The Government is implementing a range of concerted measures to control the gold market, stabilise public sentiment, and address difficulties in the real estate market, aiming for healthy and sustainable development, according to Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long.

The prime minister has called for bold actions to complete the goal of eliminating substandard housing nationwide by the end of August and for national contributors and families of fallen soldiers by July 24.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities have approved 17 commercial housing projects for sale to foreign individuals and organisations, in a move aimed at expanding regulated foreign access to the local real estate market.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered that the restructuring of local governments must not hinder the implementation of the critical national programmes addressing substandard houses, transport infrastructure, and public investment disbursement.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 22 chaired a national teleconference to speed up substandard housing eradication, key transport projects, and public investment disbursement.

The northern province of Thai Binh has officially announced that its programme to eliminate temporary and dilapidated housing for poor households, near-poor households, and revolutionary contributors has been completed 100 days ahead of schedule.