Institute for Economic Research
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Paper presented to the PRIPODE workshop on
Urban Population, Development and Environment Dynamics in Developing Countries
11-13 June 2007
Nairobi, Kenya
In recent years, urbanization has been taking place rapidly and vigorously in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). As a reason of the implementation of Doi moi policy2 in many fields, the economic growth of HCMC has amounted up to over 11% in almost every year for the past decade. A lot of industrial and export-processing zones as well as new residential areas were established, accelerating urbanization, economic transformation, and development of HCMC. The population has been also continually increasing, estimated to be over 7 millions persons3, with the annual growth rate 3,5% per year, of which migrants make up about a third. Due to the urban development history, the City population is not allocated equally all over the City. The population density in the inner City is over 30,000 persons per a square kilometer; whereas the density in suburban and rural areas of the City is much lower. The City area is 2,000 square kilometers, of which 104 km2 is the inner City; 600 km2 is the outskirts; and a large area is the rural. Establishment of new urban districts (from previous rural districts) since 1997 may be seen as a hallmark of the City’s vigorous urbanization.
Reviewing the City’s development for the past 10 years (1997 – 2007), we can see that urbanization has caused both positive and negative impacts on socio-economic, demographic and environmental fields in all different geographic areas of Ho Chi Minh City.
Reviewing the City’s development for the past 10 years (1997 – 2007), we can see that urbanization has caused both positive and negative impacts on socio-economic, demographic and environmental fields in all different geographic areas of Ho Chi Minh City.
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