The RMIT Global Cities Research Institute in association with GHD invites you to attend the first ‘Growing Through Knowing’ workshop in Ho Chi Minh City  on Environmental and Social aspects of urban developments in Vietnam.

Economic investment and growth are proceeding at a rapid rate in Vietnam with a corresponding strong demand for the expansion of urban infrastructure. Cities such as Ho Chi Minh City are expanding quickly with many new developments emerging. In view of anticipated effects of climate change in this region, there is urgent need to understand the long term aspects of these developments in order to inform the community, developers and government authorities, which can thereby contribute towards such developments planned for the future.

The ‘Growing Through Knowing’ 2009 workshop will consist of a two-day program that will include:

Key scene setting seminars by local and RMIT experts

Workshop sessions for identifying information gaps for targeted research

A workshop session on strategies to share information and to establish a network of experts to assist sustainable development in the Mekong and elsewhere in Vietnam

A workshop session involving local Vietnamese students and RMIT Melbourne students

Workshop will be conducted on 10 amd 11 July at RMIT Vietnam's Saigon South campus.

For further information, contact Barry Meehan or Ifte Ahmed.

More information about workshop can also be obtained here.