The Da Nang People’s Committee has announced at least 24 old apartment buildings will be demolished in 2018 - 2019.

An old apartment building in Hung Vuong District. The city will remove old buildings in high risk of collapse and fire.

Tran Quang Triet, director of the Da Nang Housing Management Company, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Thursday that most of these buildings were built before 1975. The buildings were seriously degraded, at high risk of collapse and did not meet fire safety requirements, he said.

People living in them have repaired their apartments, but they still weren’t safe, Triet said.

The electricity system had been damaged over time and was often overloaded due to overuse, leading to short circuits and high risk of fire, he added.

According to Triet, most residents living in old buildings located in the centre of the city want to stay where they are and have no desire to relocate to resettlement areas far from the centre.

Residents said that they did not want to move because the current area was very convenient for business and their daily lives.

According to the land law and the city’s policy, the residents who agree to move to resettlement areas will receive an apartment, but most of them have not agreed to move.

After many meetings with residents, the city decided to allocate a land plot for each household in Cam Le District’s resettlement area.

The households will receive preferential policies in building costs and pay only 60 per cent of land tax, Triết said.

The city aims to have removed 10 old buildings by late this year.

(Source: VNS)