Recently, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee assigned the Department of Planning and Architecture to report and propose handling each case, for the proposal to adjust the villa group compared to the results of the previous inventory and classification assessment in Xuan Hoa ward.
Including a villa at 204 Vo Thi Sau Street, 210 Vo Thi Sau, a two-way house at the intersection of 13 Le Quy Don - 87 Nguyen Dinh Chieu.
According to Lao Dong, the villa at 204 Vo Thi Sau Street is currently closed with a high wall, and is in a state of disrepair. This is a group 2 villa, according to Decision 1472/2021 of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee on promulgating a list of old villas in the city, which has been classified (phase 5).
Notably, villas at the intersection of No. 13 Le Quy Don Street - No. 87 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street are classified as Group 2 in Decision No. 1550/2020 (phase 1 and phase 2). However, the owner of the above villa still recommends reviewing, re-evaluating, and re-classifying... According to the records, this villa is still in a state of disuse. Outside the surrounding fence, many people take advantage of the sidewalk in front of the villa to do business.
The Department of Planning and Architecture must submit to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee before October 31. In addition, this department also proposed to establish a new villa Classification Council and Technical Team, send it to the Department of Home Affairs for appraisal, and submit it to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee before October 31.
The classification of old villas is a content in the action program in the work of preserving urban architectural landscape in Ho Chi Minh City.
According to regulations, old villas in group 1 must keep the same exterior architectural shape, interior structure, construction density, number of floors and height. Group 2 villas must keep the outside architecture intact. Group 3 villas are implemented according to the provisions of the law on planning, architecture and construction law.
To date, the city has classified 14 batches, including 595 apartments. Of which, 64 houses in group 1, 249 houses in group 2 and 282 houses in group 3. In addition, the city still has about 400 villas that have not been classified.
On October 23, at a press conference on the socio-economic situation, a representative of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City said that there are many difficulties in the work of preserving ancient urban architectural works. In particular, for the group of urban architectural works located in the central area of Ho Chi Minh City - especially villas and ancient houses with "golden" locations, under the management of central agencies, high commercial value, making it difficult to preserve due to urban development pressure.
In addition, there are other difficulties such as: Churches, pagodas... belonging to the group of religious works, with specific characteristics in terms of ownership and management entities. Many churches, pagodas... are afraid that the classification of relics will make it difficult to unify the scope of protected areas; legal procedures for repair, renovation or construction.
