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Social housing meets 28 percent of workers’ demand

Vietnam has to date completed 87 social housing projects with some 28,800 apartments for workers at industrial parks (IPs), meeting just 28 percent of the demand, according to the Ministry of Construction.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has todate completed 87 social housing projects with some 28,800 apartments forworkers at industrial parks (IPs), meeting just 28 percent of the demand,according to the Ministry of Construction.

The figures were released at a seminar onthe matter, which took place at the National University of Civil Engineering(NUCE) in Hanoi on December 12.

Statistics from the Vietnam GeneralConfederation of Labour revealed at the event showed 1.7 million of 2.8 millionVietnamese workers across IPs nationwide have demand for housing.

Even in big cities like Hanoi and Ho ChiMinh City, only 10 and 15 percent of IP workers’ need for housing had been met,respectively.

According to the Ministry of Planning andInvestment, as of December 2017, Vietnam housed 360 industrial parks,attracting millions of workers, leading to a big wave of migration from ruralto urban areas.

Pham Dinh Tuyen from the NUCE faculty said demandkeeps increasing. He pointed to a current trend that rural youths, afterworking in the cities, rarely go back to their hometowns.

Discussions at the seminar revolved around aseries of causes that lead to the scarcity for social housing, includingcomplex administrative procedures and low profit rate for investors.-VNA 
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