Land use change has been assessed widely using Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques. The analysis of land use change was done by detecting land cover change. A study about land cover change, along with the self-employed workers’ perception towards changes between 2007 and 2017 were carried out in Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi, Vietnam. | An analysis of land use change and the workers’ perception towards changes from 2007 – 2017: A case in Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi, Vietnam