Demand for social housing in major economic centres is growing, while supply remains insufficient. To address this, many localities have earmarked land, shortened administrative procedures and sped up housing projects with full infrastructure.

Ha Noi’s Department of Construction is taking the lead and working with relevant departments and agencies to develop software for receiving, processing and managing social housing applications across the city, following an assignment from the municipal People’s Committee.

Identifying the development of social housing as an important task, the Party and State have introduced numerous policies and measures to create opportunities for low-income people, workers, labourers and people facing difficult circumstances to have stable homes.

During discussions on policy orientations for amending the 2023 Housing Law, many National Assembly deputies called for mechanisms to ensure that low-income earners can genuinely afford to buy or rent social housing, while ensuring that the policy targets the right beneficiaries and is implemented openly and transparently.

The first apartments of Hacom Riverside, a social housing project in Lao Cai Province, were officially handed over to residents on the morning of August 21.

The Ha Noi People's Committee has set the target of simultaneously breaking ground on 114 social housing projects during the second half of 2026, while accelerating administrative reform through a "green lane" mechanism to meet the urgent housing needs of residents and create a key driver for sustainable economic growth.

With its ambition to become an industrial province in the next phase of growth, Tay Ninh is focusing on removing bottlenecks in the development of social housing for workers and low-income earners.

Alongside hundreds of social housing projects currently under construction across Viet Nam, the Government is proposing new policies to promote rental housing and expand access to affordable homes.

Although a late starter, the central province of Quang Tri is now accelerating the development of social housing to meet residents’ needs. The recent revision of the province’s housing development programme is expected to improve people’s quality of life, promote urban development, and provide fresh momentum for the healthy growth of the property market.

The Government is set to make rental housing a strategic pillar of its housing market as the Government shifts from an ownership-focused approach toward a model centred on housing access and use, according to Minister of Construction Tran Hong Minh.

Ho Chi Minh City currently has more than 7.5 million workers directly contributing to the city’s development. In recent years, to help workers feel secure in dedicating themselves to their jobs, the city authorities have been making efforts to implement housing policies, which have long been the dream and concern of many people.

The Ministry of Construction has issued Official Dispatch No. 08/CD-BXD to the chairpersons of People’s Committees of centrally governed provinces and cities, calling for an acceleration in the development of social housing in order to successfully fulfil the targets set out in the government’s Resolution No. 07/NQ-CP.

The Ho Chi Minh City Labour Federation and Phu Cuong Group Joint Stock Company signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation to implement social housing projects for workers and labourers in Ho Chi Minh City.

Tet is the most sacred moment of the year, a time of reunion and togetherness. However, for various reasons, some workers are still unable to return to their hometowns and choose to stay in Ha Noi to make a living.

With nearly 1,000 apartments, the Sa Pa Social Housing Project in the Northwest Reserve Area is of great significance in meeting Lao Cai province’s targets for social housing development by 2025, with a vision to 2030, in line with the government’s directive.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 17 called for stronger, more coordinated efforts to meet housing demand and ensure people’s right to housing, while chairing the fourth meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Housing Policy and Real Estate Market.

Lawmakers directed the Cabinet to overhaul securities market rules and push ahead next year with deeper restructuring of state-owned enterprises to boost efficiency and curb waste of state capital.

Localities are striving to overcome difficulties to complete the scheme on “Investing in the construction of at least one million social housing units for low-income earners and industrial park workers by 2030” on schedule. Of this, more than 100 thousand social housing units are expected to be completed by the end of 2025.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Head of the Central Steering Committee on Housing Policy and Real Estate Market, chaired the committee’s third meeting on the morning of November 11.

Social housing is not only an essential need of the people but also one of the key policies, demonstrating the deep concern of the Party and the State in ensuring social security. This programme has been implemented, with notable highlights in Hue and Can Tho, contributing to enhancing the quality of life.