This may have reduced Viet Nam’s potential to fully capitalise on the rapid urbanisation. A distinctive element of Viet Nam’s approach to urban policy is a heavy emphasis on city classification, and this too will be considered. The chapter will then give attention to key urban policy areas such as transport, housing, land use management and the quality of the urban environment. A key to ‘getting cities right’ is a holistic and integrated approach to cross-cutting urban challenges, which could be well applied to the Vietnamese urban context (Box 2.1). This section applies the approach to the current national-level policy frameworks in Viet Nam, which are characterised by a complex network of policies and plans. By getting cities right (see the table below), governments can serve a greater share of the population and economy.