Dozens of factories in Phước Tân Industrial Zone in Đồng Nai Province are constructed without licences. — VNA/VNS Photo Sỹ Tuyên

HÀ NỘI — People’s committees of central-level cities and provinces have been ordered to strengthen quality management of industrial buildings with large walls.

The move came after recent wall collapses which led to deaths and property damage.

According to the Ministry of Construction, the construction of industrial buildings has mushroomed in almost all localities.

In many cases, building contractors and constructors are not qualified and there are reportedly violations in the construction process, resulting in accidents.

The Ministry of Construction asked the Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology to compile instructions on the design, construction and inspection of industrial buildings with large walls.

The quality management of those buildings would be more urgent to ensure safety and avoid further incidents in the coming rainy season, said deputy minister of construction Lê Quang Hùng.

Localities must also strengthen management on the capacity of investors, contractors and constructors of industrial buildings, he said.

On May 14, 10 workers died and 14 others suffered from severe injuries in a wall collapse at a factory of Av Healthcare JS Company located in Giang Điền Industrial Zone in southern Đồng Nai Province.

In March last year, six people died after a wall collapsed in a factory of Bohsing Company in Vĩnh Long Province.

In both cases, the wall collapses resulted from construction violations. — VNS