Vice Governor Vu Viet Van Audits Operational Velocity of Social Housing Portfolios in Viet Tri

Public sectors and municipal task forces must deploy rapid administrative resolutions to untangle bottlenecks and secure the implementation velocity of affordable housing. This was the core directive issued by Vice Governor Vu Viet Van—Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee—during a comprehensive field inspection on June 12, 2026. The executive audit scrutinized the construction progress of multiple social housing projects across Nong Trang and Thanh Mieu wards. Accompanying the Vice Governor were directors of line departments and regional engineering planners.

Vice Governor Vu Viet Van conducts an on-site technical inspection at the Tien Cat Social Housing Complex in Thanh Mieu Ward.

During the field evaluation, the executive delegation inspected 4 key developments: the NO3 High-Rise Social Housing Complex (Nong Trang Ward), the Tiên Cát Social Housing Project, the Thanh Cong Social Housing Complex, and a dedicated social housing development situated in Thanh Mieu Ward.

According to progress reports submitted by the project owners, construction works are fundamentally moving in line with mandated schedules. Specifically, the NO3 High-Rise Project has surpassed 25% of its total physical construction volume. The Tien Cat Project is actively completing its master site grading and land leveling phase. Progressing ahead, the Thanh Cong Project has successfully erected structural framing up to the 19th out of 21 floors, with full completion scheduled for the end of 2026. Meanwhile, engineering teams at the Thanh Mieu Project are aggressively pouring concrete beams and floor slabs for its second social housing block.

During the site debriefing, developers highlighted several systemic bottlenecks currently squeezing project margins, primarily driven by surging raw material prices and escalating labor costs. Additionally, the NO3 High-Rise developer reported that complex, volatile geological conditions at the site have severely hindered heavy machinery operations and specialized foundation equipment positioning. Furthermore, incomplete land acquisition and remaining site clearance standoffs across specific zones continue to threaten structural timelines.

The Vice Governor issues executive orders to line departments, mandating systematic solutions to clear developer gridlocks.

Following the field audit, Vice Governor Vu Viet Van highly commended the grit and resourcefulness displayed by the developers and construction contractors in capitalizing on favorable weather windows to accelerate structural workflows.

Expressing strong institutional empathy toward the macroeconomic challenges facing the developers, the Vice Governor ordered line departments and local authorities to intervene aggressively. He placed an absolute emphasis on fast-tracking land acquisition to promptly hand over 100% of the clean sites to the investors. Concurrently, he mandated developers to maximize their financial assets, upscale workforce density, deploy advanced machinery, and rigidly couple rapid construction velocity with uncompromising engineering quality. To protect the integrity of the program, he tasked the Department of Construction with collaborating closely with developers to audit, verify, and guide the precise enrollment of eligible buyers and lease-purchase applicants in strict accordance with current housing laws.

The provincial task force audits the physical assets and structural conditions at the Student Apartment Complex within the Minh Phương Urban Area.

On this occasion, Vice Governor Vu Viet Van and his delegation expanded their inspection to audit the management and operational efficiency of the Viet Tri City Student Apartment Project (now situated in Nong Trang Ward). Initially broken ground in 2013 with a total public investment exceeding 220 billion VND fueled by Government Bonds and local budget allocations, the complex comprises two 9-story blocks encompassing 680 residential rooms. The executive walk-through aimed to meticulously appraise the current structural integrity of the physical facilities, paving a clear path for the province to formulate optimized restructuring blueprints to extract the maximum utility and efficiency from this public asset.

Duc Anh