Complete the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses - a special national project of the Party's will and the People's heart

On the morning of August 26, at the Government Headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Head of the Central Steering Committee for the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses nationwide, Chairman of the Central Emulation and Reward Council, chaired the Conference to summarize the Program and Emulation Movement "The whole country joins hands to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses".

Delegates attending the Conference at the online bridge point of Thai Nguyen province.

Also attending were Politburo members, Party Central Committee Secretaries, Deputy Prime Ministers, Vice Chairmen of the National Assembly; leaders of ministries, branches, and central agencies. The conference was organized in person, combined with online broadcast to localities, and broadcast live nationwide on television and radio.

Attending at the Thai Nguyen provincial bridge point were comrade Trinh Viet Hung, alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Steering Committee for the implementation of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses in the province; comrade Pham Hoang Son, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and leaders of departments, branches and sectors of the province.

Reporting at the conference, Minister of Ethnic Minorities and Religions Dao Ngoc Dung said: On April 13, 2024, in Hoa Binh province, the Prime Minister launched and called on the whole country to be determined to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses by the end of 2025. However, during the implementation process, thanks to closely following reality, the Central Steering Committee decided to shorten the time, striving to complete before August 31, 2025, right on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2.

As a result, after 1 year and 4 months of implementation, Vietnam has basically completed the goal of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses nationwide, reaching the target 5 years and 4 months ahead of schedule. The whole country has eliminated 334,234 houses with a total cost of nearly 50,000 billion VND, of which the State supported more than 24,000 billion VND, the rest mobilized from ministries, branches, localities, enterprises and people. Localities nationwide have mobilized more than 2.7 million working days with over 454,000 participants.

For Thai Nguyen province, the whole province has 6,953 households eligible for support. Of which, 1,974 households in the southern communes and wards have completed their projects 8 months ahead of schedule, while 1,072 households in the northern communes and wards of the province have not yet started construction as of June 30, 2025.

Despite many difficulties, with the determination to reach the finish line on schedule assigned by the Government, the Provincial Steering Committee has focused on leading and directing the work of reviewing, mobilizing resources and organizing the implementation of solutions to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses in the area.

Up to now, 100% of households have completed repairs and new construction, exceeding the progress assigned by the Government. In addition, with the highest determination of the entire political system, the consensus and joint efforts of businesses and people in the area, Thai Nguyen province has so far supported funding to build 453 additional houses outside the approved list, reaching 106.5% of the plan.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh gave a speech at the Conference.

Speaking at the closing conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his emotion at the program's unexpected achievements.

The Prime Minister affirmed that the completion of the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses nationwide is a "special national project", of "the Party's will, the people's heart", of "national love, compatriots' love", and has profound political, social and humanistic significance.

The Prime Minister pointed out that, based on the implementation, the Central Steering Committee, all levels, sectors and localities continue to innovate and improve the quality of social policy implementation, considering this a regular, continuous and long-term task.

The Prime Minister requested the Vietnam Fatherland Front and its affiliated organizations to actively coordinate in performing social supervision and criticism; promptly grasp people's thoughts and aspirations, make recommendations to Party committees and authorities at all levels, and promptly resolve issues related to people's lives and livelihoods.

On this occasion, 19 collectives were awarded the Third Class Labor Medal by the Party and State; 19 collectives were awarded Certificates of Merit by the Prime Minister for their outstanding achievements in implementing the Program and emulation movement "The whole country joins hands to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses in 2025".

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