Urbanization is an important issue of development all over the world today. Urbanization is associated with the process of building more comfortable living spaces and along with the separation from rural factors, urbanization brings positive effects but also negative effects. In Vietnam, a developing country, urbanization takes place everywhere, especially in densely populated places such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho, Hai Phong, Da Nang... In that process of urbanization, besides densely populated places, places with low development conditions and low population such as Soc Trang also gradually undergo urbanization changes. Urbanization in Soc Trang is a typical example of the problem of developing a rural area and gradually developing into an urban area. In that process, it has its own characteristics, associated with factors such as economy, society and culture. Research on urbanization in Soc Trang city to clarify a phenomenon in urbanization in Vietnam.

The study uses the method of actual investigation, observation and processing of relevant data to be able to give convincing results about urbanization in Soc Trang city, thereby proposing experiences in current urbanization in Vietnam.