September 13 afternoon, Reporter present at Our City urban area project located in Residential Group No. 2 of Hai Thanh ward, Duong Kinh district, Hai Phong city. The fence surrounding the large land area was newly erected with a sign at the entrance stating: "Hung Ngan Hai Phong Co., Ltd.: Hung Ngan Riverside Project", showing that this place has changed owners.
According to information from the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Hai Phong City, the Our City urban area project is more than 43 hectares large 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 its investment certificate 3 times by the People's Committee of Hai Phong City. The project implementation term is 50 years from May 31, 5, the project implementation schedule is from 2005 to 2012.
Our City urban area project includes many items, such as: Internal roads, water supply, drainage, electricity supply, lighting, squares, entrance gates, regulating lakes; High-rise apartment complex (height does not exceed 50 m), number of 3.000 apartments with a total area of 360.000 m2; Villa area for rent or sale, number 250 villas with a total area of 80.000 m2.
In addition, the project also has a 5 m40.000 2-star hotel with 400 rooms, a 20.000 m2 shopping center and supermarket, a culinary street, a rental store system, an entertainment area, medical, educational, sports projects...
However, by 2022, Hiep Phong Vietnam Co., Ltd. will complete some items of phase I (registered for implementation from 2012 to 2014) on an area of about more than 13 hectares. Items belonging to the next stages are in a state of "laying down" for many years.
To speed up the implementation progress of the Our City urban area project, the Hai Phong Department of Planning and Investment repeatedly issued documents urging and reminding Hiep Phong Vietnam Co., Ltd. At the same time, together with relevant departments, branches and localities, check the project implementation situation.
In January 1, Hai Phong Department of Planning and Investment issued a Decision to sanction administrative violations in the field of planning and investment against Hiep Phong Vietnam Co., Ltd. and request the investor to urgently complete The remaining items of the project have not been implemented yet.
Also in January 1, the People's Committee of Hai Phong City issued a decision to extend land use for 2022 months for Hiep Phong Vietnam Co., Ltd. to implement the Our City urban area project.
Not only is it behind schedule, Our City urban area project is also "famous" for the event on the afternoon of July 27, 7, when hundreds of police from the Ministry of Public Security and Hai Phong City Police rushed in to inspect the administrative building of the building. main house 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 and predicting results. lottery results, lotteries. According to initial preliminary determination data, the amount of money transacted on this gambling network system is more than 3 billion yuan (more than 10.000 billion VND in Vietnam).
To date, the Our City urban area project has been replaced by the Hung Ngan Riverside urban area project invested by Hung Ngan Hai Phong Co., Ltd. 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 2024 - 2025.
On a total area of more than 43 hectares of the project, the new investor built many projects and items, such as: Villas, townhouses, luxury apartments, shopping centers, and 5-star hotels. In addition, there are also public, educational, medical and sports works.
Exchange with Reporter, Mr. Tran Anh Tuan - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Hai Thanh Ward, Duong Kinh District, Hai Phong City, said that local people are very upset when the investor is slow in implementing 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, located next to the exit of the Hai Phong - Hanoi Expressway.
“From mid-2023, when learning that the Our City urban area project had changed ownership, local people were very excited. From June to August 6, twice the Hai Phong Department of Construction coordinated to organize conferences to collect people's opinions on adjusting the project planning in the ward, with people strongly agreeing.
At the same time, he expressed his hope that the new investor will soon deploy and complete the project to avoid wasting the local "golden land".
Since January 1, the new investor, Hung Ngan Hai Phong Co., Ltd. has built a fence around the Hung Ngan Riverside urban area project to replace the Our City urban area project. At the same time, demolish all 2024-storey buildings right next to the road. Up to now, only the administrative building of the old project has not been demolished," Mr. Tran Anh Tuan informed.