Serious degradation
Located in Phu Nhuan ward (Hue city), Dong Da apartment complex consists of 5 rows of houses (A, B, C, D, E) built and put into use since 1979, 1988 with a total construction area of 3,307m2, total usable floor area of 7,971m2. Most of the households here are granted pink books by the state, some families have lived there for 3 generations. Now, after many years of use, Dong Da apartment complex has seriously degraded and does not ensure fire safety, the infrastructure is shabby, affecting the urban beauty.
The three buildings A, B, and C have been seriously degraded for many years, with inspection results at levels C and D (dangerous levels because the buildings can collapse at any time).
Since 2013, the People's Committee of Thua Thien - Hue province has had a policy of calling for investment in renovating and constructing Dong Da apartment complex, aiming to eliminate old apartment buildings and replace them with new ones, but for many years, investors have not been found. It was not until September 2023 that Thua Thien - Hue province issued a decision approving the policy of building and renovating the apartment complex in the direction of high-rise apartments, commercial apartments combined with business and service areas.
Accordingly, the land for construction investment in blocks A, B, C has a scale of more than 8,500m2, with a population of more than 2,000 people. The total investment for this project is expected to be nearly 1,300 billion VND; Dong Da Development and Investment Joint Stock Company (abbreviated as Dong Da Company) is the investor. The project is expected to start construction in September 2024, but up to this point the project has been behind schedule compared to the plan.
Struggling inside Block A (Dong Da apartment building), the family of 7 of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Moi is one of the few households still staying here, while many of her neighbors have moved to temporary housing so that the project can be implemented. Now, Mrs. Moi and her children and grandchildren are waiting for the family's petitions to be satisfactorily answered before moving.
“My house is 24 square meters wide. They said that after the apartment building is completed, I will move from the first floor to the fourth floor and give my household priority to a 22 square meter kiosk for business; at the same time, they will not multiply the area of my house by the coefficient but take the current area of my house minus the 22 square meter kiosk, which means I have 2.7 square meters left. After the house is completed and I move to the fourth floor, I will have to pay 1 billion VND. Where will I get the money to pay?”, said Ms. Moi.
Similar to Mrs. Moi, there are 28 other households still living in this dilapidated apartment complex for various reasons. Although the majority of residents agree and support the construction of a new modern and civilized apartment complex. However, the remaining households have a common concern about temporary housing during the project implementation period.
Impact on progress
According to Mr. Nguyen Ba Vuong - Vice Chairman of Phu Nhuan Ward (Hue City), the authorities are continuing to propagate and mobilize people in the Dong Da apartment area, especially nearly 30 households that have not yet relocated, about the importance of the project as well as the safety of the people, especially during the upcoming storm season.
Speaking to Lao Dong, Mr. Nguyen Anh Quan - representative of Dong Da Company - said that the investor is expected to start the project in September this year. However, up to now, the site clearance work to hand over the clean site to the investor has not been completed because nearly 30 households have not agreed to move.
According to the Hue City Land Fund Development Center, this September, it will organize a final mobilization and dialogue with the remaining households. Along with that, the unit will also develop a plan to enforce land acquisition for households that refuse to hand over the land to implement the project. Currently, the conditions have been ensured to organize forced land acquisition and forced relocation in case the remaining households do not agree with the approved compensation, support and resettlement plan.
