Hai Phong eliminates 'tiger cages'

Hai Phong City Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Tho requested districts to complete dismantling "tiger cages" and iron cages in state-owned apartment buildings by December.

Mr. Tho directed the authorities of Le Chan, Ngo Quyen, Hong Bang, Kien An, and Hai An districts to send notices to households, requesting them to voluntarily dismantle all illegally expanded and renovated iron cages. If households do not comply or delay, the districts will organize the dismantling. Hai Phong Housing Management and Trading Company Limited will terminate the housing lease contract and reclaim the rented house.

Tiger cages in the 5-storey To Hieu building in Le Chan district were dismantled. Photo: Le Tan

Hai Phong City has 205 apartment buildings with 8,000 apartments, most of which are decades old. Due to cramped living conditions and to prevent accidents and theft, thousands of households have illegally expanded and built "tiger cages", affecting fire prevention, fire fighting and rescue work.

To overcome the above situation, from November 17 to November 30, the Urban Management Department of Le Chan District and 15 wards simultaneously organized the dismantling of iron cages in collective housing areas. This district currently has about 2,000 households living in apartments and individual houses. The authorities affirmed to thoroughly dismantle and deploy security forces to monitor.

Due to cramped living conditions and to prevent accidents and theft, thousands of households have illegally expanded and built "tiger cages". Photo: Le Tan

Ngo Quyen District has 120 old apartment buildings, of which Van My Ward with 10 blocks built from 1975 to 1980, has 1,288 apartments with more than 4,200 people. This is the area with the largest number of "tiger cages" in the city with 938 households violating.

The government is encouraging people to cut open part of the "tiger cage" to create an escape route, and handle cases of encroachment on the road and sidewalk to ensure access for fire fighting and rescue vehicles. In the coming time, Hai Phong City will demolish this area and move residents to social housing under construction.

Le Tan

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