Tens of public offices left deserted after mergers of wards in Ho Chi Minh City
Saturday, December 16, 2023, 16:27 GMT+7
Dozens of public offices and headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City now stand abandoned after the city established Thu Duc City and merged several wards in 2021.
As per the National Assembly Standing Committee’s Resolution 1111, which came into force on January 1, 2021, Ho Chi Minh City set up Thu Duc City by merging Districts 2, 9 and Thu Duc, and merged 19 wards in Districts 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 and Phu Nhuan District into nine wards.
A report made by the municipal People’s Committee about the result of the implementation of the resolution after three years showed that as many as 75 public offices and headquarters became empty.
These buildings have yet to be utilized and rebuilt for other purposes, causing wastefulness.
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| The inside of the old headquarters of the Ward 3 Police Agency on Nguyen Duy Duong Street in District 10 is in a mess. The building covers 227 square meters. Photo: Phuong Nhi / Tuoi Tre |
Ho Chi Minh City will continue to rearrange district- and commune-level administrative units in the 2023-30 period.
Accordingly, 129 wards, communes and towns will be merged, which will make more public offices superfluous.
It is tough to handle these properties as complicated procedures to convert land use purpose discourage buyers.
Meanwhile, the transfiguration of these offices for other purposes has been delayed.
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| The old headquarters of the Ward 3 Police Agency on Nguyen Duy Duong Street in District 10 becomes an illegal parking lot and a dumpsite. Photo: Phuong Nhi / Tuoi Tre |
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| As planned, the old headquarters of the Ward 2 People’s Committee in District 10 will be converted into a document warehouse. Photo: Thao Le / Tuoi Tre |
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| The old headquarters of the Ward 2 People’s Committee in District 10 has been left deserted over the past few years. Photo: Thao Le / Tuoi Tre |
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| At 267-269 Ngo Gia Tu Street in District 10, a public office stands abandoned, with its outside used as a parking lot. Photo: Phuong Nhi / Tuoi Tre |
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| The door of an empty public office is broken, while the inside of the building is untidy. Photo: Phuong Nhi / Tuoi Tre |
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| The old headquarters of the Ward 13 Police Agency in Phu Nhuan District is located on Le Van Sy Street is left deserted. Photo: Thao Le / Tuoi Tre |
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