Ocean View Nha Trang Project
During the regular meeting of Khanh Hoa People's Committee, vice chairman Nguyen Da Tai said, "Violations at Ocean View Nha Trang must be dealt with or else they will set bad examples to other cases."
On September 4, Khanh Hoa Province People's Committee issued 13 decisions to force the investor to deal with their violations. According to the decision, from September 4 to 19, the investor must remove illegal buildings or else the authorities would apply coercive measures.
But in reality, construction still continued. On October 24, construction materials were brought to the site and workers kept on working.
Nha Trang City People's Committee said even when they cut off power and water supply, the investors used their own generators and brought water tanks to continue the construction.
Meanwhile, over 20 projects have been approved to build on Tien Co Mountain. In late 2018, Khanh Hoa authorities ordered to suspend all projects to let foreign consultant company assess and complete the 1/2000 planning. However, the investor of the Duong De Tam Huong Villa Project ignored the order.
Khanh Hoa Department of Construction has sent an official setter to Tam Huong Company on October 24 to ask them to stop all construction activities. In May, they also fined Tam Huong Company VND35m (USD1,500) because they failed to submit the appraisal report of the construction design.
Nguyen Van Loc, chairman of Khanh Hoa Architect Association, questioned why so many projects on Co Tien Mountain were approved even though this is forestry land.
"Management responsibility must be made clear. Violations can be easily detected if we compare with the original planning," he said.