A sprawling urban development project in northwest Da Nang, once valued at over VND 4,400 billion, is now a ghost town of unfinished villas and overgrown lots.

After nearly a decade of delays, legal issues and financial trouble, a $1B private thermal power plant project in Bac Ninh is under close scrutiny.

Some long-delayed and stagnant projects face legal obstacles related to land management, land use, and planning; some violated regulations or shown signs of violations; while many others remain stuck due to procedural and administrative bottlenecks.

Despite multi-million-dollar investments, luxury resorts along Ho Chi Minh City’s coast sit deserted, overrun by weeds and time.

The Bach Mai and Viet Duc Hospital Campus 2 projects in Ha Nam, capitalized at tens of trillions of VND, remained stagnant for over a decade until Party Chief To Lam issued an instruction near the beginning of the year.

The Government Inspectorate has directed the Ninh Binh Provincial Inspectorate to conduct direct inspections of 40 projects with total investment exceeding $1.2 million each.

The long-abandoned HH1 building by Vietsovpetro will undergo inspection after nearly 10 years of inactivity.

Hailed as a fuel innovation, the massive bio-ethanol factory now stands deserted and deteriorating in Quang Ngai.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh has directed government agencies to urgently resolve all lingering issues and ensure that the second campuses of Bach Mai and Viet Duc Hospitals become operational by the end of 2025.

The Vicem Operations Center, Hoi Xuan Hydropower, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Headquarters, and Subproject 2 (Lim - Pha Lai) are all large-scale investments worth several trillion dong but have been prolonged for years with little progress.

Dozens of major projects remain suspended or delayed, wasting resources and worsening infrastructure woes.