The current status of the abandoned golden land in the middle of Go Vap is about to be revived

Anh Tú | 09/01/2025 06:30

HCMC - The golden land 780A Nguyen Kiem located in the center of Go Vap district, abandoned for many years, has just been proposed to be reclaimed to build a school.

Recently, during a working session with Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Vo Van Hoan on the annual plan and resolving the recommendations of Go Vap District, Vice Chairman of the Go Vap District People's Committee - Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Anh - proposed to reclaim the land at 780A Nguyen Kiem, Ward 3, Go Vap District to build a school.

The land plot at 780A Nguyen Kiem is public land, located in the center of the district, with an area of over 21,000 square meters, near Gia Dinh Park. In 2019, the land plot was assigned to the Center for Housing Management and Construction Inspection (under the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction) for management.

According to the reporter's records, from above looking inside the land, grass is growing wildly, some buildings are abandoned and degraded. Due to being abandoned for many years, inside the project land, trees and weeds grow wildly like a "forest".

Khu dat zz — Land plot 780A is located in a prime location in Go Vap district on Nguyen Kiem street, close to the Nguyen Thai Son - Nguyen Kiem intersection with busy traffic and trading density.

There is a guard post and a fence surrounding this place, but it is empty and unused. The outside gate is occupied by people selling street food and drinks.

According to the people living here, the land was previously rented by a joint venture company to build a factory, but since the company left, the land has been abandoned until now. Occasionally, a few people come here to look at renting it, but after that, there is no movement.

Truoc day khu dat tung duoc mot cty lien doanh thue de lam nha xuong, tuy nhien tu khi cong ty nay roi di, khu dat bo hoang den nay. Hien ben ngoai cong bi nguoi dan chiem dung de kinh doanh ve chai, quan nuoc. — According to the people living here, the land was previously rented by a joint venture company to build a factory, but since the company left, the land has been abandoned until now. Occasionally, a few people come here to look at renting it, but after that, there is no movement.

Hien ben ngoai cong bi nguoi dan chiem dung de kinh doanh ve chai, quan nuoc. — Currently, the outside of the gate is occupied by people to do scrap business and drink stalls. The land is surrounded by corrugated iron, the fence is about 3m high, from the outside you can't see inside.

Ben trong va ngoai cua cac khu nha xuong hien cung da xuong cap, cay co moc um tum. — The inside and outside of the factory buildings are now degraded and overgrown with weeds.

In addition to the above land, land plot No. 139/1558 Le Duc Tho, Go Vap with an area of over 16,000m2 managed by Saigon Agricultural Corporation and assigned to An Nhon Poultry Slaughterhouse Center for use is also proposed to be reclaimed to build a school.

The proposal to reclaim 2 land plots for educational purposes was made by Go Vap district to meet the needs of the people.

By the end of 2024, the district will have 79 kindergartens, 23 primary schools, 15 public middle schools, 9 inter-level schools, and 7 high schools.

However, this number is not enough to serve the increasing number of students, especially as the district's population continues to increase rapidly.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Vo Van Hoan agreed with this proposal, emphasizing that land use must be consistent with planning and bring maximum benefits to the community; encouraging localities to review and propose to reclaim abandoned public lands to serve public purposes such as education, healthcare, and social infrastructure.

Putting these two prime lands into use not only solves the problem of lack of schools but also changes the urban landscape, turning wasted vacant land into meaningful projects that directly serve the needs of the people.

Anh Tú