Residents demolish homes to make way for Ho Chi Minh City’s nearly 6.3 trillion-dong Binh Tien bridge and road project

Households along Binh Tien Road in Ho Chi Minh City are dismantling their homes to clear land for a bridge and road project valued at nearly 6.3 trillion dong.

The work is taking place along the section between Pham Van Chi Street and Vo Van Kiet Boulevard. Several homes have already been removed, leaving vacant plots, while some households have begun building new houses after clearing their properties.

The project affects 441 cases, including existing technical infrastructure that must be dismantled or relocated for construction. It will pass through Binh Tien, Phu Dinh and Binh Dong wards, as well as Binh Hung Commune.

In Binh Tien Ward, 121 households are affected. By Aug. 26, 68 cases, including three organizations and 65 households, had handed over their land. The ward had invited 88 households to receive compensation and support, paying more than 566 billion dong, or about 73% of the planned amount. The largest payment went to a household identified as L.S.H., which received more than 15.9 billion dong.

Five households are still dealing with inheritance declaration procedures, while 24 are waiting to complete documentation needed to receive payment. Resident Trinh Le Thuc, 58, said her family agreed to hand over its home and wanted the legal procedures completed so construction could proceed. Longtime resident Ly Hy, 65, also lives in the area affected by the project.

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Once all the procedures are complete, if the authorities need the site, we are ready to leave immediately and will not cause any difficulties.