Under the project on building new houses or repairing their downgraded ones for social policy families in Da Nang in 2018, a total of 79 billion VND from the city budget and other financial sources is spending on building and repairing 2,472 houses.

Of this, 31.2 billion VND goes to build new houses and repair downgraded ones for 944 families in Hoa Vang District.

According to the lastest figures released by the municipal Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, as of late September all 2,472 social policy families had had their houses built or repaired, 3 month ahead of schedule.

Mr Thong and his wife in their newly-repaired house

Mr Nguyen Van Thong from La Bong Village, Hoa Tien Commune, Hoa Vang District couldnot hid his great happiness as they live in his newly-repaired house.

“I and my wife are turning 80 years old, and we cannot afford to earn for living. Fortunately, I have received 30 million VND from the city budget, and the similar amount of money from our children, to repair our deteriorated homes” he added.

In 2016, a total of 1,367 social policy families were helped to build their new houses or repair their downgraded ones. The figure has increased to 1,430 in 2017, and 2,472 in 2018 which is the highest level ever recorded in the city.