PM urges greater efforts to complete 100,000 social housing units in 2025
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a conference on August 16 in Haoi to review the implementation of social housing development targets in the first seven months of 2025 and outline plans for the remaining five months.
The event was connected online with People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities.
According to the Ministry of Construction, 692 social housing projects are currently underway nationwide with a total scale of more than 633,000 apartments. Of these, 146 projects have been completed (more than 103,000 units), 144 are under construction (over 127,000 units), and 402 have received investment approval (over 400,000 units), fulfilling 59.6% of the target set in the program to build one million social housing units by 2030.
Several localities have met or exceeded their targets, including Hung Yen (113%) and Bac Ninh (102%). Ho Chi Minh City has completed more than 4,000 units, is building nearly 13,000 units, and expects to complete almost 7,000 units by the end of the year (53% of its annual plan). The city also plans to allocate more than 1,000 hectares of land for social housing by 2030.
In his speech, PM Pham Minh Chinh stressed that social housing development is a major, humanitarian policy that ensures social security, human rights, and serves as a driver of sustainable growth. He requested further institutional improvements, streamlined procedures, and strong engagement of the entire political system, with the determination to finalize 100,000 social housing units in 2025.
The PM underlined the need to prevent corruption, misconduct, and policy profiteering during the implementation process.
He called on Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to actively expand their social housing stock, including policies for the armed forces. Ministries, sectors, and localities were asked to incorporate social housing targets into Party congress resolutions for the 2025-2030 term, while reviewing the housing needs of officials, civil servants, and workers facing difficulties to provide suitable solutions.
Ho Chi Minh City targets 199,000 social housing units by 2030
VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City has set a goal of developing more than 199,000 social housing units between 2021 and 2030, according to the municipal Department of Construction.
PM demands strong determination to secure 100,000 social housing units in 2025
As the institutional framework has been imcreasingly improved, what remains is determined and effective execution to complete the targets of 100,000 new social housing units in 2025 and 1 million units by 2030, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has emphasised.
