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Tien Giang builds budget apartments for industrial park workers

More than 1,000 affordable apartments will be built for industrial park workers at a complex in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, according to Chairman of the provincial Federation of Labour Truong Van Hien.
Tien Giang builds budget apartments for industrial park workers ảnh 1Planning of the residential complex for workers in Tien Giang's industrial parks is on display. (Photo: VNA)

Tien Giang (VNA) – More than 1,000 affordableapartments will be built for industrial park workers at a complex in the MekongDelta province of Tien Giang, according to Chairman of the provincialFederation of Labour Truong Van Hien.

The residential complex for workers in local industrialparks will be constructed at an estimated cost of 677 billion VND (29.8 millionUSD). Tien Giang is among the first three provinces in the country alongside HaNam and Quang Nam allowed by the government to build such complex, Hien said.

Each project will include, besides low-cost residentialbuildings, a building for trade unions of industrial parks, a nursery school, asupermarket, and a park and recreation area, to serve the workers and theirfamilies, he added.

In Tien Giang, the 3-hectare complex will be located nearMy Tho Industrial Park and Trung An Industrial Cluster, comprising 12five-storey and two 12-storey buildings, and row houses. It will provide over1,000 budget apartments, 30 sqm or 45 sqm in size each, able to accommodateabout 5,000 workers.

These apartments can be rented or purchased at lowprices.

The project is expected to break ground in August 2018and to be put into use in 2020. –VNA
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