An old house in Au Trieu street that has been repaired. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNS/VNA) — Villas and architectural worksbuilt before 1954 in Hanoi will not be licensed for renovation and repairin the near future.
The municipal People’s Committee recently issued the decisionon management of old houses and valuable architectural constructions.
The Department of Construction will review the management ofvillas built before 1954 and report difficulties to the People’sCommittee. It will review villas with French architecture that must bepreserved. On that basis, a list of ancient houses will be proposed to theCo-operation Programme with the French Embassy for consideration.
According to the city's leaders, in recent times, manyrenovations and design changes for the old buildings have taken place. Forexample, in Pham Dinh Ho ward (Hai Ba Trung district), there have been a seriesof renovated and repaired villas transformed into restaurants and bars.
Also in the ward, Villa No 7, Lane 2, Hang Chuoi street,originally a Group 3 villa, was demolished and replaced with a seven-storeybuilding.
However, the construction work in a narrow alleyunreasonably impacted neighbours, while the basement construction wasfound to be against regulations, so construction was suspended. The area is nowa vacant lot.
Villas in Hanoi are divided into three groups. Group 1features villas associated with ranked historical and cultural relicsor cultural heritage. Group 2 includes villas with architectural value butnot in group 1, located on main streets such as Phan Dình Phung, Dien Bien Phu,Hoang Dieu, Tran Phu and Nguyen Thai Học. The remaining villas are in Group3.
Similarly, Tran Hung Dao Ward, Hoan Kiem district is home tomany old villas, which are also massively renovated and newly licensed,including those with illegal construction works./.
VNA
