The Government Inspectorate announced that VND9.8 trillion (USD470 million) needed to be recovered from land-use violations in nine districts in Hanoi during 2001-2010.
A corner in Van Quan urban area where investors had deliberately increased the number of floors
Violators had improperly used 5,718 square metres of land and wrongfully collected VND5.4 trillion in fees, includingVND2.9 trillion of wrongful land-use fees in four projects in former Ha Tay Province.
According to the inspectors, the investors in many new urban areas such as Van Quan, Van Phu and new projects in Tu Liem District had deliberately increased the number of floors, the number of buildings and changed the registered blueprints.
The inspectorate proposed to collect outstanding land-use fee of VND2,574 billion, the fines for slow payment of land-use fees totalled VND1,880 billion, with outstanding improper fees at VND5,345 billion.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered the Ministry of Finance to co-operate with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and Hanoi authorities to inspect and propose solutions to the Prime Minister in early 2013.
After the inspection in former Ha Tay Province and Hoa Binh Province, Hanoi authorities halted 192 of 398 projects that covered total 19,608 hectares due to their inconsistency with the city's urban planning.
