Prof. Ola Soderstrom, Professor of Social and Cultural Geography at the Institute of Geography, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, presented his recent research on public space policy in Hanoi, Vietnam. Abstract: Hanoi is an aspiring ‘world city’ in a country with the third growth in GPD in Asia and the most important urbanization rate in South-East Asia. In the context of this phase of intense urban development, public space has been neglected, commodified and partly privatized. As a consequence of different controversies regarding large developments in the city’s main park, this question has emerged in Hanoi’s public debate and led government authorities to transform their public space policy.[…]