Lang Son (VNA) – The norther mountainous province of Lang Son is striving to complete more than 900 new houses for the needy before the Lunar New Year or Tet.
During the launch of a programme to support the removal of temporary and dilapidated houses in the province held on December 2, Chairman of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Hoang Tung, called on local authorities, organisations, businesses, religious groups, and the public to contribute cash, materials, machinery, and workdays.
According to Tung, the province has over 2,470 households in need of housing support, with 951 requiring new houses and 1,571 needing repairs. The province will cover 100% of the home construction or repairing costs for these families.
Under the programme, 951 new houses for war veterans, policy beneficiary families, the poor and near-poor, and those affected by natural disasters are set to be completed before January 19, 2025 or the 23th day of the last lunar month, while the repairs of 1,571 homes by April 30, 2025. As of November 29, localities had completed 614 out of the new houses.
The total cost for house building and repairing is estiamted at around 222 billion VND (8.7 million USD).
In response to the calls by the authorities, organisations, units, businesses, and individuals both inside and outside the province have committed to donating 160 billion VND for the effort./.
