slums in hcmc

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HCM City project to relocate slum dwellers faces resistance

HCM City authorities’ efforts to relocate people living in slums along the city’s polluted canals as part of its urban upgrade program faces a major hurdle: most of the slum dwellers do not want to move since their livelihoods are dislocated.   

Images: Life in the slums near high-rise buildings

 VietNamNet Bridge – At the foot of luxury buildings in Saigon are slums, located on dark canals. The lives of local residents here are precarious and poor.