The urban area project in area 10B by Do Gia Capital Co., Ltd. is pouring land directly, without embankments, into the sea area in the buffer zone of the World Natural Heritage of Ha Long Bay - special protection zone no. 2 in Ha Long Bay.

On the morning of November 6, talking to Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper, the leader of the Ha Long Bay Management Board said that the unit had sent a document to the Quang Ninh Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the Quang Ninh Department of Culture and Sports and the Cam Pha City People’s Committee to organize a coordinated inspection into the Urban area project in Area 10B in Quang Hanh Ward, Cam Pha City.

A series of limestone mountains were surrounded to make “rockeries”

According to people’s feedback, recently, local people discovered that on the Ha Long - Cam Pha coastal route, the section passing through Ha Phong - Cam Pha ward, a series of “tiger pouncing” trucks appeared following each other, carrying soil and stones for leveling for the Urban Area Project in Area 10B (Urban Area 10B) showed signs of overload without a single tarpaulin covering, causing dust and dirt to be scattered all over the road surface.

To implement the 10B Urban Area project within the boundaries of Quang Hanh ward, Cam Pha City, the investor, Do Gia Capital Co., Ltd. (address in Cam Pha City) poured soil to create a road more than 1 km long. from the coastline of Ha Long - Cam Pha to the sea. Notably, many rocky mountains are surrounded to form “rockeries”, and the soil and rocks are leveled, making the sea water turbid and discolored.

The leader of the Ha Long Bay Management Board further informed through environmental monitoring work along the coast of Ha Long Bay (September 19) that the urban area project in area 10B by Do Gia Capital Co., Ltd. is pouring land directly into the sea area of the buffer zone of the World Natural Heritage of Ha Long Bay, protection zone 2 of the Ha Long Bay Special National Monument without any embankment.

Dumping soil directly into the waters of Ha Long Bay without environmental protection measures will pollute the water environment, affecting the ecosystems of natural heritage areas - special national monuments in Ha Long Bay.

This violates regulations on environmental protection and heritage protection according to the Law on Environmental Protection, the Law on Cultural Heritage, and the project’s environmental impact assessment report approved by the People’s Committee of Quang Ninh province.

The project encroaches on Ha Long Bay for a kilometer from the Ha Long - Cam Pha sea boundary

Confronting with the incident, the Ha Long Bay Management Board requested the Quang Ninh Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the Quang Ninh Department of Culture and Sports, and the Cam Pha City People’s Committee to inspect and request construction units to comply with the law on environmental and heritage protection. At the same time, there must be solutions to prevent substances that pollute the environment and ecology of Ha Long Bay.

Quang Ninh Department of Construction also requested Do Gia Capital Co., Ltd. to comply with the design documents and construction permits that had been evaluated and licensed. They are required to have appropriate construction measures to ensure water circulation in the areas of sea mangroves on both sides of route No. 1. The company must take actions to minimize the impact on the overall landscape and environment of the World Natural Heritage Ha Long Bay

It is recommended that the People’s Committee of Cam Pha City perform the state management function on construction order for the 10B urban area project: Inspect and supervise the construction process to ensure compliance with design documents, construction permits that have been appraised and licensed, and environmental impact assessment reports approved by the People’s Committee of Quang Ninh province; promptly take measures to prevent and handle violations of construction order and activities that affect the environment and landscape of the world natural heritage of Ha Long Bay.

According to the project’s environmental impact assessment approval, the People’s Committee of Quang Ninh province stated: “The total project area is about 31.8 hectares, of which 3.88 hectares is in the buffer zone, area 2 of the World Natural Heritage of Ha Long Bay. The scale of project items includes: 451 villas and adjacent houses; rough construction and finishing of the exterior of 52 villas. There are also commercial and service projects. , including 7-story hotels. The population is estimated to be roughly 2,524 people.”

Ha Long Bay Management Board affirmed that the location of the 10B Urban Area project is located in the buffer zone of Ha Long Bay.

This land has a starting price of 1,145.3 billion VND and Do Gia Capital Co., Ltd. won the auction for the right to use the land with an auction value of 1,192 billion VND (46 billion VND higher than the starting price).

It is known that Do Gia Capital Company Limited was established on November 18, 2021 with a charter capital of 200 billion VND, led by Mr. T.H.T. be a director. However, by December 30, 2021 (the time the People’s Committee of Quang Ninh province recognized the winning results of the land use rights auction), this business was only “42 days old” and had eliminated 8 serious opponents to win the auction for a land with a value of trillions dong.

Through research, it is known that in the past few years, UNESCO has repeatedly warned that Ha Long Bay Heritage is under a lot of pressure from tourism activities, shipping and especially rapid urbanization in several areas of Quang Ninh, causing the bay environment to be affected.