New headquarters are spacious but many ministries still "hugging" the old headquarters

Video: New, spacious headquarters of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology, and Government Inspectorate.

On May 23, at the 5th session of the 15th National Assembly, examining the Government's report on thrift practice and waste prevention in 2022, Mr. Le Quang Manh - Chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee, pointed out 11 groups of limitations in thrift practice and waste prevention. In particular, the examining agency emphasized that there is still waste in the management and use of working equipment, real estate, and public assets.

The Finance and Budget Committee pointed out that a number of ministries, branches and central agencies, after being assigned new working offices, did not hand over the old facilities to local management, such as: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Public Security, and Government Inspectorate.

According to Nguoi Dua Tin, although ministries, branches and central agencies have new, spacious headquarters, they have not yet handed them over to Hanoi City for exploitation and use.

The new headquarters of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is 18 stories high and has 1 basement located on Ton That Tuyet Street (Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi), designed to ensure working standards for 1,234 people.

This project is built on an area of ​​over 13,800m2. The total cost of the project is 372 billion VND and was put into use in 2011.

Although it has moved and worked at the new headquarters, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is still using the old headquarters on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street (Dong Da District), and has not yet handed it over to Hanoi City for exploitation and use.

The new headquarters of the Government Inspectorate is located at Lot D29, Cau Giay New Urban Area (Hanoi City) with a total investment of 215 billion VND.

The headquarters was completed and put into use since December 2010.

However, the old headquarters of the Government Inspectorate at 220 Doi Can (Ba Dinh District) with an area of ​​about 7,016.68m2 was approved for construction of a mixed-use complex including a 17-storey building and has not been handed over to Hanoi City for exploitation and use.

The new headquarters of the Ministry of Science and Technology is a 13-storey building, built on a total area of ​​1.8 hectares.

The project started in 2000 and was completed and put into use by the end of 2011. The total investment for the project is about 300 billion VND.

However, to date, the old headquarters of the Ministry of Science and Technology at 39 Tran Hung Dao (Hoan Kiem District) has not been returned.

The new headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was built on Le Quang Dao Street (Nam Tu Liem District) by the Project Management Board - Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the investor, approved in July 2009 with a total capital of 3,484 billion VND, then adjusted to increase the capital to 4,022.7 billion VND.

However, in the first phase of the headquarters construction, the Project Management Board - Ministry of Foreign Affairs approved the estimated cost of the bid packages with a total value of up to 5,952.7 billion VND, far exceeding the approved total investment. This led to the total value of the signed contracts for the first phase reaching 4,688.9 billion VND, exceeding the total investment by 666.2 billion VND.

To date, the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs remains unfinished due to capital overruns.

The old headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is located in a "golden" location on Ton That Dam Street (Ba Dinh District).

Among the ministries and branches that have invested in building new headquarters, so far only the Ministry of Home Affairs has handed over the old headquarters to the competent authority for management. Accordingly, the Ministry of Finance has decided to reclaim 4 facilities of the Ministry of Home Affairs to arrange for other agencies to manage and use as working headquarters.

The new Ministry of Home Affairs headquarters was inaugurated in 2010 on Ton That Tuyet Street (Nam Tu Liem District) including a 17-storey office building, 2-storey multi-purpose hall with modern equipment.

Source: https://www.nguoiduatin.vn/tru-so-moi-khang-trang-nhung-nhieu-bo-van-om-tru-so-cu-a609488.html