Former US president Jimmy Carter will visit Vietnam to build houses for the poor on November 18, local newswire Vietnamnet reported on Thursday.

The project launch is scheduled for November 14, the news source quoted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga as saying.

Administered by the non-governmental and non-profit Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI), the annual program this year will build and repair 166 homes in Thailand, Vietnam, China, Cambodia and Laos with the support of nearly 3,000 volunteers around the world, the organization said on its website.

HFHI has worked in Vietnam since 2001 to provide low-cost housing, water and sanitation solutions for the poor. It has worked in provinces like Tien Giang and Dong Nai as well as Ho Chi Minh City.

Source: Thanh Nien