The Prime Minister requested drastic implementation of solutions to increase supply and reduce housing and real estate prices.

On October 7, the Prime Minister signed and issued Official Dispatch No. 190/CD-TTg requesting Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies; Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to resolutely implement solutions to increase supply, reduce housing and real estate prices, and stabilize the market.

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The telegram stated that recently, the Government and the Prime Minister have had many drastic instructions and timely solutions to remove difficulties, speed up the implementation of real estate projects, control and stabilize the real estate market; remove obstacles in the implementation of land management, use, and land valuation; promptly rectify the auction of land use rights. However, in some areas and localities, real estate and housing prices have continuously increased, far exceeding the financial capacity of the people, partly due to the lack of information on housing, the real estate market, the situation of "pushing up prices", "creating virtual prices", lack of supply of commercial housing with prices suitable for people, the number of social housing projects that are being vigorously implemented but not enough to meet the needs of the people...

Adjust regulations on reasonable land use fees

In order to promptly promote investment projects, increase the supply of housing and real estate products, strengthen control, rectify and promptly handle real estate manipulation, price hikes and speculation, stabilize the market, and ensure people's right to housing and accommodation, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies, and Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and cities to focus on perfecting institutions, policies and laws on housing, real estate business, land, planning, investment, construction, credit and taxes to ensure synchronization and unity. Continue to minimize administrative procedures, further strengthen decentralization and delegation of power; research and adjust regulations on land use fees reasonably, not to let them be the cause of real estate, housing and land price increases far beyond people's income.

Urgently research, develop and promulgate breakthrough, open and favorable mechanisms to attract resources for the real estate market to develop stably, healthily, openly and transparently, especially promoting the development of housing segments with prices suitable to the average income of people to improve the spiritual and material life of people.

Focus on and resolutely direct and urge the promotion of social housing development to exceed the target of 100,000 social housing units in 2025 assigned by the Government and Prime Minister.

Strengthen management of the real estate market, business activities, and real estate transfers; continue to monitor and grasp market information to promptly issue solutions and management mechanisms for the real estate market to develop in a stable, safe, healthy, and sustainable direction.

Urgently carry out the tasks assigned by the Prime Minister in Document No. 9557/VPCP-CN dated October 6, 2025, Document No. 9631/VPCP-CN dated October 7, 2025 of the Government Office to prepare for the Second Meeting of the Central Steering Committee on housing policy and real estate market on breakthrough development of social housing.

Price control

The Prime Minister assigned the Minister of Construction to preside over the research, review and completion of legal documents on housing, real estate business, urban and rural planning, and construction to promptly resolve difficulties and problems arising in practice; including researching and proposing solutions to control prices to ensure compliance with market rules, state management, and the people's right to housing and accommodation; researching specific breakthrough solutions for social housing development; urgently developing policies on renting and hire-purchasing houses for low-income people.

Urgently report the results of 5 Working Groups inspecting, urging, and removing difficulties and obstacles for real estate and housing projects nationwide, especially social housing projects; guide localities to determine the number of completed social housing in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Real Estate Business.

The Ministry of Construction shall preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment , the Ministry of Finance and relevant agencies to urgently complete the pilot project of the model "Real estate and land use rights trading center managed by the State" to submit to the Government and the Prime Minister for consideration and decision in October 2025. Strengthen guidance for localities to promptly update and publish prices of construction materials and construction price indexes in the management area, ensuring that they accurately reflect the cost of material prices and are consistent with the market price level; strictly prohibit and strictly handle speculation and taking advantage of the State's policies on common raw materials to hoard goods, push up prices and profiteering.

The Minister of Finance urgently reports to the Prime Minister before October 15, 2025 on real estate tax policy as directed by Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc in Document No. 3642/VPCP-KTTH dated August 14, 2025. Coordinate with the Ministry of Construction and relevant ministries to research and implement digital transformation to connect procedures from real estate transactions, notarization, tax and land transaction registration in the electronic environment.

The Minister of Agriculture and Environment shall complete legal documents related to the land sector, especially planning, land use plans, land allocation, land lease, land price determination, etc. to remove difficulties and obstacles related to land prices, and submit them to competent authorities for promulgation in October 2025, including strengthening the role of the State in controlling land prices and regulations on land use fee collection to ensure compliance with land law, in accordance with reality, especially people's income. Urgently complete the national land database, connect and synchronize with the population database and related specialized databases to contribute to improving the efficiency of providing online public services and state management of land.

Ministry of National Defense and Ministry of Public Security : Proactively coordinate with localities to deploy investment in building housing for the people's armed forces, ensuring the completion of the target assigned by the Prime Minister to complete housing for the people's armed forces by 2030.

Carefully evaluate when granting credit to real estate projects that show signs of "price inflation"

The Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam proactively manages monetary policy flexibly and effectively, controls, checks and inspects credit to priority areas, including credit for investors and home buyers in projects: social housing, worker housing, renovation and reconstruction of apartment buildings, commercial housing with prices suitable to people's accessibility... Research and have solutions to strictly manage, appraise and evaluate carefully when granting credit to real estate projects with high product prices or signs of "inflating prices" or "pushing prices", have plans to regularly and seriously monitor and inspect credit institutions that lend with real estate as collateral that needs to be objectively and reasonably valued, in compliance with regulations to ensure credit efficiency and safety; direct banks to cut costs, increase digital transformation, reduce input cost procedures to continue reducing lending interest rates for production and business activities, and stimulate consumption.

Continue to coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to amend the criteria, conditions, and procedures for more favorable loans and resolutely promote the disbursement of the VND120 trillion credit program for loans for social housing, workers' housing, and housing for the armed forces.

Promote effective implementation of credit packages supporting social housing policies, preferential loan programs for young people under 35 years old to buy commercial housing for the first time, social housing with appropriate interest rates and terms, ensuring disbursement on schedule and to the right subjects.

Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities focus on directing and accelerating the implementation of projects, completing social housing targets assigned by the Prime Minister on schedule, setting the highest goal of completing assigned social housing targets to urge and implement. Directing research and development of social housing models suitable to specific local conditions; strictly implementing regulations on reserving land for workers' accommodation in industrial parks and 20% of residential land in commercial housing projects and urban areas for investment in social housing development according to the law.

Major cities, key areas such as Hanoi , Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hue, Can Tho and provinces with many industrial parks... focus on prioritizing land funds according to planning to implement social housing projects, commercial housing with suitable prices to increase the supply of products suitable for people's income, synthesize the situation, propose breakthrough solutions to promote social housing development, send to the Ministry of Construction on October 10, 2025.

Localities must immediately cut down and reform administrative procedures; arrange a sufficient number of civil servants, ensure effective implementation of decentralized functions and tasks in the fields of planning, land, construction, housing, real estate, investment, etc., and avoid stagnation in handling administrative procedures due to lack of human resources. Urgently plan and publicize projects, new urban areas, housing projects, especially social housing projects in the area; at the same time, strengthen inspection and supervision of real estate brokerage activities in the area to prevent "spreading rumors" and "disturbing" the market.

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