{"id":68741,"date":"2025-03-17T14:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tckt.vn\/english\/?p=68741"},"modified":"2025-03-17T14:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:50:13","slug":"upcoming-green-and-sustainable-social-housing-design-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tckt.vn\/english\/?p=68741","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming: Green and Sustainable Social Housing Design Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

On March 7, 2025, the Vietnam Association of Architects held the first meeting to launch the green-sustainable social housing design competition under the direction of the Prime Minister. The Architecture Magazine was assigned to be the focal point for organizing the competition, coordinating with relevant units and experts to ensure the quality and effectiveness of the competition.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Previously, on the afternoon of March 6, 2025, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the National Online Conference on removing difficulties and obstacles to promote social housing and assigned the Vietnam Association of Architects to launch a national social housing architecture design competition, finding typical designs that can be applied in urban areas, areas with a large number of workers, etc., completing this work from now until April 30 in the spirit of saving time, intelligence and determination. The Ministry of Construction designed models and modules to shorten construction time; assign large enterprises to develop social housing; develop the housing development industry systematically; and promote the creativity of people and enterprises.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the nationwide online conference on resolving difficulties and obstacles to promote the development of social housing \u2013 Photo: VGP\/ Nhat Bac \u2013 BCP.<\/figcaption><\/div><\/figure>
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Social Housing \u2013 Urgent Solution for the Real Estate Market<\/b><\/h2>\n

Developing social housing is not only an urgent task to meet social security needs but also an important driving force to promote the healthy development of the real estate market. The National Housing Development Strategy to 2020, with a vision to 2030, aims to build 100 million square meters of floor space each year, of which at least 20% of the floor space is for low-income people.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, according to data from the Ministry of Construction, from 2021 to present, the whole country has 655 social housing projects implemented with a total scale of 593,428 units, but only 103 projects have been completed with more than 66,755 apartments. This number is still very modest compared to actual demand.<\/span><\/p>\n

With these difficulties, finding optimal social housing design solutions that meet practical needs, save costs and speed up construction progress is an urgent requirement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A corner of the Dang Xa social housing area (Hanoi). Photo: Tuan Huy \u2013 QDND.<\/figcaption><\/div><\/figure>
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Design Competition – Solution for Social Housing<\/b><\/h2>\n

As a professional socio-political organization assigned by the Party and State, the Vietnam Association of Architects has always clearly defined its role and responsibility in the cause of building and developing modern Vietnamese architecture with its own identity under the leadership of the Party; participating in the development of urban and rural architectural planning, including the housing sector in general and social housing in particular.<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, the number of social housing projects put into use is still very lacking. The cost is high, not suitable for the actual income of low-income people in large cities; the speed of implementing the target of 1 million apartments by 2030 is still very slow, and there is a possibility that it will not be completed. There are many reasons, but according to the Vietnam Association of Architects, we are lacking typical designs (models) for social housing that are suitable for regional and local cultures.<\/span><\/p>\n

To contribute to solving difficulties and obstacles, promoting the development of social housing, the Vietnam Association of Architects proposes to organize a competition for social housing architectural plans suitable for regions, in order to have highly applicable designs, which will save costs and especially shorten construction time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The competition will gather domestic and international architects, consultants, and project developers with 3 main goals:<\/span><\/p>\n