Chairing a meeting in Hanoi between permanent Government members and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF), ministries and agencies, PM Chinh outlined a plan to eliminate over 153,000 sub-standard homes for poor and near-poor households, saying that a campaign is underway in celebration of several national milestones next year, including the 14th National Party Congress, the 80th anniversary of National Day, and the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification.

New, decisive, scientific, and more effective approaches to achieve this goal are needed, he said.

To oversee the campaign, PM Chinh requested the establishment of a steering committee chaired by himself. The committee will include the President of the VFF Central Committee, the Permanent Deputy PM, and the Minister of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs as deputy chairs, with leaders of other ministries and units as members.

According to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the total cost for the effort is estimated at over 6.5 trillion VND (270 million USD), including 50 million VND per household for new construction and 25 million VND for repairs.

At the campaign launch event, organisations and individuals contributed 320 billion VND to the national fund for the initiative, with localities having already raised an additional 44 billion VND./. VNA