Vietnam eyes raising average floor area per person to 27 sq.m by 2025
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam is looking to increase the average housing floor
area per person to 27 sq.m by 2025, in which the floor area per person will be
28 sq.m in urban areas, and 26 sq.m in rural areas.
The target is set in the national housing development
strategy for the 2021-2030 period recently signed by Deputy Prime Minister Le
Van Thanh.
By 2030, Vietnam strives to increase the proportion of solid
houses nationwide to 85-90 percent, with 100 percent in urban areas and 75-80
percent in rural areas; and equip 90 percent of houses nationwide with
electricity and water supply and wastewater drainage systems.
The strategy also sets the goal of developing and repairing
more than one billion sq.m of houses, equivalent to about 11.9 million
apartments.
It is to create conditions for everyone to have a place to
live and focus on improving the quality of housing, as well as implementing the
trend of green and smart housing development.
In addition, the housing development must include urban
development, urban embellishment and re-construction of old apartment
buildings. The housing development in the post-COVID-19 period will be
implemented according to targets on sustainable real estate market development.
The strategy aims to establish the orientation of national
housing development activities and local housing development programmes, and
increase rental housing products and promote the development of commercial
housing with medium areas and reasonable prices, meeting the needs of people.
The renovation and reconstruction of old apartment buildings in urban areas
will also be promoted.
The strategy focuses on renewing specific policies for each
kind of housing and the target group of social housing policies including
workers and low-income people in urban areas, and officers and soldiers of the
people's armed forces.
Regulations on housing management and development are also
amended according to housing development master plans, strategies and
programmes.
Vietnam’s average housing floor area reaches 25sq.m per person in 2021, one sq.m higher than that of 2020, according to the Ministry of Construction/.