On December 29th, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee organized a reception for representatives of households with complaints, petitions, and reflections related to Thu Thiem New Urban Area.
Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Van Duoc chaired the reception. Attending the working session were Deputy Inspector General of the Government Le Sy Bay, Head of the Central Citizen Reception Committee Nguyen Hong Diep and Vice Chairmen of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Hoang Nguyen Dinh, Tran Van Bay.
At the reception, representatives of Thu Thiem households presented many recommendations related to compensation policies, resettlement support and the implementation of the Government Inspectorate's conclusion notices for the Thu Thiem New Urban Area project.
Providing more information at the citizen reception, Deputy Inspector General of the Government Le Sy Bay said that the Government Inspectorate under the direction of the Prime Minister has organized many inspection and verification teams.
The inspection conclusions are issued on the basis of full legal basis, evidence and documents, taking opinions from many ministries, branches and the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City. After issuance, the conclusions are sent to relevant agencies and made public for people and the press to follow.
The Deputy Inspector General of the Government hopes that households affected by the project will acknowledge, share and support the efforts of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee in the past time; and at the same time request the city to fully absorb the opinions and legitimate proposals of the people, soon consider, resolve and respond satisfactorily within its authority.
Concluding the reception, Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Van Duoc affirmed that the limitations and shortcomings in the process of implementing Thu Thiem New Urban Area have been clearly pointed out by the Government Inspectorate in a public and transparent manner and have been closely directed by the Central Government, directly the Prime Minister.
Ho Chi Minh City has seriously received, complied with and fully implemented the conclusions of the Government Inspectorate as well as the directions of the Prime Minister; frankly acknowledged shortcomings, promptly rectified and overcome them in accordance with regulations.
The Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee expressed his sharing of the difficulties of households and families whose land was recovered; and at the same time respectfully acknowledged the contributions of the people for the common goal of building and developing the city to become more civilized and modern.
The city has reviewed, issued and implemented many supplementary policies in the direction of ensuring the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of the people within the framework of law, including Decision No. 70/2025/QD-UBND on supplementing a number of policies beneficial to the people.
According to the Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, Thu Thiem New Urban Area is of particular importance to the future development of the city, planned to become a high-class financial, commercial and service center, with regional and international scope. This is also a cultural and entertainment center with a system of squares, parks, theaters, children's palaces and modern community living spaces.
When completed, Thu Thiem New Urban Area will contribute to creating a civilized urban area, improving the quality of life for people, becoming a driving force for socio-economic development and improving the competitiveness of Ho Chi Minh City in the new period" - Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee emphasized.
The Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee hopes that people will continue to sympathize, understand and share with the city about the urgent requirement of land acquisition to implement projects for the common future of development.
Thu Thiem New Urban Area has a total area of 930 ha.
Regarding compensation and support, the entire project has 14,357 dossiers. To date, Ho Chi Minh City has recovered 14,286 dossiers, equivalent to 713.9 ha.
Currently, there are still 68 land and housing dossiers of households and individuals that have not been handed over, with an area of about 2.59 hectares.
