Dozens of people, who have bought land plots in Danang City from Quoc Cuong Gia Lai JS Company and have yet to receive their plots have decided to sue the company.
According to petitions to the People’s Court of Lien Chieu District, they paid entire fee for the land for the company’s Trung Nghia residential area project; however, they have not yet received land and ownership certificates and been given land.
Clients complaining to journalists
Mrs. L.T.L.T. in Thanh Khe District, Danang City, said Quoc Cuong Gia had agreed to sell her two 125 square metre land plots worth VND3.62 billion (USD172,380).
Mrs. T was required to transfer VND2.5 billion (USD119,000) to the firm’s account and the remainder to the individual account of General Director of the company Nguyen Thi Nhu Loan. She paid the whole sum to the company on August 22, 2011.
After that, Mrs. T bought another land plot from the company at VND1.65 billion (USD78,571) under the same payment scheme.
However, to date, the firm has not completed the land ownership procedures for her despite her requests.
Mr. Ma Thanh Vinh in Thanh Khe District said, “We bought a VND115-square metre land plot from Quoc Cuong Gia Lai at over VND1 billion (USD47,619). We were asked to transfer VND690 million to the company’s account and the rest to Mrs. Loan’s personal account. We received the ownership certificate on July 15, 2011, but to until now, have not yet received land to build a house.”
Dozens of potential home owners face the same problem after paying tens of billions of VND. Many of them have had to paid the entire costs, have received the ownership certificates, but not been given land so have had to hire a house to live.
The People’s Court of Lien Chieu District said they would ask the two sides to meet for mediation, and if the situation is not resolved, the case would go to court.
Speaking with Dantri/DTiNews reporter, Mrs. Loan admitted to the late transfer of land to the customers, explaining that it was due to seeking authority approval for electricity and water installation.
She also added that, only 30% of the customers have paid the entire sum, with the remainder paying a small deposit for over 53,000 square metres of the project.
“We have sent letters to the customers about the preparations for the transfer. By August 15, we will start providing land to the households which have paid,” she noted.
Mr. Nghiem Ngoc Son has received a land ownership certificate but not yet been given any land
