Reducing the burden of rental housing for workers
Ms. Nguyen Thi Dinh (25 years old, from Phu Tho) went to Hai Phong to work at red wine Miracle International Company Limited (VSIP Industrial Park) from the beginning of 2024. Ms. Dinh and her husband rented a house about 500m from the company, including electricity and water for more than 2 million VND per month, of which Ms. Dinh was supported by the company with 500,000 VND, her husband, who works in the same industrial park, was also supported with 400,000 VND.
"In addition to the rental support, the company also supports childcare, travel expenses... The rental area is installed with free wifi by the union, helping us reduce the burden of rental and monthly living expenses to have small savings and feel secure in sticking with it" - Ms. Dinh shared.
Regina Miracle International Co., Ltd., Bridgestone Vietnam Tire Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Dinh Vu Industrial Park) support up to VND600,000/person/month for rental, Toyota Boshoku Co., Ltd. (Japan Industrial Park - Hai Phong) supports accommodation with VND500,000/person/month for the first year of employees working at the company; KORG Co., Ltd. (Japan Industrial Park - Hai Phong), workers renting accommodation are supported with travel allowance of VND700,000/month...
According to statistics from the Industrial Park Trade Union of Hai Phong City Labor Federation, currently, enterprises in industrial parks support workers with an average of 302,000 VND/person/month for house rental. Of which, 73% of enterprises in Do Son Industrial Park support renting houses, an average of VND 372,000/person/month; 73% of enterprises in An Duong Industrial Park support average rental housing of VND 318,000/person/month; Dinh Vu Industrial Park has 41.8% of enterprises supporting rental housing at VND 350,000/person/month, higher than the average of the industrial parks... Along with rental, many enterprises have built diverse welfare plans to retain employees such as performance rewards, contributions, seniority, child support, travel, menstrual allowances, foreign language allowances, summer temperature allowances...
Workers want to access social housing
After the merger, Hai Phong has 27 industrial parks in operation with about 50,000 workers. Among them, many workers are from other provinces and have to rent houses in residential areas. Although housing for workers is currently of interest, it has not kept up with the increase in the workforce...
The need for housing support, access to social housing, and low-cost housing for workers is very high. Meanwhile, in Hai Phong, there are only a few enterprises in industrial parks investing in dormitories for employees. It is worth mentioning that LG Display Company has a dormitory that can accommodate about 3,000 employees. Recently, the housing area for workers of Pegatron Vietnam Co., Ltd. is the second project assigned by the city to lease land to invest in building dormitories for workers. Phase 1 of the project has been completed and put into use 4 buildings for workers, 2 buildings for staff and 1 utility building with full modern functional rooms, accommodating about 4,000 people.
Thereby, it helps workers not have to travel far or rent accommodation in places that do not ensure living conditions, helping the company not have to arrange vehicles to pick up and drop off workers, saving time and costs. This unit is also implementing phase 2 of the project with the expectation that after completion, it will provide accommodation for about 10,000 workers.
Along with this project, the Hai Phong Economic Zone Management Board also awarded an investment certificate for the project to build a worker housing area for the investor of Universal Industrial Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Dinh Vu - Cat Hai Economic Zone) with a total investment of 18.34 million USD, land area used for 2.4 hectares, construction scale of 4 7-storey dormitories and 1 3-storey public utility building, serving accommodation for a maximum of 4,000 workers.
The city also encourages businesses to research and implement other policies to attract employees, especially to study policies to partially support employees in purchasing social housing. Thereby, gradually solving social security problems, improving the material and spiritual life of workers, contributing to the development of human resources for the city.
