Central city suspends illegal construction projects
The central city of Da Nang has suspended illegal construction of a coastal eco-tourism project in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve, the city’s construction department said in a statement on March 19. The Biển Tiên Sa Joint-Stock company project has completed construction of 40 foundations of villas by military construction company No 319. But the vice chairman of the Sơn Trà district’s People’s Committee, Nguyễn Thành Nam, said the infrastructure construction licence for the project had not been approved yet by the city. “The construction contractor of the project intentionally started building infrastructure of inner traffic road, foundation of 40 villas, destroying all trees in the area north of Sơn Trà Mountain from 2016,” Nam said at a news briefing on March 18.