UN Habitat seminar on urban indicators
The
seminar, held by the Association of Cities of Vietnam (ACVN) and the UN
Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat), is intended to develop an
urban observatory system and a data system to assess small and
medium-sized urban activities.
Vietnam is home
to more than 700 cities and towns whose population represents 30 percent
of the country’s total. However, the country hasn’t got the urban
observatory system to monitor the implementation of millennium
development goals (MDGs).
Under the urban observatory
system project which is being carried out by the ACVN with the funding
of the UN Habitat, a pilot urban observatory system will be set up to
collect the latest datas on 96 urban areas in Vietnam according to
draft urban indicators./.