Singer Thu Minh said she was preparing to file a case against the investor of the Leman Luxury Apartments in HCM City for failing to complete its project on time.

Minh and her husband visited the Leman Luxury Apartments project on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street in HCM City last year. The couple wanted to buy two penthouses here.

Construction on the Leman Luxury Apartments project, owned by CT Phuong Nam Company, covers 4,275 square metres started in March 2011 and was expected to be completed in the final quarter of last year, but ran over into this year.

However, Thu Minh, proved unable to wait.

"Happiness was smothered by lies and deception," Minh hysterically wrote on her Facebook page on April 5. "My dream about a dream home at Leman should have been realised a year ago. Now I'll officially sue CT Phuong Nam... Let's see how it all plays out, I'll inform you later. Too disappointed!"

Minh said she decided to take the legal action because of delays and “too many unfulfilled promises”.

In last January, Minh and her Dutch husband, Roelof Wilem Otto De Jager, decided to buy two penthouses at Leman Luxury Apartments project on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street in District 3 which cost over USD4m. The couple said the penthouses which cover 670 square metres were to be a gift to welcome their firstborn son. When the contract was signed, Minh was five months into her pregnancy. Now her one year-old son will no longer be the recipient of a luxury penthouse.

CT Phuong Nam held a press meeting shortly after the singer posted the information. The company argued that what Minh said was completely wrong and was largely affecting their reputation.

Le Thi Mai Tam, representative of CT Phuong Nam, said they had signed a contract with Minh in January last year. They asked Minh to pay VND15.8bn as a deposit but Minh said she did not have the money and so the company agreed to let the couple pay VND2bn (USD90,000).

Then last November, Minh said she wished to terminate the contract because the company was slow to complete the construction. They terminated the contract and returned the money to Minh and had provided compensation of over VND3bn.

"She received her money and interest last year and does not have any ties to the penthouses. Now she is misleading people, with her comments," Mai said.

She went on to say that the company wished to maintain good relationships with customers but they would let the legal system deal with Minh's supposed claims.