By mid-July, only 72 of 220 ageing apartment blocks requiring safety inspections had been assessed, equivalent to 32.72 per cent, according to the municipal Department of Construction.
The city has ordered the department and relevant agencies to speed up inspections and the renovation and reconstruction of deteriorating apartment buildings.
The department is also required to submit monthly progress reports, clearly identifying responsibilities, deadlines and results.
The programme focuses on apartment blocks built before 1994 across 32 wards, whose local authorities have been tasked with directly overseeing the work and taking responsibility for progress.
Once inspections and planning reviews are completed, the Department of Construction will update the city's 2025-2035 programme to renovate and rebuild ageing apartment blocks.
The Department of Home Affairs will monitor implementation and advise the municipal administration on accountability for agencies that fail to complete assigned tasks.
HCM City currently has 16 Grade D apartment projects, the highest danger classification, with buildings severely deteriorated and at risk of collapse.
Residents have been relocated from nine of the 16 buildings, involving 534 households. Evacuations are under way at three others, while four have yet to be cleared.
Another 13 apartment buildings not classified as Grade D also require attention, including 12 where renovation began before 2016 and a building at 518 Vo Van Kiet Street that has suffered tilting and subsidence.
Ten apartment complexes built before 1975 that have yet to undergo emergency evacuation and demolition have also been proposed for renovation.
