In 2009, the ministry completed the Law on Urban Planning, the law on the amendment and supplement to Article 126 of the Housing Law and Article 121 of the Land Law to submit to the 12^th National Assembly for approval. It finished three region zoning projects: building the Vietnam-Cambodia border areas, south of Thanh Hoa and north of Nghe An and the Mekong Delta region and improved proportion of urban .

The ministry also verified 16 kinds of urban areas, implemented a number of water supply and environment improvement projects and raised the number of households having access to safe water to 73 percent. It developed public lighting systems and planted urban trees.

The Ministry worked with localities to build more than 88,000 houses for the poor, 86 housing projects for students and repaired nearly 4,000 houses for people who had contributed to the national revolution.

It also accelerated administrative reform in managing construction and investment. The number of projects which were granted construction licenses increased from 86.8 percent to 92 percent.