From a theoretical point of view, these objectives are largely based on
the concept of sustainable development. Applied to urban development
in the large metropolitan centres in the South, and in HCMC in particular,
such an approach gives rise to five major considerations, which have
to be adapted to the Vietnamese context:
• To a large extent the dynamics of metropolization are generated by the economic and demographic interdependence of urban networks and
rural areas. Resulting migrations foster the extension of urban poverty
and precarious settlements