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Hanoi parks remain unfinished for years

By Ngoc Thanh, Vo Hai   May 2, 2022 | 05:30 pm PT
Several parks in Hanoi, including the Ha Dong sport park and Hello Kitty theme park, remain under construction despite starting years ago.
Kim Quy Park is the capitals largest park project, located in the north, in Vinh Ngoc commune, Dong Anh district. The project, which spans more than 100 hectares and has a total capital of approximately 4,600 billion VND, began in September 2016 and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2018, but it remains undeveloped.On the morning of April 25, delegate Duy Hoang Duong questioned Hanoi city leaders about investment and exploitation of cultural and sports institutions in the area: Kim Quy and Helo Kitty Park are two projects. a non-budget investment The investors proposed implementing the project at the citys development investment conference in June 2021, hoping that the City Peoples Committee would facilitate administrative procedures as well as other work, but both are still not in use. This is both a waste of land resources and a source of frustration for the people.

Kim Quy park in Dong Anh District is the largest proposed park. According to the plan, the 100-hectare park, budgeted at VND4.6 trillion (US$200 million), began in September 2016 and was scheduled to be completed at the end of 2018.
Duy Hoang Duong, head of the city People's Council’s legal department, said at a meeting with Hanoi leaders that Kim Quy and Hello Kitty are not funded by the city. At a development investment conference in June 2021 the developers of the two parks called on the city to speed up administrative procedures so they could start construction. But they have yet to begin, and as a result huge tracts of land are remaining idle.
Large-sized panels about the amusement parks that will be built are hung on the wall that surrounds the project. Nguyen Truc Anh, Director of the Department of Planning and Architecture, explained the projects slow progress: Kim Quy Park currently has no problems with planning, but primarily with site clearance issues.

Large billboards for the amusement park stand on an empty piece of land.
"Kim Quy has no problems with planning, only with site clearance issues," Nguyen Truc Anh, director of the Department of Planning and Architecture, said referring to the slow progress.
According to Do Anh Tuan, Director of the Department of Planning and Investment, the Kim Quy Park project has approved the investment policy, made a decision on land allocation, and has a handover and clearance area of 988,000 m2/more than one million m2. The remainder is currently being completed by the Dong Anh district. The investor must organize the implementation in accordance with the planning and the city-adjusted portion. Kim Quy Parks design is a fusion of Co Loa culture and Universal Studios modern amusement park model. There is currently no construction activity inside, and this vast area contains only a few lakes and a bow-shaped concrete road.

According to Do Anh Tuan, director of the Department of Planning and Investment, construction plans for Kim Quy Park have been approved and the developers have received almost the entire one million square meters they need.
Kim Quy’s design fuses the Co Loa Citadel and Universal Studio's modern amusement park. There is currently no construction going on, and this vast area contains only a few small lakes and a bow-shaped concrete road.
Sanrio Hello Kitty World Hanoi, with an area of nearly 30,000 m2, was announced in May 2019 to be built at 151-153 Yen Phu, Tay Ho district.

Sanrio Hello Kitty World Hanoi, to be built on an area of nearly 30,000 m2 in Yen Phu, Tay Ho District, was announced in May 2019.
According to Nguyen Truc Anh, Director of the Department of Planning and Architecture, Helo kitty has also completed and been approved since 2018 with 8 floors and an 80 percent construction density. The main issue here is site clearance, which is assigned to the investor because there is a portion of public land.

Anh said the project plan was approved in 2018 with eight floors and an 80 percent construction density. The issue remaining is land acquisition, which has been entrusted to the developer since there is some privately owned property.
The park is in a beautiful setting near West Lake, Sword Lake, and major hotels. Do Anh Tuan, Director of the Department of Planning and Investment, stated that the Helo Kitty project was approved by the Hanoi Peoples Committee on Investment Policy in 2018, and that it is expected to be completed in 2020. The city has decided to withdraw over 2,600 m2 of land belonging to the Tourism Corporation and assign it to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment for auctioning land use rights. Following the completion of the land procedures, the investor continues to fine-tune the investment policy and project implementation.

The park is in a beautiful setting near West Lake, Sword Lake and major hotels.
The Ha Dong district green park and sports park, approved by the former Ha Tay province, has been planned in Ha Cau and Kien Hung wards since 2008, covering an area of 96.7 hectares. Following the merger of Ha Tay and Hanoi, the City Peoples Committee assigned Ha Dong district to carry out the project. The project was put on hold due to a lack of funds. The projects entrance is guarded by a makeshift fence, with one lane of cars coming in and out and the other lane reserved for motorcycles.

The Ha Dong District sports park was approved by the former Ha Tay Province, now part of Hanoi. Acquisition of 96.7 hectares of land has been done in Ha Cau and Kien Hung wards since 2008.
Following Ha Tay’s merger with Hanoi, the city people's committee assigned Ha Dong District to carry out the project, which was however put on hold due to a lack of funds.
The land has a makeshift fences.
Many restaurants, warehouses, factories, and other structures on the parks land are corrugated iron-roofed. The green park area, according to the plan, includes the following main items: entrance gate, public trees, regulating lake, drainage ditch combined with landscape, roads, walking paths, pet market, cottage market industry, golf course... are exploited in the form of an open park, without the construction of separation fences. More than 70% of the land in the park and green area will be planted with shady trees of various types, such as black stars, flower slices, incense, crocodiles, and so on, to provide shade and landscape.

Many restaurants, warehouses, factories, and others on the park land have corrugated iron roofs.
The park, according to its plan, will have trees, a lake, landscaping, roads, walking paths, a pet market, and a golf course.
To avoid wasting valuable abandoned land, the Hanoi Peoples Committee decided to recover it in 2015, directing the Peoples Committee of Ha Dong district to complete site clearance and organize the management, use, and temporary exploitation of the land area. Temporarily exploited works include a mini-ball court, a golf practice ground, static parking, and so on.

The Hanoi People's Committee decided to reappropriate the land in 2015, and directed Ha Dong District to organize the management, use and temporary exploitation of the land. It has a golf course, a driving range and others.
 
 
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