The Government Inspectorate finds many violations in housing projects developed in Hanoi between 2002 and 2014 (Photo: dantri.com.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Government Inspectorate has detected violationsworth (69.4 million USD) in many housing projects developed in Hanoi between2002 and 2014.
The violations and the poor quality of planning of residential areas were foundafter the inspectors checked 38 out of 204 projects.
Housing plans were adjusted several times, leading to changes in the heights ofbuildings and land use coefficient. In particular, the arbitrary adjustment ofplans affected the rulings and interests of the State, according to theinspectors’ conclusion.
“This situation has led to difficulties in building a correlative urbanplanning for the city," Tran Huu Loi, head of the inspection delegation,told the Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper.
These violations benefitted investors because they were not obliged to pay moreland use fee or land rent as the adjustment of plans had been made in favour ofthe investors, causing losses to the State budget, the Government Inspectoratesaid.
Further, housing project developers did not fulfill their financialobligations.
For example, the investor of the CT2 land plot under the Kim Van-Kim Lu NewUrban Area Project in Hoang Mai district did not pay land use fee equal to 733billion VND (32.24 million USD), although it built houses for rent.
In many projects, inspectors found investors illegally altering land use andconstruction plans, using more land but not paying land use fee for theextended area.
At the time of inspection, many investors had not yet paid obligatory fees tothe State budget.
The Hanoi People’s Committee also miscalculated land use fee, while in somecases, housing project investors did not fulfill all their financialobligations, resulting in a shortfall of 6 trillion VND (266.6 million USD) forthe State budget.
On the basis of the inspection results, the Government Inspectorate hasproposed the Prime Minister direct the chairman of the city People’s Committeeto take measures to rectify shortcomings and violations in management ofconstruction investment and land use.
The committee needs to review and check project investors violating land useand construction plans to handle the violations, it said.
Organisations and individuals also have to review their responsibility inmanagement, the Government Inspectorate added.-VNA
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The Government Inspectorate finds many violations in housing projects developed in Hanoi between 2002 and 2014 (Photo: dantri.com.vn) 
