Ho Chi Minh City official urges renovation of 31 old apartment buildings in 2025

The Office of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee recently issued a statement summarizing Cuong’s conclusions from a meeting on the progress of renovating and reconstructing damaged and deteriorating apartment buildings.

The Department of Construction, in coordination with the Department of Finance, will lead efforts to propose inspections of old apartment buildings as soon as possible and report the results to the municipal government by July 30.

The department was instructed to prioritize repairs of buildings showing signs of structural damage to ensure residents' safety.

Additionally, it was tasked with advising the city on directing ward-level authorities to promptly prepare, appraise, and approve 1:500-scale zoning plans for renovation areas, and submit them to the city by July 30.

For the 31 old apartment buildings to be renovated this year, the Department of Construction will work with ward authorities to propose solutions for addressing obstacles of each building and report them by July 30.

In February 2025, the city approved a master plan to renovate and rebuild deteriorating apartment buildings.

According to the plan, there are 474 old apartment buildings in the city built before 1975. Among them, 16 are classified as Grade D (dangerous and severely damaged).

The city aims to complete the preparatory work for renovating and rebuilding apartments built before 1975 and those constructed between 1975 and 1994 by 2030.

By 2035, Ho Chi Minh City seeks to fully renovate or rebuild all old apartments constructed before 1975 and Grade D buildings built between 1975 and 1994.