VietNamNet Bridge – Slow disbursement of fund has affected the renovation of dilapidated apartments in HCM City, according to authorities.

A dilapidated apartment on District 1’s Ly Tu Trong Street is among 15 apartment buildings classified at the D-level, which indicates serious damage. — Photo www.nld.com.vn

An eight-storey building, for example, in District 1’s 23 Ly Tu Trong Street is one of several buildings that require an immediate action. Built before 1975, it contains 76 households.

Though the building’s structural strength in late 2017 did not meet official standards, it has yet to be dismantled.

Khuc Van Cuong, a resident in the building’s room 4A, told the Nguoi Lao Dong (Labourer) newspaper that 90 per cent of the households have received compensation and resettled elsewhere, while 10 per cent are reluctant to move due to conflicts with authorities on their compensation rate.

Other buildings in disrepair that face similar circumstances include apartments on District 1’s 128 Hai Ba Trung Street and 155 – 157 Bui Vien Street; District 3’s 11 Vo Van Tan Street; District 4’s Truc Giang, Vinh Hoi, and Nguyen Tat Thanh Street; District 5’s 440 Tran Hung Dao Street; District 6’s 43 Binh Tay Street and 119B Tan Hoa Dong Street; Tan Binh District’s 137, 149 – 151 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, 40/1 Tan Phuoc Street and 170 – 171 Tan Chau Street.

Apartment reconstruction

HCM City has completed the inspection of 474 dilapidated apartments built before 1975, and has classified and assigned most of the reconstruction projects to district-level authorities.

About 15 apartments are rated at the D-level due to serious damage, 115 apartments are C-level and 332 are B-level. Twelve apartments have already been dismantled or have had their tenants relocate.

Tran Trong Tuan, director of HCM City’s Construction Department, said that city authorities had distributed a general guide on proper reconstruction of apartments built before 1975 to all district People’s Committees.

However, due to inefficient planning and slow disbursement of funds for district-level inspection and construction work, People’s Committees in certain districts have not effectively carried out assigned projects, especially those of a large scale.

The construction department said that some dilapidated apartment buildings need to be demolished.

They include apartments on District 3’s Nguyen Thien Thuat Street, District 4’s Vinh Hoi Street, District 5’s Vien Dong Street, District 10’s Ngo Gia Tu Street and Binh Thanh District’s Thanh Da area.

However, as they were classified as B- or C-level, they cannot easily be dismantled and replaced with new buildings.

The department said a new policy should be developed to cover these kinds of buildings.

Source: VNS