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Construction Ministry to cool down real estate market, prioritize affordable housing

Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi said the ministry will change the policies related to the development of affordable housing by adopting a new mindset.

Social housing development fails to meet target

Nine social housing projects for low-income earners with more than 4,100 apartments measuring 205,500 sq. m were completed and put into use in 2019.

Construction Ministry inspects apartment building management

The Ministry of Construction will organise an inspection on the use and management of maintenance funds at residential buildings in HCM City and Hanoi beginning next year.

Construction Ministry plans more red tape cuts to aid firms

 VietNamNet Bridge – Do Duc Duy, Deputy Minister of Construction, tells BNEWS/VNA that they are determined to take cut red tape even further to help enterprises grow.

Construction ministry backs switching to unbaked bricks

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government is urging construction companies to use unbaked bricks in place of traditional bricks, the production of which cuts into agricultural land and pollutes the environment.

Provinces develop waste master plans

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 45 of the nation's 63 cities and provinces have come up with their own master plans to manage solid waste, said a senior official at a workshop held in Ha Noi on August 11.

$4.5 billion stuck in real estate

 VietNamNet Bridge – Real estate inventory has decreased more than 26 percent compared with the first quarter 2013 quarter, mainly in the segment of small and medium sized apartments, said Minister of Construction Trinh Dinh Dung.

Estate developers told to give Vietnamese names to projects

It is a growing tendency that foreign names are given to the real estate projects in Vietnam. However, the Ministry of Construction may stop the trend by setting up a regulation that the projects must have Vietnamese unabbreviated names.