Definition

1. Verb:
   • To planify / to plan: The core meaning of "kế hoạch hóa" is the act of organizing, directing, or structuring activities according to a specific, deliberate plan. It implies a systematic and often large-scale approach to making something operate according to a predetermined scheme.
   • To subject to planning: It often refers to bringing an activity, sector, or process under centralized or formalized planning, commonly used in economic and administrative contexts.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chính phủ đang kế hoạch hóa nền kinh tế. (The government is planning the economy.)
  • Việc kế hoạch hóa sản xuất giúp tăng hiệu quả. (Planning production helps increase efficiency.)
  • Chúng ta cần kế hoạch hóa chi tiêu gia đình. (We need to plan our family budget.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is frequently used in formal, official, or economic discourse. It often carries a connotation of comprehensive, top-down, or state-led planning, especially in historical contexts like centrally planned economies.
  • Kế hoạch hóa tập trung: central planning.

    • Mô hình kế hoạch hóa tập trung đã thay đổi. (The model of central planning has changed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Kế hoạch (n): a plan, a scheme.

  • Anh ấy đã lập một kế hoạch kinh doanh chi tiết. (He made a detailed business plan.)

• Hoạch định (v): to formulate, to draft (a plan).

  • Hội đồng đang hoạch định chiến lược dài hạn. (The board is formulating a long-term strategy.)

Synonyms

• To plan: to decide on and arrange in advance.
• To systematize: to arrange according to an organized system.
• To organize according to a plan: to structure based on a predefined scheme.

Related Terms and Concepts

• Kế hoạch hóa gia đình (n phrase): family planning.

  • Kế hoạch hóa gia đình là một chính sách quan trọng. (Family planning is an important policy.)

• Kinh tế kế hoạch hóa (n phrase): planned economy.

  • Kinh tế kế hoạch hóa tập trung vào các mục tiêu của nhà nước. (A planned economy focuses on state objectives.)