Asking for opinions on building a school on Binh Hung Hoa cemetery land

The above information is contained in a document recently sent by the Department of Planning and Architecture to the Office of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City regarding the progress, difficulties, and obstacles in the implementation of the project to relocate the Binh Hung Hoa cemetery (Binh Tan District).

The Binh Hung Hoa cemetery project area covers more than 44 hectares, bordering two main roads: Binh Long - Huong Lo 3 ​​road and Tan Ky - Tan Quy road (Binh Tan District).

This project is being implemented in accordance with Document 4894 of 2010 from the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee and Document 4119 of 2010 from the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee regarding the policy of relocating Binh Hung Hoa Cemetery, with the goal of improving the living environment for people in the adjacent area and contributing to urban beautification.

According to the People's Committee of Binh Tan District, the area adjacent to the cemetery where the Gamuda Land Tan Phu project is located has already seen the development of large-scale service and commercial facilities. Therefore, developing service and commercial functional areas according to the approved plan at the cemetery will not be economically efficient. Furthermore, developing residential buildings on the cemetery land after the exhumation of graves is expected to face many difficulties due to cultural and spiritual factors.

Binh Hung Hoa Cemetery area, Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City

Meanwhile, some land plots designated for educational purposes in the district have not yet been reclaimed due to difficulties in compensation. Therefore, the People's Committee of Binh Tan District proposes adjusting the planning at the Binh Hung Hoa cemetery project to increase the amount of public land such as educational land and green space to serve the needs of the people.

According to the results of the comparison by the Department of Planning and Architecture, the location of Binh Hung Hoa cemetery falls under the mixed-use land planning: public center land, park and sports green space land, existing residential land and new residential development land.

In 2010, Ho Chi Minh City determined that for the land area managed by the Ho Chi Minh City Urban Environment Company Limited, a plan should be developed to exploit and use no more than 10 hectares for commercial purposes to generate capital for relocating the Binh Hung Hoa cemetery and building a park on the remaining land. Thus, the proposed adjustment to the planning of Binh Tan District differs from the previous directives of the City Party Committee and the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City.

The Department of Planning and Architecture agrees with the proposal to adjust the planning to create a park and school at Binh Hung Hoa cemetery.

According to the Department of Planning and Architecture, the proposal to adjust the mixed-use land use plan to increase the land fund for public facilities to serve the needs of people in the area is in accordance with regulations. Therefore, the Department of Planning and Architecture recommends that the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee report to the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee for consideration and approval of the proposed plan adjustment for Binh Tan District.

If approved, the Department of Planning and Architecture will coordinate with the People's Committee of Binh Tan District to study its integration into the revised master plan of Ho Chi Minh City, which is currently being developed, as a basis for adjusting the 1/2000 scale zoning plans in this area.

Nearly 1.5 trillion VND will be spent on schools and parks.

In July 2023, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council approved the investment plan for infrastructure, schools, and green parks at the Binh Hung Hoa cemetery site - phase 3, with the Binh Tan District Investment and Construction Project Management Board as the investor.

The project, implemented on a land area of ​​over 17 hectares, includes the following components: construction of a new secondary school, land leveling, road construction, water supply and drainage, electricity and lighting systems, and landscaping. The total investment for the project is nearly 1,500 billion VND from the Ho Chi Minh City budget, to be implemented in the period 2023 - 2026.

The Binh Hung Hoa cemetery relocation project is divided into three phases. Phase 1, implemented from 2014, has so far relocated 13,662 out of 15,539 graves; Phase 2, implemented from 2017, has so far relocated 11,784 out of 16,848 graves; and Phase 3 involves compensation and resettlement support.

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