Ready to go to a new workplace
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tuan (name changed) and his wife both work at a department-level agency in Bac Lieu. After the "ettlement" was stable, both were subject to transfer to the new Ca Mau province. They have rented a house, transferred schools for their children and are ready to leave. Mr. Tuan excitedly shared: " Who knows, a new place would open up more opportunities".
Mr. Nguyen Van Hung - a judicial officer - shared: "I think it is necessary to sacrifice personal interests for the common good. That is why I encourage my family so that I can work with peace of mind".
Urgently worry about where to eat and where to live
Bac Lieu has nearly 2,000 people who will transfer to Ca Mau after the merger. The two provinces have approved many projects, focusing on housing and strengthening solidarity to ensure smooth work.
The Chairman of the People's Committee of Ca Mau province has just assigned the Department of Construction to coordinate with relevant units to review and specifically announce the list of cadres who will be arranged public housing when the newly established Ca Mau province. For cases that have not yet arranged accommodation in the first phase, it is necessary to urgently contact accommodation units in Ca Mau City for contracts, temporary arrangements, ensuring timeliness and safety.
In Can Tho City, the Department of Construction coordinated with the Department of Home Affairs to grasp the need to use public housing of the team of officials after the merger from Soc Trang and Hau Giang provinces to work in Can Tho City. Based on a preliminary review, the Department of Construction has a total of about 140 cadres who need to use the official residence.
To meet this need, the Department of Construction proposed to renovate existing facilities. In which, renovating the Southwest Guest House (8 floors) to arrange 62 rooms, the usable area is about 5,600m2, the total repair cost is about 10.7 billion VND. Other houses such as Guest House No. 2 can be renovated into 36 rooms, with an area of about 3,750m2; Block No. 2 Ngo Duc Ke Street (5 floors, area of 274m2) has 6 rooms; the row of houses behind the City Party Committee headquarters (1 floor, area of 600m2) can be renovated into 20 apartments. The estimated cost of renovating these houses is about 7.7 billion VND.
In total, after renovating the above facilities, 118 public accommodation rooms can be arranged, if arranged with 4 people/room, enough to serve about 500 staff. For the remaining 22 houses, the Department of Construction proposed to review 20 old houses, convert them to function, and allocate additional repair funds to ensure enough accommodation for all officers subject to mobilization.
Long-term thinking
In Dong Thap, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee agreed to the policy of supporting cadres, civil servants and public employees to work at the administrative center of the new provincial-level administrative unit (currently My Tho City, Tien Giang Province) to receive 3 different support amounts. Of which, the cost of supporting means of transport is 1.6 million VND; accommodation fee of 2 million VND and living expenses of 1.5 million VND for 2 years from the date of the decision to arrange and merge by the competent authority.
In Kien Giang, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee also agreed on the support level for travel expenses, living expenses, and accommodation for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers after the merger of Kien Giang and An Giang provinces at the highest level of 5.5 million VND/person/month; the implementation period is 2 years from the merger of provinces.
According to a survey by the Department of Home Affairs of Dong Thap province, the number of provincial civil servants and public employees continuing to work after the merger of provinces is 2,748 people. For the need for public housing, 1,502 people proposed to be supported with public housing; 1,260 people proposed to be supported with pick-up and drop-off by public transport; 527 people who need to move their families to the new provincial center (in Tien Giang).
According to the People's Committee of An Giang province, the expected demand for public housing, rental housing and pick-up and drop-off vehicles when merging provinces is 1,662 registered cadres, civil servants and public employees.
Mr. Le Tien Dung - Director of the Department of Construction of Can Tho City - said that in the long term, the city plans to build 310 public housing units. The City People's Committee has assigned the Civil and Industrial Project Management Board to implement.
