Nga Nam Town strives to have no more temporary or dilapidated houses.

Under the harsh midday sun, Mr. Huynh Van Son in Tan Quoi A Hamlet, Ward 2, Nga Nam Town, still nimbly shoveled sand into the concrete mixer. After finishing his work, he busied himself stacking bricks and bringing them to the construction workers. Mr. Son said that since the start of the house construction, every day after feeding the chickens and ducks, he and his wife helped the construction team to complete the house soon. Wiping the sweat from his face, he smiled brightly: "For more than ten years, my family has lived in a small, makeshift corrugated iron house. Every rainy season, we are afraid that the roof will be blown off or the house will leak. Life is so difficult, we can only worry about food and clothes. Even though the house is dilapidated, we don't have money to repair it, so we never thought we would ever build a new house. But now, thanks to the care and support of the local government, our family has a new, neat house. We feel happy and extremely grateful."

Mr. Huynh Van Son's family is one of the poor households in Ward 2, Nga Nam town ( Soc Trang ) that received support to build a new house. Photo: XUAN THANH

Sharing the same joy as Mr. Son's family, Ms. Huynh Ngoc Giau's family in Vinh Hau hamlet, Ward 3 also received support of 60 million VND to build a new house. Ms. Giau is a poor household, with special difficulties in housing, no land for production, and income mainly from weaving water hyacinth and working for hire. After settling down in the new house, Ms. Giau's family members were happy, excited, and focused on working to develop the economy .

Information from the Steering Committee for the implementation of the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses in Nga Nam town , in order to soon complete the Program of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses as planned , the People's Committee of the town has directed and established a volunteer shock team with 15 members, mainly military officers and regular militia. The task of the shock team is to support single-parent households and households in difficulty in dismantling their houses, supporting the transportation of construction materials, supporting house foundations ... to help speed up the construction progress. According to the plan, Nga Nam will have to complete 777 houses with a total cost of over 66.8 billion VND; of which 585 houses are newly built, costing over 58.6 billion VND and 192 houses are repaired, costing over 8.1 billion VND. As of April 2025, the Town Steering Committee has received 5 batches and allocated funding to support the construction and repair of houses for poor and near-poor households from the Program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses for a total of 699/777 houses, with an amount of over 35.7 billion VND.

Thanks to the Program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses, hundreds of households with housing difficulties in Nga Nam town have been able to "settle down and make a living" in new houses. Photo: XUAN THANH

In addition to the Program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses, the Town Party Committee and People's Committee have mobilized the construction of 33 more houses, with a total cost of nearly 2 billion VND. Of which, 18 houses that collapsed due to natural disasters have been completed, and 15 houses are being built with the support of units and organizations including: Social Policy Bank (supporting 2 houses); Drama Group (supporting 2 houses), Tai Kim Anh Company (supporting 1 house), Soc Trang Lottery One Member Limited Liability Company (supporting 8 houses), Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhu Thuy - Chairwoman of Soc Trang Association (supporting 2 houses).

The program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses supports poor households and those in especially difficult circumstances who are currently living in dilapidated houses with a level of 60 million VND for newly built houses and 30 million VND for repaired houses. In addition to receiving financial support from the state budget, many households also contribute from their savings accumulated after many years of working to build more spacious houses.

Comrade Huynh Thi Diem Ngoc - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Nga Nam Town Party Committee said that since the implementation of the Program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses, the Steering Committee together with the local government has always been proactive and active in effectively implementing the tasks and solutions set out, contributing to the initial very positive results. In order to complete the target of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses in the area, over the past time, the entire political system from the town to the communes and wards has focused on implementing many flexible and synchronous solutions, conducting surveys to determine the number of households in need of housing support, as well as factors affecting people's lives. Focus on propaganda, mobilization, and encouragement of the participation of the whole community in building and renovating houses for the subjects through volunteer activities and mutual assistance. The completion of the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses by 2025 requires the participation with high determination of the entire political system, the business community and people inside and outside the town. Currently, the locality is focusing on promoting propaganda and mobilizing individuals and organizations inside and outside the town to contribute to the town's Fund for the Poor, in order to promptly implement the work of supporting the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses, striving to complete the program according to the general plan of the Provincial Party Committee.

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Source: https://baosoctrang.org.vn/xa-hoi/202505/thi-xa-nga-nam-no-luc-de-khong-con-nha-tam-nha-dot-nat-ade126c/