The total investment exceeded 319 billion VND (12.2 million USD), including over 261 billion VND from the state budget and 57.5 billion VND mobilised from businesses, organisations, and individuals.
By June 7, authorities across the country had supported the repair or construction of 205,115 houses for disadvantaged households. Of these, 147,261 homes have been completed, while 57,854 are under construction.
With the unwavering commitment of the political system, active grassroots participation, and widespread social support, Vietnam is well-positioned to meet its goal of eliminating all substandard housing by October 31.
The housing programme reflects the public security force's material support as well as sense of responsibility towards and solidarity with the people, said an official of the Ministry of Public Security.
By the end of 2025, Dak Lak aims to build or renovate a total of 7,312 houses, with the ultimate goal of eradicating all makeshift and dilapidated houses.
Vietnam has so far replaced 195,068 makeshift and dilapidated houses, including 20,444 for people who rendered service to the revolution, 62,116 under two national target programmes, and 112,508 under the campaign on elimination of substandard houses.
Since 2021, Dong Nai has built or repaired nearly 1,100 homes under the campaign, helping to improve living conditions for disadvantaged residents across the province.
The province is engaging local businesses and organisations in the elimination of substandard housing, ensuring better life quality for low-income families.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during the third meeting of the central steering committee for eliminating substandard houses described the housing support programme as a “command from the heart” and called for the completion of the programme by the end of October 2025.
Nearly 1,800 poor families in the central province of Quang Tri has received housing support with total funding exceeding 118 billion VND (4.6 million USD).
Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Hoang Van Nghiem said that the province has to date built 928 new houses and repaired 1.098 houses for households.
Eligible families in Thanh Hoa province will receive financial assistance worth 60 million VND (over 2,300 USD) for the construction of new homes and 30 million VND for home repairs from the central budget.
From February 21-28, 7,540 temporary and dilapidated houses were renovated or replaced nationwide, bringing the total number of facilities improved under humanitarian policy to 115,481. Of these, 62,737 houses were inaugurated, while construction began on another 52,744.
Localities in Cao Bang were asked to stay proactive, be creative, and find effective and suitable methods matching their conditions and resources to complete the substandard housing eradication programme on schedule.
Nearly 200,000 gift packages worth about 110 billion VND (4.36 million USD) were provided for disadvantaged people and policy beneficiary families in Ho Chi Minh City on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet).
As the 2025 Lunar New Year is approaching, hundreds of newly-built homes in villages and communes of Cao Bang province are now ready for residents. These modern homes replace the old, temporary shelters, providing stable living conditions for many impoverished families.
The Ministry of Public Security and authorities in the northern province of Lang Son on January 16 transferred 292 new houses for the poor in the border district of Loc Binh.
The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang strives to remove 6,000 makeshift and dilapidated houses in 2025, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Ha Thi Nga said at a launching ceremony for a programme in support of the housing efforts on January 16.
Under the scheme on eradication of dilapidated houses in 2025, the central province of Binh Dinh will spend over 214 billion VND (8.42 million USD) on supporting the construction and repairs of houses for 4,429 families of nation contributors and martyrs, poor and near-poor households and those that have just escaped poverty.
Bac Giang, a northern province with a vast area and a poverty rate close to the national average, is striving to finish upgrading all local houses classified as makeshift and dilapidated ones by the end of November 2025.
