In 2025, Yen Bai aims to eliminate temporary houses for 2,208 families, including the construction of 1,815 new homes and the renovation of 393 existing ones, with total funding estimated at over 120 billion VND.
Secretary of the Lang Son provincial Party Committee Hoang Van Nghiem urged localities, agencies, and relevant units to mobilise all available resources to accelerate the removal of makeshift houses for residents.
On March 2, the provincial Department of Public Security broke ground on the first home for the family of Y Than Ksor in Kmien village, Ea Drong commune, Buon Ho township. This marks the start of the province’s initiative to eliminate makeshift and dilapidated houses as part of a national campaign launched by the Prime Minister on October 1, 2024.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 16 signed a decision on the establishment of a national fund aiming to improve makeshift and dilapidated houses for poor and near-poor households.
The northern province of Quang Ninh is planning to use capital mobilised from different economic sectors to build new houses and upgrade all temporary houses in the locality.
At least 31 people were killed and 49 others were missing in landslides and flooding triggered by Typhoon Kai-Tak, which swept through the central Philippines on December 16.
