Four generations "stuck" in degraded houses
From 2004 - 2006, when information about the Hoa Cam Industrial Park - Phase 2 project began to be announced, it was also when all basic land rights of the people here were affected. 20 years have passed, children born in the planned area have now grown up and started families, but the worry about housing is still unanswered.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Lieu - a resident living in group 4, Cam Le ward - could not hold back her heartache when talking about her family's circumstances. Although the land left by her parents was vast, due to "suspended" planning, her family fell into a precarious situation.
Ms. Lieu recounted: "My son got married and had two grandchildren, but there was no way to separate the land or build a house on his parents' land because of planning. In the end, he and his wife had to rent a room elsewhere, while the family's land had to be abandoned, and nothing could be done.
Not only Ms. Lieu, dozens of other households in group 4 are also living in a precarious situation. Houses are degraded, tiled roofs are leaky, but people are not allowed to build new ones, and even repairs are closely monitored.
More paradoxically, due to the slow implementation of the project, the infrastructure system is not synchronously invested, making this area a "water center" every rainy season.
Ms. Tran Thi Cam - a long-time resident - said that people have repeatedly petitioned in voter meetings from wards to cities, but the answer is always "soon and will".
I have heard the government answer "imminent" and "will" do the project for 20 years, but it has not yet come to an end. Our wish is that if we do it, we must be clear when to do it, and if we don't do it, we should abolish the planning so that people can rely on it, to separate the land use right certificate for their children to have a place to settle down" - Ms. Tran Thi Cam angrily said.
Legal bottleneck
According to the Da Nang High-Tech Park and Industrial Zones Authority (DSEZA), the Hoa Cam Industrial Park Project - phase 2 has been approved for investment policy by the Prime Minister from March 2022 with an area of more than 120ha, operating term of 50 years. However, the process of organizing investor selection continuously faces difficulties due to changes in legal regulations. That is waiting for the 2023 Bidding Law (effective from January 1, 2024) and the 2024 Land Law (effective from August 2024).
In the process of collecting opinions from sectors on bidding documents at the beginning of 2025, Da Nang City Police proposed to allocate an additional 2ha of land right within the industrial park boundary. This area is to serve the task of ensuring security and order, fire prevention and fighting, and rescue and relief in the area.
The addition of 2ha of security land leads to the area of industrial land that can be leased being reduced from 65.79ha to 63.79ha (a rate of 53%).
According to DSEZA, this change distorts the land use structure compared to the preliminary request dossier on capacity and experience issued earlier, so functional agencies must recalculate the bidding plan.
According to the submission dated March 16, 2025 of Da Nang City People's Committee, Hoa Cam Industrial Park - phase 2 is identified as location No. 9 in Da Nang Free Trade Zone.
It is expected to build a modern Logistics center, including: High-value goods distribution area, export support warehouse system, customs area... associated with Da Nang International Airport. Therefore, the project must adjust the zoning plan or 1/500 detailed plan to ensure connectivity and operational efficiency.
DSEZA has reported and proposed to Da Nang City People's Committee to agree to cancel the old bidding round. At the same time, this unit will preside over calling for the public announcement of investors interested in studying and preparing procedures to adjust and approve the investment policy of the project. Currently, Da Nang City People's Committee is assigning DSEZA to study and report on proposing implementation directions suitable to the city's new general planning orientation.
