The Department of Agriculture and Environment of Ho Chi Minh City has just sent a document to Ho Chi Minh City Party Secretary Tran Luu Quang, reporting on the implementation plan for the project to renovate and expand the Ho Chi Minh Museum - Ho Chi Minh City branch.
According to the report, the project to renovate and expand the Ho Chi Minh Museum - Ho Chi Minh City branch is oriented by the city to expand to the entire Nha Rong - Khanh Hoi land area, with an area of over 329,000 m2.
Of which, more than 14,000 m2 is currently managed and used by the Ho Chi Minh Museum; the remaining area is within the boundary of the Dragon - Khanh Hoi Complex project previously invested by Ngoc Vien Dong Urban Development Investment Company Limited (under Van Thinh Phat Group).
According to the Department of Agriculture and Environment, to have a basis to implement the museum expansion project on a new scale, the unit proposed two implementation methods, including: public investment or public-private partnership (PPP) under a BT contract that does not require payment.
The Department of Agriculture and Environment of Ho Chi Minh City proposed two phases of project implementation. Phase 1 consists of two main steps:
Step 1: The Standing Committee of the City Party Committee reviews, approves the general policy and directs the Party Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to lead and implement the orientation for implementing the Ho Chi Minh Museum expansion project on a new scale.
Step 2: The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee directs competent agencies to clear, seize land use rights and revoke the investment policy for the Nha Rong - Khanh Hoi Complex project, based on the relevant judgment of Van Thinh Phat Group. At the same time, the city will locally adjust the general planning of the area, ensuring compliance with the development orientation of the Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space.
Phase 2 includes 7 steps for the public investment method (expected to start construction in September 2026) and 6 steps for the public-private partnership method (expected to start construction in March 2026).
Previously, at the conference to summarize 50 years of literature and art in Ho Chi Minh City on October 18, Secretary of the City Party Committee Tran Luu Quang said that the city had allocated land at Nha Rong Wharf to investors to implement a housing project.
However, the Standing Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee has stopped this policy to reserve land to serve the expansion of the Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space.
Mr. Tran Luu Quang affirmed that the Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space will be expanded in the Dragon House Wharf area, associated with the Ho Chi Minh Museum - Ho Chi Minh City branch. The remaining part of the land will be planned into a park, combined with the expansion of Nguyen Tat Thanh Street and the development of public services, not the development of commercial housing projects.
