Ho Chi Minh City wants to use salty sand to build Can Gio coastal urban area

The Can Gio coastal tourism urban area project has been approved by the Prime Minister to adjust the investment policy to expand from 600 hectares to 2,870 hectares and is a key project of Ho Chi Minh City. The investor estimates the volume of sand for the project to be about 137.6 million m³. It is expected that the source of sand for the project will be taken from sand mines that have been surveyed and explored in the Can Gio sea area, the dug land of the artificial lake, from the neighboring sea area and material sources from other places. From 2006 to 2019, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has granted a license to explore and exploit 10 sand mines in the Can Gio sea area to Can Gio Urban Tourism Joint Stock Company, with a total reserve of more than 27 million m³, equivalent to 20% of the project's demand.

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee assessed that using sea sand from sand mines in the Can Gio coastal area that have been surveyed and assessed for reserves to level the ground for the Can Gio coastal tourism urban area project will facilitate the implementation of the project. However, the current ban on mineral exploitation and mineral reserves in the planning issued under Decision No. 430 of 2013 of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has expired (planning until 2020).

Therefore, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has requested permission for Can Gio Urban Tourism Joint Stock Company to exploit sand at 10 sand mines that the company has explored to serve the Can Gio coastal urban tourism project.

Source link: https://thanhnien.vn/tphcm-muon-lay-cat-nhiem-man-lam-khu-do-thi-lan-bien-can-gio-185230829002212091.htm