Reports presented at the seminar introduced a number of urbanisation models in Southeast Asia, including those of the region’s biggest cities, including Bangkok ( Thailand ), Manila (the Philippines ), Jakarta ( Indonesia ) and Ho Chi Minh City ( Vietnam ).
They said big cities play a key role in and have made great contributions to the development of national economy.
The reports also pointed out the growingly important role of big cities’ environs, saying that these areas house a large part of population and support trade and industrial activities in big cities, where environment and natural resources have been increasingly degraded.
Claude De Miras, Director of France’s Institute for Research and Development, said that urbanisation in Vietnam took place very quickly and actively and recommended the country design a macro strategy on urbanisation to cope with its adverse impacts, including environmental degradation.
Source: VNA
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