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via Vietnam Express, 22 August 2023: Thua Thien-Hue Province plans to relocate 1,287 families from long-standing slums within Hue Citadel to a new resettlement area by 2025.
In 2018, slums in Hue Citadel drew public attention following media reports saying 15,000 residents living there faced severe weather conditions with scant protection, live amidst squalor and pollution and without normal amenities like toilets, stable roofs and walls.
The Imperial City of Hue is a walled fortress and palace that acted as the royal capital city of the Nguyen Dynasty from 1805 until 1945. The location was made a UNESCO site in 1993, and the historic structures were restored and preserved.
Over time, local people who were too poor to move elsewhere illegally built makeshift houses inside the citadel’s walls that became slums because upgrading is not allowed due to preservation regulations.
Source: More slums to be cleared from Hue Citadel – VnExpress International
