Metropolisation, migrations and urban civilisation: the example of Hanoi

With 38% of its population living in cities, Vietnam is the process completing urban transition. The arrival populations from countryside coupled with a spatial sprawl part catching up that country has been doing since liberalization economy at end 1980s. Poles concentration value and are rapidly being formed: metropolises. Vietnamese metropolises, starting capital city-province Hanoi, vehicle modus operandi country's transition to market economy, they crystallize number social tensions linked particular entrenchment, or even clash, rural cultures. purpose this article see how, peri-urban area an observation post for advance city over countryside, civilization program called upon by authorities promote modernization based on harmony certain vision sociality.