Work on more than 500 investment projects in Ha Noi is at a standstill.
The projects are among the 3,401 to receive land totalling more than 33,000ha, according to a report by the Ha Noi People’s Committee.
The main reason for the delays was slow land clearance. Involving about 3,500ha, it had prevented 294 projects starting. Of the total, 187 were State-funded and the rest, privately financed.
Authorities were working to reclaim land allocated to five projects where the law had been broken. The land would be allocated to eligible projects or kept for public purposes.