Reader Viet Trung (35 years old) is working as an industrial park worker in Bac Ninh province. Recently, after his wife gave birth to a second child, his family wanted to buy a social housing apartment to have a stable, long-term place to live.
"I want to find a social housing project in Bac Ninh with a price 10 million VND/m2 lower to match the income of a worker couple like us," Mr. Trung shared.
Regarding the issue raised by Mr. Trung, the Department of Construction of Bac Ninh province recently announced a list, selling prices, and application receipt points of 22 social housing projects in Bac Ninh that are eligible for business in October 2025.
Of the 22 projects mentioned above, there are currently 7 social housing projects with prices below 10 million VND/m2. Specifically as follows:
Pursuant to the provisions of Articles 76 and 78 of the 2023 Housing Law on subjects and conditions for enjoying social housing support policies; documents proving subjects and conditions as prescribed in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of Circular No. 05/2024/TT BXD dated July 31, 2024 of the Ministry of Construction, people can directly contact the investor of the social housing project they are interested in to receive instructions on preparing and submitting applications for social housing purchase according to regulations.
Article 76 of the 2023 Housing Law stipulates the beneficiaries of social housing support policies as follows:
1. People with revolutionary contributions and relatives of martyrs who are eligible for support to improve their housing according to the provisions of the Ordinance on Incentives for People with Revolutionary contributions.
2. Poor and near-poor households in rural areas.
3. Poor and near-poor households in rural areas are often affected by natural disasters and climate change.
4. Poor and near-poor households in urban areas.
5. Low-income people in urban areas.
6. Workers and laborers working at enterprises, cooperatives, and cooperative unions inside and outside industrial parks.
7. Officers, professional soldiers, non-commissioned officers of the People's Armed Forces, police workers, civil servants, workers and defense officials serving in the army; people working in cryptography, people working in other cryptographic organizations receiving salaries from the state budget they are working for.
8. Cadres, civil servants and public employees according to the provisions of law on cadres, civil servants and public employees.
9. The subject has returned the public housing as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 125 of this Law, except in cases where the public housing is revoked due to violation of the provisions of this Law.
10. Households and individuals whose land is recovered and whose houses must be cleared or demolished according to the provisions of law and have not been compensated by the State with houses and residential land.
11. Students studying at universities, academies, colleges, vocational schools, and specialized schools as prescribed by law; students studying at public ethnic boarding schools.
12. Enterprises, cooperatives, and cooperative unions in industrial parks.
According to the report of the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province, in the first 9 months of 2025, the locality has completed 12,649 more apartments, reaching about 80% of the target assigned by the Prime Minister in 2025 (15,920 apartments).
Regarding the target for 2026, Bac Ninh province registered to develop 20,000 social housing units (an increase of more than 2,000 units compared to the target assigned by the Government).
