Inspectors find grave violations in HCMC urban planning

Authorities committed many violations in planning HCMC’s Thu Thiem new urban area, and residents’ grievances and protests are justified.

Displaced constituents voiced their grievances at the meeting with the city's legislators.

'The greed for cash and profit has changed Thu Thiem.'

May 10, 2018 | 06:59 pm GMT+7

The community from Saigon have traveled to Hanoi 12 times in the last four years in search of answers.

May 10, 2018 | 07:43 am GMT+7

Ho Chi Minh City’s bumpy road to upgrade a swamp into a new urban area.

May 09, 2018 | 11:11 am GMT+7

Many officials suspected the map for Thu Thiem planning never existed but an architect said he actually made it.

May 05, 2018 | 11:47 am GMT+7

The lack of the map has troubled site clearance for a future elite zone as affected people demanded hard proof.

May 03, 2018 | 09:08 am GMT+7

We went out to talk with the builders working on what is heralded as Southeast Asia's financial hub about life on the site.

July 18, 2017 | 07:00 pm GMT+7