Article: VOA NEWS: HANOI ORDERS NEW HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS TO CUT OFF TOP FLOORS

The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Matt Steinglass

A construction boom is underway in Hanoi, with new office and apartment towers going up all over the city. But the city government has told the owners of several tall new buildings to chop off the their top stories, which they say violate zoning rules. As Matt Steinglass reports from Hanoi, developers are complaining the rules for building height are unclear.

Hanoi's new Intercontinental Hotel is just one of many massive projects under construction in Hanoi's booming real-estate scene.

But the city government has ordered developers of several new towers to cut multiple stories off the tops of their buildings, saying they ...

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