Complete the goal of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses before August 31, 2025

According to the Official Dispatch, to date, all levels, sectors and localities have supported the elimination of over 205,000 temporary and dilapidated houses, of which over 147,000 houses have been inaugurated and nearly 58,000 houses have been started or are under construction; 21/63 provinces and centrally-run cities no longer have temporary or dilapidated houses.

To continue promoting the achieved results; practically celebrate the 80th anniversary of the successful August Revolution and the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Prime Minister requested Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies, Heads of Steering Committees for the implementation of the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses in provinces and centrally run cities to focus on leading, directing and organizing the implementation more drastically, more quickly and more effectively of the emulation movement "Joining hands to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses nationwide in 2025". Determined to basically complete the goal of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses nationwide before August 31, 2025; in which housing support for relatives of martyrs and people with revolutionary contributions is completed before July 27, 2025.

In implementation, ensure "6 clear: Clear people, clear work, clear responsibility, clear authority, clear time, clear results" and "4 truths: Speak the truth, do the truth, achieve real results, and benefit the people".

The Prime Minister requested the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front to direct socio- political and socio-professional organizations to mobilize youth, women, veterans, trade unions, etc. to contribute their efforts and work in the spirit of "whoever has something to help, whoever has merit helps merit, whoever has property helps property, whoever has a lot helps a lot, whoever has little helps a little".

The Prime Minister directed the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions to preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Construction , the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, the Ministry of Finance and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, to decide to adjust the support budget from the funds mobilized from the National Emulation Movement to join hands to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses and from the Launching Program to support the difference in housing from the 2 National Target Programs starting construction in 2025. To be completed before June 20, 2025.

The Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions closely monitors, regularly urges and requests localities to daily update the status of the Program's implementation results on the guided statistical software; promptly resolves difficulties and obstacles in the implementation of the Program and advises and proposes to the Prime Minister and the Central Steering Committee to handle issues beyond their authority.

The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Construction to monitor, urge, synthesize and promptly resolve difficulties and problems in the process of housing support for people with revolutionary contributions and martyrs' relatives to ensure the completion of the set goals; preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and localities to synthesize the funding needs to support the difference in housing from the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction to be started in 2025 and send it to the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions on June 15, 2025.

The Ministry of Finance urgently reports to the Government the plan to use the increased central budget revenue in 2024 to report to the competent authority as prescribed. After being approved by the competent authority, urgently submit to the Prime Minister for issuance of a Decision on allocating support funds from the central budget to localities to implement housing support policies for people with revolutionary contributions and relatives of martyrs.

While waiting for competent authorities to approve the plan to use the increased central budget revenue in 2024, the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities shall proactively use temporarily idle financial resources of the localities to support the construction of new projects and repair of houses for people with meritorious services to the revolution and relatives of martyrs according to the guidance of the Ministry of Finance. In case the locality has difficulties in terms of resources, the Ministry of Finance shall propose a solution and report to competent authorities according to regulations. To be completed before June 25, 2025.

The Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security continue to direct military and police units stationed in the area to be more active and determined to effectively support construction workers and transport materials to households during the process of building and repairing houses.

The Prime Minister requested the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to organize the announcement of the completion of the target of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses; focus all efforts, deploy rapidly, even more rapidly the work of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses in the area. For the houses that have started construction, focus on urging and mobilizing support forces to complete them as soon as possible; the remaining houses that have not started construction must start construction simultaneously before June 20, 2025 to complete the progress as required before August 31, 2025.

Advance funds from local funding sources to immediately implement support for new construction and repair of houses for people with meritorious services and relatives of martyrs, ensuring that they do not exceed the number of houses and the approved local funding amount sent to the Ministry of Construction for appraisal and synthesis to the Ministry of Finance. Report on funding needs to support at the level of 60 million VND/newly built house and 30 million VND/repaired house for houses from the 2 National Target Programs starting construction in 2025, and send them to the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions before June 13, 2025.

The Prime Minister assigned Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh, Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee, Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh to direct ministries, agencies and localities to focus on implementing and resolving tasks related to the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses nationwide.

Source: https://cand.com.vn/doi-song/hoan-thanh-muc-tieu-xoa-nha-tam-nha-dot-nat-truoc-ngay-31-8-2025-i771094/