Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Nhut, a worker at Song Tien Garment Joint Stock Company (Dong Thap province), was honored to be a delegate attending the groundbreaking ceremony of the trade union social housing project under the trade union institutional construction project in My Tho Industrial Park, Trung An Industrial Cluster on July 26. After hearing about the union social housing project, Ms. Nhut and her colleagues could not hide their joy and excitement with the dream of settling down and making a living.
The female worker shared that due to special circumstances, since entering the company, she has tried very hard to complete the assigned tasks. Luckily, she was able to stay in the company's house, however, her dream of having a personal home never faints in her.
"With the current high cost of living and prices, we can only manage our daily lives. I have savings but it is far to buy a house. Now that we heard that the trade union organization had built a trade union social housing, we were very happy" - Ms. Nhut said.
Ms. Nhut also expressed that when spreading this joy to her colleagues, everyone was excited. Because, for many years, for workers far from home, economic conditions have been difficult, and they have had to accept the situation of cramped and deprived rental housing.
"Rental money and expenses are a big burden. Many brothers and sisters have to temporarily live in humid rented rooms, away from work, causing many health and mental consequences" - Ms. Nhut said.
Information from the Trade Union Project Management Board, Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL), the trade union social housing project under the trade union institutional construction project in My Tho Industrial Park and Trung An Industrial Cluster is the first project invested by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor using trade union financial capital.
The project is built on a land area of about 3 hectares in Trung An ward, Dong Thap province, with main items including: 4 blocks of 8-storey houses with a total floor area of 38,460m2.
The project has 526 closed rental apartments with basic equipment and furniture: elevators, beds, wardrobes, kitchen cabinets... and 2 2-storey cars with a total floor area of 1,200m2. The total investment is 449 billion VND.
According to Mr. Le Van Nghia - Head of the Trade Union Project Management Board, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Trade Union social housing project is of great significance in partly solving the housing difficulties for union members and workers in My Tho Industrial Park, Trung An Industrial Cluster in particular and Dong Thap province in general, creating an enthusiastic emulation atmosphere for labor and production of workers, contributing to the goal of the 1 million apartment project approved by the Government.
The Trade Union Project Management Board will work with the spirit of cooperation and highest support, coordinating with contractors to promptly handle difficulties and problems in the project implementation process to ensure the project is put into use in the third quarter of 2027.
