Ho Chi Minh City will restrict the licensing of downtown high-rise building projects from now until the end of this year, announced the city’s People’s Council after a meeting Wednesday.
The resolution was made after representatives voiced their concerns Tuesday that skyscrapers were being built across the southern metro’s center without careful planning and giant buildings were worsening traffic in several areas.
Thai Van Re, director of the Department of Planning and Investment, did his best to rebuff Nghia by attributing the increases to design adjustments and inflation.