Ninh Kieu and Cai Rang are the two central districts of Can Tho City, established under the Government
Decree No. 05/2004/ND-CP. These are two thriving and dynamic areas of the city, with a long history of
formation and development. According to statistics in 2019, Ninh Kieu District has an area of 29.23 km2 and an
average population of 280,792 people. Also in 2019, Cai Rang District has an area of 66.81 km2 and an average
population of 105,547 people. In the current period, these areas are experiencing a rapid and strong
urbanization. This has caused great pressure and challenges for drainage management in these two urban
districts. To solve these major challenges, the managers in these areas must come up with reasonable solutions
and policies for urban drainage. One of the input data needed for this process is the geographic database. This
paper introduces the initial results of building a geographic database based on GIS for Ninh Kieu and Cai Rang
districts. This is an important and useful data for drainage management in particular and urban management in
general in the study area.