Can Tho calls for investment in social housing for workers, capital of 186 billion VND

The investment items of the Project include low-rise social housing area (townhouses) with 27 units, 2 floors high; high-rise social housing area (apartment buildings) with 288 apartments, including 4 apartment buildings 5 floors high.

On September 13, Vice Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee Duong Tan Hien signed and issued a Decision approving the Invitation for Expression of Interest for the Social Housing Project in Can Tho Trade Union Institutional Area, which was approved in principle by Can Tho City People's Committee in Decision No. 1586/QD-UBND dated July 16, 2024.

The Project investment objective is to build social housing to serve the housing needs of workers, union members, and laborers in Can Tho City.

The construction investment items of the Project include: Low-rise social housing area (townhouses) with 27 units, 2 floors high; high-rise social housing area (apartment buildings) with 288 apartments, including 4 apartment buildings 5 floors high (no basement). Along with that is technical infrastructure, trees, traffic outside the boundaries of social housing plots.

The Project implementation location is on a land plot within the Can Tho Trade Union Institution Planning Area, in Phuoc Thoi Ward, O Mon District, Can Tho City. The Southwest borders Muong Ngang Canal, a residential area; the Northwest borders Cai Chom Canal; the Northeast borders Road No. 7 of Tra Noc II Industrial Park; the Southeast borders the Cultural and Sports House project land invested by the Trade Union Institution Project Management Board (under the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor).

The land area for the Project is 19,373 m2, with a preliminary total estimated cost of 186.3 billion VND.

The Project's operating period is 50 years, from the date the investor is decided by the State to allocate land, decide to lease land, and decide to change the land use purpose.

Project implementation progress is 30 months from the date of selecting the investor to implement the project until completion of acceptance and handover of the project.

According to the Management Board of Can Tho Export Processing and Industrial Zones, by the end of August 2024, Can Tho industrial parks have 257 remaining projects. effective, leased 319.34 hectares of industrial land, with total registered investment capital of 1.931 billion USD; realized investment capital of 1.241 billion USD, accounting for 64% of total registered investment capital.

Currently, the total number of workers working in Can Tho industrial parks is 43,063, including local workers and workers from neighboring provinces. Because the industrial parks in the area do not have worker housing, workers have to rent houses in the neighboring areas to live.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/batdongsan/can-tho-moi-goi-dau-tu-khu-nha-o-xa-hoi-cho-cong-nhan-von-186-ty-dong-d224943.html