Southern Gate Construction Project (Thanh Tri District):

The cleared land in Tu Hiep commune (Thanh Tri district) to implement the investment project to build the Southern Gate of Hanoi has been left abandoned for many years.

According to the investigation of the Hanoi Moi Newspaper reporter, since 2003, the Hanoi People's Committee has issued a decision to reclaim 234,967m2 of land in Tu Hiep Commune (Thanh Tri District), temporarily handing it over to the Housing and Urban Development Investment Corporation - the investor to organize the investigation, develop a plan for site clearance, and implement the Hanoi Southern Gate Construction Investment Project. In 2003 and 2004, the Thanh Tri District People's Committee actively coordinated with the investor to carry out site clearance, in which the agricultural land area was compensated, cleared and reclaimed 214,951m2; the remaining area has not been cleared due to overlap with other projects.

Then, on May 31, 2004, the Hanoi People's Committee issued a decision approving the detailed planning of the Southern Gate of Hanoi area, scale 1/500 in Tu Hiep commune. Accordingly, this area includes the following items: Public works; trees combined with small architectural works; monuments and victory squares; Southern Gate of Hanoi and many other auxiliary items.

Regarding this issue, the civil servant of Tu Hiep Commune Office, Hoang Ngoc Vinh, informed that after completing the clearance of agricultural land to implement the Hanoi Southern Gate Construction Investment Project, Thanh Tri District handed over the project to the investor. In the report responding to voters' opinions related to the progress of the implementation of the Southern Gate Construction Investment Project since 2018, the representative of the Hanoi City People's Council Delegation running for election in Thanh Tri District informed that the investor had basically completed the construction of the Southern Gate Project's technical infrastructure since 2004 (without implementing the overlapping part). However, up to this point, the project has not yet implemented the construction items according to the approved plan.

The reporter's observation at the project showed that the people's reflection was correct. According to observations, the vast land area has been cleared and handed over to the investor to implement the project, but no construction items have been built yet. Along the road along the land, local people and surrounding areas often dump garbage and construction waste and burn them, causing environmental pollution and loss of aesthetics. In the land area, there are currently many construction waste dumps that have not been transported for treatment.

“Faced with the illegal dumping of garbage and construction waste in the area where the Southern Gate Project is being implemented, the People's Committee of Tu Hiep Commune has had to spend money many times to hire people to level and transport garbage and waste for treatment, but after a short time, the violation recurred,” Mr. Hoang Ngoc Vinh shared.

People in Tu Hiep commune in particular and Thanh Tri district in general are very excited and expect that the implementation of the Southern Gate Project will help people benefit from this public work, but after waiting for a long time, the project is still just a vacant lot, making people feel heartbroken.

Ms. Tran Thi Kh. from Co Dien B village, Tu Hiep commune lamented: "Every time we pass by the cleared land but the project has not been implemented, we feel very sorry. Looking at the once "sweet land" that has been abandoned for more than 20 years, it is truly a waste. Not to mention, because the land is far from residential areas, it is an ideal place for people to come here to illegally dump garbage and construction waste...".

Meanwhile, Head of Cuong Ngo village, Tu Hiep commune, Nguyen Van Sy, said: "When we learned that the project area was being planned to become a park with high educational value about the historical and cultural traditions of the capital, local people were very excited and agreed to support it. My family has nearly 2 sao of agricultural land subject to recovery for the project, which was handed over in 2004, but for some unknown reason, it has not been implemented yet...".

It is known that after many years of wasteful abandonment, in 2024, the project investor handed over the cleared land to Thanh Tri district for management to improve the efficiency of land management and use. Director of Thanh Tri District Land Fund Development Center Vu Hoai Son said that after receiving the land from the investor, the Center coordinated with Tu Hiep Commune People's Committee to implement protection measures, prevent encroachment, and dumping of waste and garbage. After the City People's Committee issued the Regulations on procedures for short-term land lease managed by land fund development organizations in Hanoi, issued together with Decision No. 25/2025/QD-UBND dated March 28, 2025, the Center is researching to advise Thanh Tri District People's Committee to implement short-term land lease procedures at the Southern Gate Project land to improve the efficiency of use and avoid land waste.

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/du-an-xay-dung-cua-o-phia-nam-huyen-thanh-tri-giai-phong-mat-bang-roi-de-co-moc-698841.html