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At rush hour, a journey to work or school can consume hours. Apartment towers continue to rise, while parks, roads and public spaces struggle to keep pace.
For Nguyễn Thúy Vân, 38, a resident of An Nhơn Ward, that is not an abstract planning problem.
Her family bought an apartment in 2018 because it was considered conveniently located between the airport and the city centre. Years later, getting her children to school and travelling to work can take her two to three hours a day.
“Actually, there are days when just going to school and work takes nearly half the morning,” she told Việt Nam News.
Her experience points to a question that HCM City is now trying to answer on a much larger scale: can a city become bigger and richer without becoming harder to live in?
