Published on Vietnam Investment Review
Sustainable development: responsibility for us
Economic development has always been associated with urbanisation and this should be put into context. In 1950, the world had only reached an urbanisation rate of 30 per cent, and 2007 was the first year when more than half the world's population had moved to live in cities. In Vietnam, the level of urbanisation is reported at 38 per cent, which is the same rate as Europe was at the end of World War II.