On the afternoon of October 1, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting of the Government Standing Committee with the Vietnam Fatherland Front, ministries and agencies on eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses nationwide.
According to statistics reported by provinces and cities, the number of houses remaining in need of support is 153,881, including 106,967 newly built houses (68,565 poor households, 38,402 near-poor households), and 46,914 repaired houses (27,188 poor households, 19,726 near-poor households), according to the Ministry of Labor, War invalids and Social Affairs.
Currently, Hanoi and Ba Ria - Vung Tau province no longer have temporary or dilapidated houses.
Additional funds needed to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses for poor and near-poor households are about 6,522,877 billion VND.
Of which, the fund mobilized at the launching ceremony of the emulation movement nationwide joining hands to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses by 2025 on April 13, 2024 was 320 billion VND; local funds mobilized 44,178 billion VND.
The support level is 50 million VND for households building new houses and 25 million VND for households repairing houses, equal to the current support level from the Fund for the Poor.
In his concluding remarks, the Prime Minister said that when the program was launched, it was estimated that there were about 170,000 temporary and dilapidated houses in need of repair or reconstruction, and now there are more than 153,000 houses left.
The Prime Minister emphasized that the goal in 2025 is to complete all three contents: housing support for people with meritorious services; housing support for people under national target programs; repairing and building 153,000 new houses in the movement to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses for poor and near-poor households.
The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Labor, War invalids and Social Affairs to coordinate and review data and information on households in need of support based on the national population database.
Regarding implementation, the Prime Minister stated that it is necessary to establish a Steering Committee headed by the Prime Minister to provide general direction for the implementation of all three above-mentioned contents nationwide.
Regarding resources, the Prime Minister stated that it is necessary to mobilize diverse resources from State resources (agencies need to urgently report to competent authorities for consideration and decision); socialized resources (including financial contributions, labor, material contributions and other forms of assistance such as transportation, construction, etc.); resources from the efforts of policy beneficiary families themselves; resources from villages, relatives, etc. and the support of people and businesses across the country.
The Prime Minister also pointed out the method that the Central and local governments work together, the State, enterprises and people work together. The Steering Committee will assign specific tasks based on the report of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.
At the localities (province, district, commune, village), the Party Secretary directly leads and directs. Press and media agencies develop and implement plans, and promote communication on this content.
Proposing to launch a 450-day and night campaign to complete the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses for people nationwide, the Prime Minister emphasized the determination to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses for people nationwide by December 31, 2025 at the latest.
