Vietnam is one of the fastest urbanizing countries in the East Asia and Pacific region with the urban share of the population expected to grow to 50 percent by 2025 from the current 30 percent. The urban growth rate during the 1999-2009 inter-census period was 3.4 percent p.a. compared with 0.4 percent for rural areas. Rapid urban growth is largely fueled by significant rural urban migration and urbanization is in turn fueling economic growth. For...
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