On July 15, within the framework of the fifth session (regular mid-2026 session), the 17th Hanoi City People's Council, term 2026-2031, held a question-and-answer session.
Regarding the urban flooding situation, delegate Tran Anh Tuan (Delegation No. 22) requested the leaders of Phu Thuong and Bo De wards to answer about the responsibility for allowing flooding to occur during construction in Ciputra area, Khai Son Project, leading to localized flooding in the area.
Answering this content, a representative of Bo De Ward People's Committee took responsibility for the shortcomings that occurred in the area and said that they would focus on directing a thorough resolution.
Regarding the responsibility of the Ward People's Committee for the contents related to the Khai Son project, according to a representative of the leadership of Bo De Ward People's Committee, after arranging the administrative unit, the Ward People's Committee has coordinated with Viet Hung Ward People's Committee to urge and direct the investor, Khai Son Company, to urgently resolve the existing problems thoroughly.
At the same time, with the responsibility of state management in the area, the Ward People's Committee continues to accelerate the progress of resolving issues related to the project.
With responsibility when flooding occurred in Ciputra urban area, representatives of Phu Thuong Ward People's Committee said that, implementing the city's direction, the ward has focused on synchronously deploying solutions to overcome the flooding situation. Up to now, localized flooding points in the area have basically been handled.
The ward has implemented many treatment solutions such as investing in a system of tanks and pumps; clearing the existing drainage system, contributing to drainage from alleys in residential areas to the pumping station for drainage...
In fact, through the recent rains, rainwater has been drained very quickly, basically there is no longer a flooding situation in the ward.
Housing items have been completed but drainage infrastructure has not been invested in
Delegate Tran Hop Dung (Delegation No. 9) said that through monitoring the drainage sector, the situation of "3 no" urban areas is still prolonged, including: Not connecting drainage systems to centralized systems, not investing synchronously in technical infrastructure and not handing over infrastructure. The delegate requested the Director of the Department of Finance to clarify responsibilities in investment supervision for these projects.
Answering questions, Director of Hanoi Department of Finance Nguyen Ngoc Tu said that according to the provisions of the law on investment, in the process of implementing urban area projects, investors must implement the regime of monitoring and investment evaluation reports monthly, quarterly, 6-monthly and annually sent to the Department of Finance - the focal agency for monitoring and investment evaluation.
On that basis, the Department of Finance regularly urges investors to accelerate the project implementation progress. For projects that have not completed infrastructure, especially the drainage system, the Department requests to focus resources to complete them on schedule.
However, in reality, in some projects, there is still a situation where housing items have been completed but technical infrastructure systems, especially drainage infrastructure, have not been synchronously invested. According to the Director of the Department of Finance, the main reason is obstacles in site clearance; besides, some investors have not prioritized resource allocation because infrastructure items do not create direct economic efficiency.
To overcome this situation, the Department of Finance continues to advise the City People's Committee to request investors to urgently complete the items as committed. In case of not adjusting the progress or not fulfilling responsibilities, the city will consider applying restrictive measures, including not considering assigning or approving investors to continue implementing other projects in the area.
The Department of Finance has also issued a document requesting investors to seriously implement commitments and regulations on investment and construction of technical infrastructure of the project.
