According to the newspaper’s report, in many residential areas in Hanoi, playgrounds and parks were being encroached by car parking lots and mobile shops. But the collective open-air public space in the area is just a few thousands square metres. But the area was turned into an illegal car parking space years ago, and nothing has been done about it. "These public spaces and playgrounds have now been slashed, destroyed or replaced by houses, stores and food stalls, besides parking areas," Nguyen Lan Phuong, a resident said. Illegally encroaching on to public spaces and playgrounds is the fault of inadequate management of buildings’ management boards and the local authorities, Nghiem said.

Source: VietNamNet News June 04, 2018 04:41 UTC