Ministry of Public Security hands over gratitude houses to poor and disadvantaged households in Nghe An

Leaders of the Ministry of Public Security and Nghe An province attended the ceremony to present model houses and funding to support the construction of houses for the poor and those with housing difficulties in Nghe An province at Vang Mon village, Tam Hop commune, Tuong Duong district. Photo: Thanh Duy

Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of Public Security visited local people. Photo: Thanh Duy

Responding to the Program to mobilize and support the construction of houses for the poor and people with housing difficulties in Nghe An province in the period of 2023 - 2025, and at the same time implementing the Project to build a clean border commune from drugs of Nghe An Provincial Police with the goal of reducing drug addicts, cleaning up the area, associated with hunger eradication, poverty reduction and social security, the Central Public Security Party Committee and the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security have decided to support the construction of 1,420 houses for poor households in 27 border communes in 6 districts of Ky Son, Tuong Duong, Que Phong, Con Cuong, Anh Son, Thanh Chuong.

In addition, the provincial police have mobilized and supported the construction of 1,000 gratitude houses for poor households and households with difficult housing conditions in the three border districts of Ky Son, Tuong Duong and Que Phong. The total number of houses supported for construction in the six border districts is 2,420 houses.

On behalf of the sponsors, Mr. Phan Duc Tu - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development spoke at the program. Photo: Thanh Duy

Each house has an area of ​​about more than 46m2.²(including the porch), has 3 rooms, the roof is covered with corrugated iron, surrounded by 3-layer corrugated iron and insulated foam panels. The house model has been deployed in a number of provinces such as Tuyen Quang, Thai Nguyen, Thanh Hoa, Lai Chau... The fixed house part of 50 million VND was mobilized and supported by the Ministry of Public Security and the Provincial Police; the part of making the foundation and transporting the house from the district and commune center to the installation location is the responsibility of the People's Committee of the relevant district.

To effectively implement, the Provincial Police proactively coordinated with the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee and the People's Committees of 6 border districts to unify policies, procedures, roadmaps, and tasks for implementation.

Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy speaks at the program. Photo: Thanh Duy

The police force is actively coordinating with the locality and beneficiaries to deploy and strive to complete 1,000 houses mobilized and supported by the Provincial Police before May 31, 2023 and 1,420 houses mobilized and supported by the Ministry of Public Security before August 19, 2023.

At the program, 7 sponsors including: Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development; Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade; Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade; Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development; Vietnam Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Corporation, Vietnam Oil and Gas Group; Vietnam National Petroleum Group; Ecopark Founder - Investor of Eco Central Park project presented support with a total amount of 60 billion VND to accompany the program of the Ministry of Public Security deployed in Nghe An.

Local people attend the ceremony to present model houses and funding to support the construction of houses for the poor and those with housing difficulties in Nghe An province at Vang Mon village, Tam Hop commune, Tuong Duong district. Photo: Thanh Duy

On behalf of the sponsors, Mr. Phan Duc Tu - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development expressed his gratitude for accompanying this meaningful program; believing that the success of the program will help people stabilize their lives, reduce poverty, and contribute to ensuring national security and order in the area.

At the ceremony, leaders of the Ministry of Public Security, Nghe An province, sponsors and localities, and beneficiaries cut the ribbon to inaugurate and hand over the first three gratitude houses mobilized by the Ministry of Public Security to support poor households and families with housing difficulties in 27 border communes to the families of Mr. Huong Van Dan, Huong Van Mui, and Huong Van Thuy, all in Vang Mon village, Tam Hop commune, Tuong Duong district.

Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of Public Security spoke at the program. Photo: Thanh Duy

On behalf of the provincial leaders and the Provincial Steering Committee on mobilizing and supporting the construction of houses for the poor and people with housing difficulties in Nghe An province in the period of 2023 - 2025, speaking at the ceremony, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Thai Thanh Quy said that from the time the idea was conceived until the implementation of the program, Nghe An province was very grateful to receive the very important attention and companionship of many individual leaders of the Party, State, Central agencies, many provinces and cities across the country, along with corporations, enterprises and businessmen.

One of the pioneering units is the Ministry of Public Security, which has committed to supporting the province with 1,420 houses, equivalent to more than 71 billion VND. This is the largest amount of support ever for the program; supporting the construction of houses in the most difficult areas, with the determination to complete as soon as possible so that people can live in solid houses.

People of Vang Mon village, Tam Hop commune, Tuong Duong district attended the program. Photo: Thanh Duy

Comrade Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Thai Thanh Quy emphasized that this is a great gift for the province, for the program, for the poor, especially the poor in border areas. "We consider this as a belief, a driving force to be determined to successfully implement this program" - Comrade Thai Thanh Quy affirmed. The practical support of the Ministry of Public Security is the basis and foundation for Nghe An province to continue to mobilize philanthropists to support the poor.

Mr. Phan Duc Tu - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development presented support. Photo: Thanh Duy

Nghe An is very determined, with a clear division of tasks in the Steering Committee, building a detailed plan for implementation, ensuring the participation of the entire political system and the people. Up to now, 800 house foundations have been built; Nghe An Provincial Police have also handed over 150 houses to the poor in Chieu Luu Commune, Ky Son District.

At this event, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy emphasized the commitment that Nghe An province will use the funding source to support the program to ensure the right beneficiaries, construction according to technical standards and quality, to soon hand over houses to the poor and people with difficult housing circumstances.

Leaders of the Ministry of Public Security and Nghe An province took souvenir photos with sponsors. Photo: Thanh Duy

Provincial leaders will pay attention, direct and mobilize forces from the province to the grassroots to participate in the construction of foundations and pillars, as well as transportation and construction forces to assemble and complete the house as quickly as possible.

“We will regularly inspect and urge to ensure progress is on schedule. 2,420 houses will be completed before August 19, 2023, creating high consensus among the people,” said the Provincial Party Secretary.

Speaking at the inauguration and handover ceremony of the gratitude house, on behalf of the Central Public Security Party Committee and the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security, Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang - Deputy Minister of Public Security sincerely thanked the sponsors and benefactors who supported resources and coordinated with the Ministry of Public Security to support the construction of houses for the poor and people with housing difficulties in Nghe An province.

Leaders of the Ministry of Public Security, Nghe An province, sponsors and localities performed the inauguration ceremony and handed over the houses to the beneficiaries. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Deputy Minister of Public Security praised and highly appreciated the units under the Ministry of Public Security and Nghe An Provincial Police, in a short time, with a large amount of work, but with a sense of responsibility, working enthusiastically, trying their best for their beloved compatriots, "serving the people".

Congratulating the first 3 households to receive houses from the mobilization and support of the Ministry of Public Security, Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang hopes that with the new house, the families will have stable and solid accommodation, peace of mind to work, produce, improve their lives, contribute to the work of protecting security and order at the grassroots level and building and developing the local socio-economy.

Leaders of the Ministry of Public Security, Nghe An province, and sponsors shared joy with the people when receiving support for new houses. Photo: Thanh Duy

In the coming time, the Deputy Minister of Public Security requested units under the Ministry of Public Security and Nghe An Provincial Police to continue to focus on and promote the implementation of work; at the same time, he requested local authorities at all levels, agencies, units, and philanthropists to continue to pay attention, coordinate, and join hands with the police force in building houses to soon hand over to poor households and those with housing difficulties in Nghe An province to soon stabilize their housing and strive to build their lives.

On this occasion, Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang presented gifts to the Police and Border Guard units stationed in the area and the Tam Hop commune government; Nghe An provincial leaders presented gifts to 3 families receiving housing support.

Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang presents gifts to police and border guards stationed in the area and the Tam Hop commune government. Photo: Thanh Duy

Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy presents gifts to 3 families receiving housing support. Photo: Thanh Duy

Up to now, through the survey, the whole Nghe An province has 15,300 poor households, households facing housing difficulties, including 9,200 households in need of building new houses and more than 6,100 households in need of repairing houses. Nghe An strives to have basically no poor households living in dilapidated, damaged, makeshift houses, at risk of collapse, unsafe for living and use by the end of 2025; instead, there will be houses that meet the 3 hard standards (hard foundation, hard frame - walls, hard roof).

Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy visited people of Tam Hop commune (Tuong Duong).

Responding to this extremely important and deeply humane program, in less than a month since its launch, by the end of February 2023, 128 units had supported the construction of 10,184 houses, equivalent to VND 521,193 billion./.