENTLOCAL POPULATIONLONGER TRIPSMANDATESMARKET ECONOMYMASS TRANSITMASS TRANSIT SYSTEMMEGACITIESMETROPOLITAN CITIESMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMILEAGEMINISTRY OF TRANSPORTMOBILITYMODAL SHAREMODAL SHARESMODAL SPLITMODERNIZATIONMUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDSNATIONAL LEVELNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCESNEIGHBORHOODSNEW TOWNSO&MPERSISTENT POVERTYPERSONAL TRANSPORTPOINT OF DEPARTUREPOLICEPOLICY DIALOGUEPOLICY MAKERSPOPULATION CENSUSPOPULATION CHANGEPOPULATION CHANGESPOPULATION DATAPOPULATION DENSITIESPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION MOVEMENTSPOPULATION SIZEPOPULATION STATISTICSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC TRANSITPUBLIC TRANSPORTPUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMSQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY OF SERVICESRADIAL ROUTESRAILRAIL FREIGHTRAILWAYREAL ESTATE MARKETSREGULATORY REFORMSRESIDENTIAL HOUSINGRESIDENTIAL LANDROADROAD CAPACITYROAD EXPANSIONROAD IMPROVEMENTSROAD NETWORKROAD SPACEROADSROUTESRURAL AREASRURAL DISTRICTRURAL GROWTHRURAL POPULATIONSANITATIONSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECURITY OF TENURESERVICE PROVISIONSERVICE QUALITYSLUMSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURESOCIAL PROGRESSSOCIAL SCIENCESSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSOVEREIGNTYSPEEDSSPILLOVERSTAKEHOLDERSSUBURBAN AREASSUBURBSSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTAXTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL TRAININGTOWNSHIPSTRAFFICTRAFFIC ACCIDENTSTRAFFIC DEMANDTRANSITTRANSIT OPTIONSTRANSIT SYSTEMSTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT PRICETRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORT SYSTEMTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORTATION POLICIESTRIPTRIP DISTANCETRIPSTRUEUNIVERSAL ACCESSUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONURBANURBAN AGGLOMERATIONSURBAN AREAURBAN AREASURBAN CENTERURBAN CENTERSURBAN CONSTRUCTIONURBAN DEVELOPMENTURBAN ECONOMIESURBAN ECONOMYURBAN EXPANSIONURBAN FRINGEURBAN GROWTHURBAN INFRASTRUCTUREURBAN LANDURBAN MOBILITYURBAN PLANNINGURBAN POLICIESURBAN POLICYURBAN POPULATIONURBAN POPULATION GROWTHURBAN POPULATION GROWTH RATESURBAN POPULATIONSURBAN ROADURBAN SECTORURBAN SERVICESURBAN SLUMSURBAN SPRAWLURBAN STRATEGYURBAN STREETSURBAN SYSTEMSURBAN TRANSFORMATIONURBAN TRANSITURBANIZATIONURBANIZATION PROCESSUTILITIESUTILITY COMPANIESVACANT LANDVEHICLEVEHICLE OWNERSHIPVEHICLESVULNERABLE POPULATIONSWEALTHWORKFORCEWorld Bank10.1596/2826