PANO –The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has funded over VND53 billion to localities to remove dilapidated houses in the area under the Prime Minister’s Decision 167/QD-TTg, said the provincial People’s Committee.

 As planned, over 6,600 dilapidated houses in the province will be removed during the 2009-2012 period.

Particularly, priority will be given to the construction of houses for 1,900 poor households in the districts of Tu Mo Rong and Kon Plong later this year.

Translated by Vu Hung