Experience across many localities shows that a shift in mindset among Party committees when directing urban planning is a central solution to safeguard communities during natural disasters and promote sustainable socio‑economic development.

A workshop on Viet Nam’s development in economy, politics, society, environment, and agriculture over the past year was held on August 8 at the Crawford School of Public Policy under the Australian National University (ANU).

With support from the Binh Dinh Provincial Department of Science and Technology and the Center for Developing Information Technology And Geographic Information System - DITAGIS at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, a model titled “Research and Development of a Standardised Planning Information Database and Online Lookup System” has been implemented.