Close-up of old, degraded apartment building waiting to be renovated in Ho Chi Minh City

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    HCMC - Built in 1968, Ngo Gia Tu apartment building (District 10) has now degraded, with many items seriously damaged.

    Duoc xay dung tu nam 1968, chung cu Ngo Gia Tu (Quan 10) gom 16 lo, moi lo co mot tret va ba lau. Nhieu hang muc cua chung cu da va dang xuong cap tram trong, nhung viec di doi, ho tro boi thuong va tai dinh cu van keo dai den nay do nhieu ho dan chua thong nhat muc boi thuong, ho tro.
    Built in 1968, Ngo Gia Tu apartment building (District 10) consists of 16 lots, each lot has a ground floor and three floors. Many items of the apartment building have been seriously degraded, but the relocation, compensation and resettlement are still taking place because many households have not agreed on the compensation and support levels.
    Sau nhieu nam dua vao su dung, den nay, nhieu hang muc tai chung cu nay da co dau hieu hu hong, xuong cap, cac mang tuong cung thuong xuyen xuat hien cac vet nut, bong troc.
    After many years of use, many items in this apartment building have shown signs of damage and deterioration, and cracks and peeling often appear on the walls.
    Vet bong troc, ghi set,... xuat hien o nhieu khu vuc.
    Peeling, rust,... appear in many areas.
    Nhieu mang tuong xuat hien tinh trang tham nuoc.
    Many walls appear to be leaking.
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    Ms. Dang Minh Thu, a resident of Ngo Gia Tu apartment building, said that many areas and her apartment have experienced water seepage and peeling walls. "My house has been leaking for a long time, my family has repaired it many times and most recently about 2 months ago it continued to leak water," Ms. Thu reported.
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    Ms. Vo Thi Yen Linh, a resident of Ngo Gia Tu apartment building, expressed her hope that the government will soon have a plan for compensation, relocation, and renovation so that people can live more peacefully. "The walls are peeling a lot. One day, I was in the house and heard a loud noise. I ran out and saw a piece of concrete falling. Luckily, no one was hit," Ms. Yen Linh recounted.
    Ben canh do, he thong day dien, cap o chung cu chang chit, khong dam bao an toan.
    The electrical wiring and cable system in the apartment building is tangled and unsafe.
    Mot loi di co phan thieu anh sang.
    A dimly lit passageway.
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    People lead motorbikes from upper floors to the ground.
    TPHCM hien co 474 chung cu cu duoc xay dung truoc nam 1975. Trong do co 16 chung cu cap D (hu hong nang, nguy hiem), trong do 14 chung cu duoc kiem dinh vao giai doan 2016 - 2017, den nay ngay cang xuong cap va nguy hiem.
    Ho Chi Minh City currently has 474 old apartment buildings built before 1975. Of these, 16 are level D (severely damaged and dangerous), of which 14 were inspected in the 2016-2017 period, and are now increasingly degraded and dangerous.
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