Hanoi Reclaims 364,000 Square Meters of Land from Investors
The Hanoi People’s Committee will revoke licenses for more than 364,000 square meters of public land since investors have been too slow to develop or they have used it for the wrong purposes.
Director of the municipal Environment and Natural Resources Department Vu Van Hau was quoted by Vietnam News Agency as saying that 20 out of 420 inspected projects had violated the conditions of use.
These projects were mostly located in the districts of Hai Ba Trung, Chuong My, Thanh Oai and Phu Xuyen.
Some had been illegally transferred to other projects and some developers had let others encroach on the land.
Among the developers with the largest amounts of land being revoked are the Electricity Project Company, Ha Dong Garment Company, Gia Lam Irrigation company and Vinh Ha Food Manufacturing Company.
Hau said the department is completing legal procedures to take the land back and the municipal People’s Committee had extended the deadline by six to 12 months for 286 other projects that had failed to clear land held by them.
Last year, Hanoi authorities took back 30,597 square meters of State land being used for purposes different to what had been nominated. The revocations are based on Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s decision to strictly management the use of State land. (VNA)
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