... growthprocess,anditsimpact on the land‐use distribution in the northernpart of HoChiMinhCity.Keywords:Agriculturalland;GIS;Remotesensing;Suburban; Urban expansion.1.Introduction*Over the world, the cities cover onlyabout one percent of the earth’s surface, butmost of the issues happening in the cities greatlyimpact on the environmentandglobalchange ... MekongDelta.Thissituationisapressure on suburbanfarmers in keepingagriculturalproduction[6].Accordingto the investigation of Institute of Economic Research in June 1996, the number ... that urban expansionhasspatiallyincreased in alldirections, but it was mainly concentrated in the North, West and East of the city andalong the mainroads. In the upcomingyears,duetotrend of expansion,HoChiMinhCitywill...