In June 2011, the project of housing for social security offered by Becamex IDC saw great feasibility. By February 2012, Becamex housing for social security broken ground. For 6 months around, the project now offers local people with opportunities to draw the slot of the completed apartments. Model of housing for social security of Becamex IDC “The wishes of laborers like us are humble. We only need apartments to live in. All those wishes just come true thanks to Becamex IDC,” said Mr. Le Ba Dinh, a worker of Kumho Corporation on his receiving of slot ticket at apartment A1-501 of Hoa Loi Project of Housing for social security at the cost of VND 90 million. In the same case was family of Mr. Nguyen Hoang Duy Nguyen who bought a 30-m2 apartment at a reasonable price to settle down. Mr. Tran Quoc Hung, Deputy Director of Becamex Housing for social security Management Authority confirmed that appartments should be handed over to buyers by December for the first stage of slot drawing for Blocks A1 to A6. Hoa Loi housing for social security project is being promoted to hand over apartments by December 2012 Mr. Chung Buu Long, General Director Customer Center of My Phuoc Industrial Park Becamex ISC (a subsidiaries of Becamex IDC) aserted that the current model of housing for social security is at lowest rate so that everyone who has no apartments can buy. Under the plan from 2011 to 2015, Becamex IDC shall construct 37 zones housing for social security across Thu Dau Mot City, Thuan An Town, Di An Town, Ben Cat District, and Tan Uyen District with 64,700 apartments to about 168,000 people at the cost of VND 11,000 billion. Interior view of an appartment under housing for social security project For the first stage of selection, local people can choose apartments at 1B zone at the cost of VND 90 to 130 million (VAT not included). So as to make the price accessible to laborers, Becamex IDC has supported all the costs of land-use rights and infra-construction outside. According to Becamex IDC, to resolve accommodation matters for local people and to ensure social stability, the project of housing for social security shall be expanded to various people in all industries. Because housing for social security is not for commercial purposes, actions should be made to prevent speculation. Thus, buyers should be certified by local authorities before being able to buy the apartments. Potential buyers are drawing slots to buy appartments under Hoa Loi housing for social security project Currently, Becamex IDC launches registration localities at Horizon Building of Binh Duong Province, Hoa Loi Residential Area in Thu Dau Mot City, My Phuoc Urban area, Bau Bang Residential Area in Ben Cat District, and Viet-Sing urban area in Thuan An Town. Designs are diversified for specific choices of 30m2 and 60m2 of floors. The apartments are constructed by durable and modern materials creating ventilation and cool living spaces. Bargain prices and friendly designs have promoted housing for social security sponsored by Becamex IDC in a bid to attract more and more investments of finance and HR to Binh Duong Province in the stage of industrialization and urbanization. Reported by T.Minh – Translated by Vi Bao