Hundreds of houses in HCM City are collapsing because a nearby canal project has made their foundations unstable - walls are cracking and buildings tilting.
Nguyen Ba Tai, of Nguyen Van Luong Street, was using poles to stop his house collapsing, but the floor has now cracked, making the house too dangerous to live in.
"The construction unit promised that they would give us compensation by April 30, but it's July and we haven't seen anything," Tai said.
A workshop on the street is also seeing subsidence, tilted walls and cracks. Che Thanh Danh, the workshop's owner, said workers have to find other places to live because of the danger of collapse in a storm.
Residents blame the nearby Tan Hoa-Lo Gom Canal construction.
Le Thanh Liem, head of an HCM City construction management board overseeing the canal project, said more than 600 households have reported damage. As of July 3, 300 households had been compensated, at a cost of more than VND22bn.
Construction units have been urged to quickly deal with the problem and make compensation for all damaged houses by the end of July.
Tilting house
Large cracks in walls
A tilting wall on verge of collapse
