Most Hanoi apartments don’t have fire insuranceAs of April 4, only 179 out of 718 multi-storey apartment buildings in Hanoi had fire insurance, according to the Hanoi Fire Prevention and Control Police Department. Fire broke out at an apartment block on Hoang Hoa Tham street, Hanoi, in December 2017More than half of the 179 apartment buildings which have insurance are trade or high-class buildings. In the first three months this year only, the capital city had 280 fires, of which 87 occurred in multi-storey buildings. The insurance must cover all parts of the construction works such as houses, machines, equipment and raw materials. The decree also regulated that insurance enterprises can refuse to sell insurance to apartment buildings without fire prevention reports and control safety inspection.

Source: VietNamNet News April 05, 2018 04:30 UTC