Da Nang People’s Committee Vice Chairman Dang Viet Dung has urged the municipal Department of Construction to enact and enforce coercion measures for the Muong Thanh Hotel and Son Tra High-Class Apartment Complex project on Vo Nguyen Giap Street due to its unlicenced construction items.

The Muong Thanh Hotel and Son Tra High-Class Apartment complex.

He also asked functional bodies to strictly handle violations in accordance with the national law.

Mrs Nguyen Thi Anh Thi, Chairwoman of the Ngu Hanh Son District People’s Committee said the local authorities have hired a consultancy unit to enact coercion measures to demolish the illegally-built works.

She, however, added the coercion process has been postponed to complete legal documents and procedures.

To date, the district authorities have already cooperated with local police forces to inform people living in the illegally-built apartments about the demolition work, and ask them to strictly abide by the national law on residence through loudspeakers 3 times a day.

According to the construction licence granted by the municipal Department of Construction, the Muong Thanh Hotel and Son Tra High-Class Apartment Complex project which is developed by the Dien Bien Construction Company No 1 has 42 storeys and 2 basement levels. The 2^nd to 5^th storeys in the apartment block are designated for a parking area, a kindergarten, and some public areas.

However, during construction process, the company has not followed the approved designs, and on its own turned each of the four storeys into 26 apartments for sale.

In addition, the apartment block’s 35^th storey is designed for a shelter according to the construction licence, but in fact 8 apartments have been built there and they have been put into use.

On the 41^st and 42^nd storeys, the total permitted area for construction on each storey is only 313m². However, a total of 26 apartments covering a total area of 4.393m² have been built and put into use on each storey.