1. The status of gis application in urban development and management in vietnam
M.Sc – Arch Tran Anh TUAN
Director of Center for Urban Development Information, International Cooperation and Consultation
Urban Development Agency
Ministry of Construction

2. CONTENTS: The current situation of GIS application in Vietnam.
GIS application for urban management and development in ministries and municipalities.
The project of GIS application into urban development and management. 2

3. THE CURRENT SITUATION OF THE GIS APPLICATION IN VIETNAM.
The GIS application in urban development brings many benefits to policy makers, investors and citizen.
It have been implemented officially for over 10 years in the fields of Construction, Transportation, Nature resources and Environment, ect.
After 10 years, almost the GIS application projects were pilot projects. Especially, the planning management and urban development management have not been standardized.
Database sources are asynchronous.
Lack of cooperation of line-ministries to process information. While urban development is an interdisciplinary field which gathers data from various sectors.
In terms of urban development, GIS application finds many difficulties due to an urban database is unavailable in Vietnam.

4. IN THE FIELD OF THE ENVIRONMENT
2 . GIS APPLICATION FOR URBAN MANAGEMENT
AND DEVELOPMENT IN MINISTRIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Decision No.1605/QD-TTg in August 27th, 2010 of the Prime Minister approving the national program on application of IT to operate state agencies during
IN THE FIELD OF THE ENVIRONMENT
AND NATURAL RESOURCES
At the end of 1980s, GIS and remote sensing have been applied to the field of environment and resources for monitoring by the international cooperation projects. GIS have been run individually without a link with line-ministries.
The maps system has not been standardized follow the fixed coordinate. There are many kinds of maps. Organizations or companies have been done them by dissimilar ways.

5. 2 . GIS APPLICATION FOR URBAN MANAGEMENT
AND DEVELOPMENT IN MINISTRIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
THE FIELD OF TRANSPORTATION The GIS has been applied to some transport infrastructure management requirement, also to manage the transport in real time. Mapinfo has been become a popular software.
Green map in GIS system with information of different attribute name
Bus route map in Hanoi, Interface on the Internet

6. 2 . GIS APPLICATION FOR URBAN MANAGEMENT
AND DEVELOPMENT IN MINISTRIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
THE FILED OF CONSTRUCTION
The IT in construction has been approached more in professional works.
Popular softwares has been used to support such as AutoCad, Photoshop, MS Excel, ect.
Database software and GIS application software such as: MS Access, SQL server, MapInfo, ArcView,ect. Most of them are used limited.

7. 2 . GIS APPLICATION FOR URBAN MANAGEMENT
AND DEVELOPMENT IN MINISTRIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
THE FILED OF CONSTRUCTION
Results:
Atlas of Urban Planning in Vietnam period – 2020.
Atlas of Industrial zone planning in Vietnam period 1997 – 1999.
Urban Planning & Urban Construction Management Applications of GIS period – 2001.
The Hanoi Capital Construction Master Plan.
City Development Strategies (CDS).
GIS became a regular topic in Hanoi Architectural University (HAU). GIS is also applied in the research center of HAU.

8. 2 . GIS APPLICATION FOR URBAN MANAGEMENT
AND DEVELOPMENT IN MINISTRIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
GIS have been applied since 2003 in some cities such as Ho Chi Minh city, Can Tho city, Nam Dinh city, ect.
HO CHI MINH CITY.
Objects of GIS : housing and household management in Vo Vap district
Results:
Calculate exactly areas and money which will be compensated for urban citizen. Allow for re-checking.
Citizen is able to check the status of their own profile for how’s done, where’s stage by phoning and getting answer immediately.
Go Vap People Committee: in 2003 issed certificates of housing property with less mistake than using manual way.

9. 2 . GIS APPLICATION FOR URBAN MANAGEMENT
AND DEVELOPMENT IN MINISTRIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
NAM ĐINH CITY
A sponsor program from Canada through ACVN-Association Cities of Viet Nam about “Improving capacity in planning and urban development control”.
Expect to moderned to solve:
Building land maps for assessing and identifying house locations and numbering house number.
Using info of house and land for purchasing.
Supplying info of house, land and plans.
Managing land profiles.
Maximizing time for identifying redline and linking to bank for credit loans.

10. 3. THE PROJECT OF GIS APPLICATION
INTO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Urban Development Agency is a state organization to support Ministry of Construction “to monitor, systhesis, assess and report about urban development over the country; to set up and control urban database and supply information on urban development”.
Implementation agency:
Urban Development Agency - Investor
Municipal administration will be chosen to be the pilot
Consulting companies will be chosen to deploy technology.

11. 3. THE PROJECT OF GIS APPLICATION
INTO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE
There are more 750 cities, from 5th to special level, take more than 70% of the national GDP with urbanization rate more than 31%
According The Master Plan of Viet Nam's Urban System to 2025 and vision to 2050, total of cities is expected approximately 1000, the urban population is about 52 million people, the urbanization rate is 50%.
A system of urban database is needed to set up and update usually.
Few local governments in Vietnam actively collect and supply data while others do not pay much attention.

12. 3. THE PROJECT OF GIS APPLICATION
INTO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE
The local authorities need to be guided and supported in coordinating and managing the implementation of investment projects for urban development
Centrally-controlled authorities always demand to get accurate reports to advice the Government, ministries and central departments to give directions and policies for urban development and management.
The process of applying GIS to manage urban databases has been started in Vietnam for some years but the different initiatives were incohensive and have not been synchronized between the central and local level yet.

13. Urban Development Agency
3. THE PROJECT OF GIS APPLICATION
INTO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Department of Construction/ Department of Planning and Architecture (63 centrally-governed cities and provinces)
Urban authorities
Other believable information sources
MISNISTRY
OF CONSTRUCTION
(MOC)
Urban Development Agency
(UDA)
Information
Report
Other organizations
Government
MOC
Politburo
Congressment
MOC’s Department, Agencies
The current exploitation and management of urban development database at UDA

14. 3. THE PROJECT OF GIS APPLICATION
INTO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
OBJECTIVES:
1. General objectives:
To create an urban database which supports the MOC and governmental agencies.
To direct the implementation of strategies, the master plan for developing the Vietnamese urban system, projects on key national of urban development
Contribute to the creation of the E- Government
National urban development model until 2025

15. 3. THE PROJECT OF GIS APPLICATION
INTO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
OBJECTIVES:
2. Specific objectives:
To build the criterion systems on urban development and management, the standards of urban management data.
To build the urban database system including GIS spatial database and attribution database (fifty percent of the work)
To build information system software of urban development and management and Standardize this software nationwide.
To build the GIS system for urban development and management
To purchase GIS and database software copyright.
To deploy applications and improve information system at UDA.

16. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT PHASE
3. THE PROJECT OF GIS APPLICATION
INTO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
SCOPE: The whole system will be deployed at UDA. Then UDA will transfer this system to others departerments and municipal administrations along the training courses.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT PHASE
To focus on about 100 cities (urban level IV above).
Database and informaion systems will be built with the basic features
ONGOINGS PHASE
To apply for the others cities in Vietnam.
To expand the scope of project: update database, upgrade new features to the information system
2014
2013
2012
VISION of THE PROJECT

17. WHO ARE BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT?
3. THE PROJECT OF GIS APPLICATION
INTO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
WHO ARE BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT?
The governmental agencies both central and local
Municipalities both central and local.
Others such as investors, citizens, etc.
TOTAL INVESTMENT : 9,7 billion VND
CURRENT STATUS : Feasibility report
TIMELINE : from 2011 to 2013

18. 2012 2013 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY DIAGRAM OF THE PROJECT SCALE
3. THE PROJECT OF GIS APPLICATION
INTO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
2012
2013
Operate the system on
Group 1
8 – 10
cities (level I, II)
Group 2
20 – 25
cities (level III, IV)
Group 3
Cities (level III,
IV)
URBAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Empirically apply for
01 urban area
Software for information system and urban development
(70% applications of the whole project)
GIS database (map with scale of 1/25000 and 1/10000)
Calibrate the software and database
Continue calibrating and developing the software
Develop the database framework (attribute and spatial)
DIAGRAM OF THE PROJECT SCALE

19. 3. THE PROJECT OF GIS APPLICATION
INTO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Information system for construction and urban development
Urban Development Agency
(manage and operate)
Municipal adminitrations
(Urban Management Division)
Department of Construction/
Department of Planning and
Architecture
Information center MOC
(technical support)
Individuals and organizations
Update the database
Utilize the database in information system
Technical support

20. THE EXPECTATION OF RESULT FROM THE PROJECT
3. THE PROJECT OF GIS APPLICATION
INTO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
THE EXPECTATION OF RESULT FROM THE PROJECT
CRITERIA ON URBAN CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT, WHICH CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
Criteria on management of nation-wide urban areas
Criteria on the quality of urban areas
Criteria on new urban areas
Criteria on the improving - urban areas
Criteria on the projects of urban improvement which are used ODA resource
Criteria of assessment

21. THE EXPECTATION OF RESULT FROM THE PROJECT
3. THE PROJECT OF GIS APPLICATION
INTO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
THE EXPECTATION OF RESULT FROM THE PROJECT
B. URBAN DATABASE IN VIETNAM.
Attribute database:
Attribute database which are categorized
Attribute database stored at administration system
To build up the software to update and process the information, which is named ‘Urbandatabase’

22. THE EXPECTATION OF RESULT
3. THE PROJECT OF GIS APPLICATION
INTO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
THE EXPECTATION OF RESULT
FROM THE PROJECT
B. URBAN DATABASE IN VIETNAM.
2. Spatial database:
There are complete application requirements of map to exploiting.
Regional and provincial administration maps (Scale of 1/25.000; 1/10.000).
Technical layouts of the map: print-out maps, digital maps (cad, pdf, jpg, etc)
Capability of sharing and distributing the information as OpenGIS, WMS standards.
The output will be numbers, tables, charts, diagrams, maps, reports, etc.

23. THE EXPECTATION OF RESULT FROM THE PROJECT
3. THE PROJECT OF GIS APPLICATION
INTO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
THE EXPECTATION OF RESULT FROM THE PROJECT
C. THE APPLICATION FOR INTEGRATION AND INTEGRATED INFORMATION ON THE SYSTEM SOFTWARE
To build a specific software, named Urbanlegal, to manage the administration documents in the project.
D. THE APPLICATIONS THAT USED GIS FOR THE INFORMATION INTEGRATION, THE EXPORT DATA AND THE BROWSER.
To build the applications that used GIS for the information integration, the export data and the browser, named UrbanGIS.
E. APPLICATIONS THAT HELP TO OUTPUT THE REPORTS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT.
To build the applications that support the government managements. This software is named UrbanDevRe. The report standard will be designed as the requirement from the Urban Development Agency.

24. Diagram of the information system for urban development and management

25. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION For any question please contact us at:
TRAN ANH TUAN – DIRECTOR
Ministry of Construction - Urban Development Agency
Center for Urban Development Information,
International Cooperation and Consultation