Stop the project construction near Ba Dinh square

In a statement issued on the afternoon of April 6, the Hanoi Party Committee said that Secretary Dinh Tien Dung had asked the Party Civil Affairs Committee of the City People’s Committee and Ba Dinh District Party Committee to direct the review and strictly handle collective and individual responsibilities. related persons to cause violations (if any) at the project 61 Tran Phu. The review results must be reported to the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee before April 15.

The decision to stop construction was made in the context of many people expressing their regret that the nearly 100-year-old factory, one of the most beautiful and original industrial structures in the capital, was demolished and prepared to be replaced by a new factory. Project with 11 floating floors, 6 floors. This land is very close to Ba Dinh square, attached with a relief that records the marks of militiamen shooting down American planes.

Responding to the press, the Hanoi Department of Planning and Architecture said that the land at 61 Tran Phu is managed and used by the Postal Equipment Joint Stock Company (Postef). The land area is more than 9,000 m2, of which 1,555 m2 is within the red line, not allowed to build works; 7,520 m2 is located outside the red line, used as an office with a land lease period of 50 years, from 2017.

On the land, there are 2-storey buildings, which are factories built by the French in the early 20th century, then the headquarters and production factory of Postef. “This work is not on the list of other architectural works built before 1954 that need to focus resources to preserve and promote cultural values,” the Department of Planning and Architecture affirmed.

Leading the general construction planning of the capital to 2030, with a vision to 2050 approved by the Prime Minister in July 2011, the Regulation on management of the city’s general architectural planning, the Department of Planning and Architecture said that the land area at 61 Tran Phu in the Ba Dinh Political Center area, with the orientation to move the factory out of the center and build it into a complex of commerce, service, and high-class hotel; make the most of underground space for commerce and services. The building can only have a maximum height of 11 floors, with a construction density of 50%.

Up to now, the investor has been approved by the relevant agencies for the investment policy; permit the change of land use purpose; give opinions on the technical design of the underground part and grant the construction permit of the underground part.

The Hanoi Department of Planning and Architecture affirmed that the relocation of the factory out of the central area to build a multi-purpose project with architectural planning criteria is in line with the orientation approved by the Prime Minister and approved by the Prime Minister. competent authorities for consideration and approval. The scale of the work complies with the approved planning, similar to the work of the National Assembly’s working house built in the opposite land (11 floors / 44.6 m high) so as not to affect the architectural space. landscape of Ba Dinh Political Center Area.

Location of building 61 Tran Phu, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi.

Vo Hai