Given is a line chart illustrating the percentages of rural and urban population in Vietnam between 1960 and 2020.

Overall, Vietnamese living in cities decreased overtime, whereas rural saw an upward trend.

In detail, in 1960, 85% of Vietnamese was living in urban areas. This number declined gradually following the next three decades to 80% by 1990. Then, from 1990 to 2020, cities experienced a massive crash in population, accounting for only 63% by the end of the period.

In contrast, people living in the countryside rose a 5% from 1960 to 1990. Furthermore, from 1990 onwards, the rural population saw a spike in percentages. By 2020, the rural areas accounted for nearly two fifth of the Vietnamese total population.