On the afternoon of March 13, Nguoi Dua Tin was present at the Our City urban area project located in Residential Group No. 2, Hai Thanh Ward, Duong Kinh District, Hai Phong City. The fence surrounding the large plot of land was newly erected, along with a sign at the entrance that read: “Hung Ngan Hai Phong Company Limited: Hung Ngan Riverside Project”, indicating that the place had changed owners.
Our City urban area project in Hai Thanh ward, Duong Kinh district, Hai Phong city, has changed owner and name (Photo: Thai Phan).
According to information from the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Hai Phong City, the Our City urban area project is over 43 hectares wide and is invested by Hiep Phong Vietnam Co., Ltd. In 2005, 2008 and 2014, Hiep Phong Vietnam Co., Ltd. was granted an investment license by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
The project was granted and changed the investment certificate 3 times by Hai Phong City People's Committee. The project implementation period is 50 years from May 31, 2005, the project implementation progress is from 2012 to 2026.
Our City urban area project includes many items, such as: Internal traffic roads, water supply, drainage, electricity supply, lighting, square, entrance gate, regulating lakes; high-rise apartment complex (height not exceeding 50 m), 3,000 apartments with a total area of 360,000 m2; villa area for rent or sale, 250 villas with a total area of 80,000 m2.
In addition, the project also includes a 40,000 m2 5-star hotel with 400 rooms, a 20,000 m2 shopping mall and supermarket, a food court, a system of rental stores, an entertainment area, medical, educational, and sports facilities, etc.
Our City urban area project used to be a gambling "headquarters" for foreigners (Photo: Contributor).
However, by 2022, Hiep Phong Vietnam Co., Ltd. has only completed some items of Phase I (registered to be implemented from 2012 to 2014) on an area of about 13 hectares. Items of the following phases have been "shelved" for many years.
To speed up the progress of the Our City urban area project, the Hai Phong Department of Planning and Investment has repeatedly issued documents urging and reminding Hiep Phong Vietnam Co., Ltd. At the same time, together with relevant departments, branches and localities, it has inspected the implementation of the project.
In January 2022, the Department of Planning and Investment of Hai Phong issued a Decision to sanction administrative violations in the field of planning and investment against Hiep Phong Vietnam Co., Ltd. and requested the investor to urgently complete the remaining items of the project that have not been implemented.
Also in January 2022, Hai Phong City People's Committee issued a Decision to extend land use for 24 months for Hiep Phong Vietnam Co., Ltd. to implement the Our City urban area project.
Not only is the progress behind schedule, the Our City urban area project is also "famous" for the event on the afternoon of July 27, 2019, when hundreds of police officers from the Ministry of Public Security and Hai Phong City Police raided and inspected the main building of the project.
At the scene, the police detained more than 380 Chinese people who were operating websites that organized online gambling for Chinese citizens, including forms such as sports betting, lottery prediction, and lotteries. According to initial preliminary figures, the amount of money transacted on this gambling network was more than 3 billion yuan (more than 10,000 billion VND).
Security guards of Hung Ngan Riverside Urban Area Project always guard the gate area to prevent strangers from entering or leaving (Photo: Thai Phan).
Up to now, the Our City urban area project has been replaced by the Hung Ngan Riverside urban area project invested by Hung Ngan Hai Phong Company Limited. According to information from the new investor, the project has a total estimated investment of 12,000 billion VND, expected to start being put into use in the period of 2024 - 2025.
On the total area of over 43 hectares of the project, the new investor has built many works and items such as: Villas, townhouses, luxury apartments, commercial centers, 5-star hotels. In addition, there are also public works, education, health care, and sports.
Speaking with Nguoi Dua Tin, Mr. Tran Anh Tuan - Vice Chairman of Hai Thanh Ward People's Committee, Duong Kinh District, Hai Phong City, said that local people are very upset when the investor is slow to implement the Our City urban area project.
The project area is considered "golden land" because it is located next to the route from Pham Van Dong from the center of Hai Phong City to Do Son Tourist Area, next to the exit of Hai Phong - Hanoi highway.
Trucks enter the Hung Ngan Riverside Urban Area Project in Hai Thanh Ward, Duong Kinh District, Hai Phong City, to transport construction waste to be dumped elsewhere (Photo: Thai Phan).
“Since mid-2023, when the information about the Our City urban area project changed owners, local people were very excited. From June to August 2024, the Hai Phong Department of Construction coordinated to organize two conferences to collect people's opinions on adjusting the project planning in the ward, and people highly agreed.
At the same time, expressed the wish that the new investor will soon implement and complete the project to avoid wasting the locality's "golden land".
Since January 2024, the new investor, Hung Ngan Hai Phong Company Limited, has erected a fence to surround the Hung Ngan Riverside Urban Area Project to replace the Our City Urban Area Project. At the same time, all 3-storey buildings right next to the road have been demolished. Up to now, only the administrative building of the old project has not been demolished," Mr. Tran Anh Tuan informed .
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