A seminar entitled ‘Social Housing: Breakthrough from New Policies’ was convened to discuss addressing obstacles to facilitate social housing development in Ho Chi Minh City on November 21.
Phú Nhuận District has achieved the target of not having a single household under a HCM City poverty alleviation programme, according to its People’s Committee.
Bình Phước Province aims to wrap up its programme of eliminating temporary and dilapidated dwellings and replace them with concrete houses for poor people next year.
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province has provided soft loans, vocational skill training, jobs, free health insurance and other support for poor households.