[Urban management policy training] hanoi city presentation
1. Impact of urbanization on
rural employment in Hanoi,
Vietnam
Present by Du Duy Nguyen
Ha Noi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Ha Noi People’s Committee
Seoul Metropolitan Government
Seoul Human Resource Development Center (SHRDC)
14 to 22 June 2016
2. Information
- Area: 3,329 km2
- Population: 7.2 million
(2015)
+ Rural: 4.1 million (57%)
+ working age: 69%
- Urbanization rate: 45%
3. Objectives:
Up to 2030:
- Population: 9,1 millions;
- Urbanization rate: 65-70%
Decision 768/QD-TTg date 6/5/2016 by Prime Minister in
Construction planning of Ha Noi Capital
4. Urbanization can:
- Make new jobs in: insdustry, construction,
trade and services,...;
- make temporary job because expansion of
urban space plan;
- increasing self-seeking employment;
- Make opportunities for changing job from
agriculture to non- agriculture;
5. Urbanization also request and
cause:
- Require a high education that farmer can
not meet;
- Rising unemployment;
- Reduction of agricultural employment,
have pressure in seeking employment;
6. Rural Employment features:
- Agriculture workers has own nature;
- Agriculture workers has seasonal nature;
- Agriculture workers has low quality;
- Household scale;
- Low active;