Chairwoman of the People's Council of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thi Le suggested that the municipal People's Committee review public land funds for the construction of worker accommodation and houses for workers to rent in export processing zones, industrial parks or located near export processing zones and industrial area.
Ho Chi Minh City is making efforts to develop housing so that workers and employees have good accommodation. Experts, representatives of workers, and laborers said that, besides building social housing for sale, authorities in the southern metropolis should develop social housing, and accommodation for rent so that workers and employees can reside in the city long time.
The project consists of two 12-story buildings with 360 apartments, built on an area of 5,082 square meters with a total investment of about VND408 billion (US$17.72 million). It is expected to provide accommodations for more than 1,000 workers. Laborers staying in the accommodation house are entitled to use facilities such as kindergarten, commercial and service areas, and amusement parks.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Le, Chairwoman of the People's Council of Ho Chi Minh City, requested to focus on accelerating the implementation of the social housing development plan for the 2021 – 2025 period with the target of developing an additional 2.5 million square meters of floor areas, equivalent to about 35,000 apartments.
The People's Committee of Long An Province, on April 21, held the groundbreaking ceremony of Nam Thuan Industrial Park in Duc Hoa Dong Commune in Duc Hoa District, with an area of 308 hectares and total investment capital of about VND5.3 trillion (US$231.26 million).
Deposit interest rates have just been simultaneously raised by commercial banks and are expected to increase further to prepare cash flows in the context that the whole country has returned to a new normal state, and production and business activities have been restored.
There are concerns whether Vietnam will be able to attract more lucrative Foreign Direct Investments from across the globe during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Domestically, according to the latest report of the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in December 2021 dropped 0.18 percent compared to the previous month, with a 0.2-percent decrease in urban areas and a 0.16-percent decrease in rural areas. On average, CPI in 2021 rose by 1.84 percent over the previous year, the lowest increase since 2016 and absolutely within the target of the National Assembly and the Government.
More than 500 students from universities and colleges in Ho Chi Minh City who represented nearly 50,000 volunteers attended a launching ceremony of the fourth Xuan Tinh Nguyen (Voluntary Spring) campaign at the Youth Cultural House on January 1.
Member of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Chairman of the Board of Management of the Fund of Entrepreneur for Community of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Huynh Van Minh proposed the State give more supports and solutions to help enterprises survive and thrive in the period of post-Covid-19.
