Ho Chi Minh City to issue list of unsafe apartments within days

March 29, 2018 | 17:18

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At the press conference held today at the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, lieutenant-colonel Nguyen Van Bang, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City Fire Prevention Department, said that his department is cooperating with the committee to issue a directive to ensure fire safety at apartment and high-rise building projects.

According to Ho Chi Minh City Fire Prevention Department, four main contents will be implemented, including a review of fire prevention in all apartment and high-rise buildings in the city, compile a public list of all buildings, categorising them as safe, moderately safe, and unsafe.

ho chi minh city to issue list of unsafe apartments within days

Ho Chi Minh City will take strong action against projects that are deemed unsafe

The directive will also issue a fire prevention handbook to all families living in the related projects and lay down action plans in the event of a fire.

Especially, the directive will heavily penalise developers who are found to be too slow in improving their fire prevention system.

These are drastic measures from the committee, requiring all project owners to increase their responsibilities for fire safety and focus on the lives of residents.

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Fire Prevention Department, the initial inspection results showed that seven high-rise buildings in the city where developers have permitted residents to move in have subpar fire prevention systems.

"These buildings will have to thoroughly resolve the existing problems to safeguard the lives of residents," he said.

Vo Van Hoan, chief officer of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, said that despite the large number of inspections on fire prevention, they proved ultimately ineffective.

"The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee will widely publicise the list of projects which are found unsafe to inform buyers and residents can deciding to buy an accommodation or move in,” Hoan said.

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