The Office of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has just announced the conclusion of the Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai at the meeting of the working group on the flood settlement project due to the tidal area of Ho Chi Minh City in the climate change factor (phase 1).
The meeting is to find solutions to bring the project to the finish line after many years of stagnation due to capital problems and legal procedures.
Under the direction of the Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the Department of Planning and Investment is assigned to preside over and coordinate with relevant departments and branches to prepare documents and documents for the development of the Government's resolution on disassement. Difficulties for the project.
At the same time, this department must propose to establish the grassroots evaluation council, plan to select the project appraisal consultancy unit, report to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee before October 10, 2025.
The Department of Planning and Investment is also negotiated and signed the Appendix of BT Contract (Construction - Transfer). At the same time, review and propose the budget management unit to pay for the project, aiming to complete the project and put into operation before December 31, 2025.
In addition, the Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee assigned the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with the Land Fund Development Center and investors to make a detailed plan of 1/500 scale for the expected payment. for investors. The hiring of land valuation units should also be completed before May 31, 2025.
The resolution of flooded by the tidal area of Ho Chi Minh City has considered the climate change factor started in 2016, with a total investment of nearly VND 10,000 billion under BT contracts.
The project consists of 6 large tidal control sewers and nearly 8 km long dike systems, to control flooding for the 570 km² wide area, protecting about 6.5 million people in the center of Ho Chi Minh City and along the Saigon River.
Despite the completion of more than 90% of the work volume, the project still faces many difficulties in capital and legal, leading to the need to suspend construction from November 2020.
This stagnation causes a large cost, of which the daily interest is more than 1.7 billion dong.
