Urban housing reform and state capacity in Vietnam

Yip, Ngai Ming; Tran, Hoai Anh

doi:10.1080/09512740801990253

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“…As a number of neighborhoods in HCMC have organically developed with self-built housing, inner roads within these communities were spontaneously generated with an average width of 1.5 m. In the period from 2001 to 2005, for example, the amount of self-built row housing units accounted for 84.8% of total housing constructed in HCMC, while industrialized housing production accounted for only 15.2% [37]. Only two-wheeled vehicles can reach the inner houses of these districts since the builders tried to maximize land utilization by illegally expanding the floor area [38,39]. This requires pedestrians and two-wheeled vehicles to share the roads, leaving adults and especially children vulnerable to traffic accidents [3].…”

Section: The Advantages and Disadvantages Of Row Housesmentioning

confidence: 99%

In-Migration and Housing Choice in Ho Chi Minh City: Toward Sustainable Housing Development in Vietnam

Seo

Kwon

2017

Sustainability

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Since the initiation of Vietnam's Doi Moi policy in 1986, the rate of urbanization has rapidly increased with a great influx of immigrants from rural areas. With such migration becoming a large acceleration factor for urban growth, the shortage of housing has become a critical problem in the cities. The Vietnamese government encouraged self-built housing and public-private partnerships to produce different types of housing stock. There are few available academic studies about housing choice in Vietnam to help understand movement dynamics and to foster sustainable housing development. The purpose of this study is to analyze housing choice and moving determinants in Ho Chi Minh City, and thereby establish recommendations for sustainable housing development in Vietnam. For an empirical study, a citizen questionnaire survey was conducted in HCMC and an in-depth analysis was carried out. The results indicate that the row house type for single-family housing is strongly preferred, but a preference for apartments is also observed for future planning. The factors influencing housing choice and movement are family income, housing ownership, housing typology, and commuting environment. These phenomena suggest that the government should prudently consider affordable housing development in many districts. The results of this study will help to establish policies for sustainable housing development in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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Section: The Advantages and Disadvantages Of Row Housesmentioning

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In-Migration and Housing Choice in Ho Chi Minh City: Toward Sustainable Housing Development in Vietnam

Seo

Kwon

2017

Sustainability

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“…Before Doi Moi, Hanoi's inner city comprised three main areas: the Ancient quarter as the commercial hub of the city, the French quarter as the administrative centre and the Soviet-style residential areas that were built for state employees. Following Doi Moi, the Ancient quarter and the French quarter, with their cultural, historical and architectural heritage, are still attractive to tourists and the emerging wealthy households, whereas areas of Soviet-style walk-up rental apartments, most of which were sold to residents during the economic reform (Yip and Tran, 2008), are dilapidated and no long desirable to better-off households (Tran, 1999). As a result of the war and long-term neglect by the Communist regime, there is a huge deficit in the urban infrastructure and public services provision.…”

Section: Context Of Urbanisation and Redevelopmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite the fact that the laws may also slow down the pace of redevelopment and jeopardise the benefits of local elites, this may not really be an issue as authorities have big discretion whether to implement such laws or not. In fact the enforcement of laws has been a common problem in the country as local officials often lack the implementation capacity to enforce the law (Yip and Tran, 2008).…”

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Is ‘gentrification’ an analytically useful concept for Vietnam? A case study of Hanoi

Yip

Tran

2015

Urban Studies

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Despite the rapid transformation in the urban landscape of Vietnam, a simple and uncritical application of the 'gentrification' concept out of the specific spatial and temporal context of the country is problematic. Not only does the phenomenon progress in a highly compressed temporal scale compared with similar processes in cities in the Global North, it is also embedded within a paradigmatic shift of the entire socio-economic system. This paper attempts to explore the process of urban redevelopment in Vietnam and critically examines whether this concept, with its origin from the Global North, is capable of offering a conceptually robust lens through which the processes and outcomes of redevelopment can be consistently analysed. This helps to shed light on our understanding of the usefulness of the concept of gentrification in Vietnam and in transitional economies in Asia in general.

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“…According to Yip and Tran () and Gainsborough (), state capacity in Vietnam appears to be strong in some areas, but weak in others, notably environmental governance. As with many other developing countries, environmental agencies in Vietnam lack critical resources, including qualified staff, technical equipment, coordinating capacity and the authority to enforce compliance with environmental laws and regulations (Wang et al ., ; McAllister et al ., ).…”

Section: Environmental Governance and Craft Villagesmentioning

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Between ‘state’ and ‘society’: Commune authorities and the environment in Vietnam's craft villages

Mahanty

Dang

2015

Asia Pac Viewp

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Maintaining a liveable environment in Vietnam's polluted craft villages is a daily challenge for state authorities and residents. Neighbouring urban populations demand that the state effectively curtails and manages pollution, while local residents prioritise their livelihoods and routinely flout regulations. The commune official, tasked with the seemingly impossible task of environmental regulation, occupies a fraught position, torn between the imperatives and constraints of craft producers and state regulatory demands. This study of water pollution in northern Vietnam's craft villages finds that commune officials' conflicted role in environmental governance is a central factor in the failure of the current environmental governance regime, and reflects the internally conflicted nature of the Vietnamese state.

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Urban housing reform and state capacity in Vietnam

Cited by 17 publications

References 22 publications

In-Migration and Housing Choice in Ho Chi Minh City: Toward Sustainable Housing Development in Vietnam

In-Migration and Housing Choice in Ho Chi Minh City: Toward Sustainable Housing Development in Vietnam

Is ‘gentrification’ an analytically useful concept for Vietnam? A case study of Hanoi

Between ‘state’ and ‘society’: Commune authorities and the environment in Vietnam's craft villages

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