A project to move those living in floating villages in Ha Long Bay on land is behind schedule because there is not enough funding, said Tran Trong Trung, chairman of the People's Committee of Ha Long City in the northern province of Quang Ninh.
There are currently 625 floating houses in Ha Long Bay, home to 2,100 people. Only 89 households have houses on land. Efforts to relocate the others to solid ground began in 2012 with 122 households resettled by last May.
But building houses for the others requires 206 billion VND (9.5 million USD), a sum that includes 39 billion VND (1.8 million USD) for compensation and 167 billion VND (7.6 million USD) for building the eight-hectare resettlement area in Ha Tu District, which will contain 364 houses.
The provincial party secretary, Nguyen Minh Chinh, asked relevant agencies to complete the project by 2014.
The idea behind the project is to make the city environment cleaner and safer and create a better life for residents, Trung said.-VNA
There are currently 625 floating houses in Ha Long Bay, home to 2,100 people. Only 89 households have houses on land. Efforts to relocate the others to solid ground began in 2012 with 122 households resettled by last May.
But building houses for the others requires 206 billion VND (9.5 million USD), a sum that includes 39 billion VND (1.8 million USD) for compensation and 167 billion VND (7.6 million USD) for building the eight-hectare resettlement area in Ha Tu District, which will contain 364 houses.
The provincial party secretary, Nguyen Minh Chinh, asked relevant agencies to complete the project by 2014.
The idea behind the project is to make the city environment cleaner and safer and create a better life for residents, Trung said.-VNA
