Reportedly, HCMC People’s Committee and agencies committed violations in land planning and land use management in the Thu Thiem new urban area.
In particular, local authority issued regulations on construction management of the new urban area in an insufficient and untimely manner, calculated land use fee insufficiently and inaccurately to make payment for BT (Build-Transfer) projects
A total land fund of 221.68 hectares in the new urban area was created with State budget but the city’s People’s Committee mainly used the land fund for paying reciprocal capital for BT (Build-Transfer) technical infrastructure projects whose investors were designated.
Therefore, the committee violated regulations on auction and land use management for not organizing bid invitation for the projects and allocating land and collecting land use fee without auctioning the land use right.
Thu Thiem new urban area in HCMC's District 2.
Besides, the Government Inspectorate said that the committee did not abide by bidding regulations when approving the designation of Dai Quang Minh JSC to be investor of the BT project to build four main roads in the Thu Thiem new urban area. The committee did not require the investor to make a proposal in writing, estimate the company’s experience in project design, construction, operation and management as well as its financial ability.
HCMC People’s Committee also approved the project of building the four roads with the total investment capital of VND12.18 trillion ($522.53 million) but did not consult relevant agencies.
After inspections, Government Inspectorate proposed the Prime Minister (PM) to require the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to coordinate with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to issue documents within their jurisdiction or consult the Government on the document issue to improve regulations in order to calculate land use fee and land use right value suitably, objectively and correctly and harmonize the benefits among the state and businesses.
MoF should soon provide specific guidelines on the use of clean land funds and report to PM to make payment to BT projects inculding Thu Thiem new urban area.
HCMC People’s Committee has been proposed to establish a working group to coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies and the Government Inspectorate to review changes of the detail plan in projects which have been implemented including the residential area in the southern side of Mai Chi Tho street. They should scrutinize projects with done land allocation to recalculate land use right value and prevent state budget losses. The city government also should inspect projects having investment policy or contracts but land has not been allocated to investors to organize land use right auction or bid invitation to select qualified investors.
Government Inspectorate would transfer the conclusion to the Central Inspection Commission to consider handling individuals and organizations subject to the management by the Politburo and the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee for concerned violations.
Violations will be transferred to investigation agency unless they are repaired before the end of this year.
Government Inspectorate also revealed three out of four resettlement projects in the new urban area have been built and handled over to the city People’s Committee. At present, since various apartments in these projects are not dwelled so the city’s People’s Committee has auctioned them to convert into commercial housing.
In addtion, the Ministry of Construction’s inspectorate and the State Audit Agency will further inspect the 38.4 hectare resettlement area in the Thu Thiem new urban area and give conclusion.
