Régionalisation et urbanisation dans le Centre du Viêt-nam : les dimensions scientifiques du débat sur l'aménagement du territoire

Abstract

Régionalisation and urbanisation in central Vietnam: the scientific dimensions of regional planning. — The issues of regionalisation and urbanisation in Vietnam are linked to the urbanisation that occurred during the years of partition ; the metropolisation of two centres, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City; and the strategy of triangular and corridor development distorting the territorial balances of a country with a meridian structure. In central Vietnam there are also the constraints of an intermediate space; two rival capitals — Hue, the historic capital and Da Nang, the economic capital; and an international outlook to both the continent and the sea, favoured by the narrow hinterland. In the current context of transition, the State is in competition with new players (families and foreign investors) for the control of land. As the country shifts from endogenous development within national frontiers to development open to the forces of globalisation, the social and spatial structuring of the Vietnamese city will need to be redesigned.