20:13' 15/04/2008 (GMT+7)
VietNamNet Bridge - Work on the four-star Sai Gon Givral Hotel has been suspended after a collapse led to the death of one worker last Saturday.
It’s reported that three walls of the HCM City University of Medicine and Pharmacy’s Herbal Medicine Faculty collapsed while workers were digging to build the external wall of the hotel. Phan Viet Hung, one of six workers, was seriously injured and later died in the hospital.
The 13-storey hotel, financed by the Sai Gon Givral Joint Stock Company, received a construction licence last December from the city’s Construction Department. Early this month, the company signed a contract with the Licogi 20 Company to build the foundation and walls of the hotel.
Deputy Chairman of Ward 8’s People’s Committee Pham Ngoc Trang said the Herbal Medicine Faculty has asked relevant authorities to examine the state of its building to ensure the safety of its properties and 500 teachers and students.
The investor and contractor have temporarily reinforced the faculty’s collapsed area. The incident is under investigation by the police, construction inspectors and local authorities.
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