Confusion and misery have been their constant companions for more than 20 years now, as they live in slum-like conditions, unable to repair their own house or build new homes on their land. In a fate similar to families in the Thu Liem Peninsula, which is tied up in a massive plan to become the city’s new commercial center in District 2, people in Thanh Da of Binh Thanh District have “lost” their properties to the grandiose Thanh Da Eco Urban Area project conceived of by the city authorities. For decades now, these small, rundown shanties of these families have struck a stark contrast with the skyscrapers in District 1, just across the Saigon River. ‘We have no right’ Le Van Hai’s family has been living on a spacious plot of land in the peninsula’s Residential Area 1 for many generations. But, for more than 20 years now, life has descended into misery. They can neither sell parts of their land to improve their living conditions, nor renovate and expand their run-down house. Pointing at the garden behind his house, Hai said the plot of land had been passed down in his family from the time of his great-grandparents, and… Read full this story
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