Local people with a
limited budget will have a better opportunity to own a house with a container
housing project being launched soon to the real-estate market.

A container house offered for VND 269 million (USD 13,400)

Mai Hoang Tuan, director of Hung Dao Container Joint Stock
Company, responsible for the project, said that each container house would cost
between VND 100-300 million (USD 5,000-15,000).

“With that sum of money, people can own a house with 1
living room, 2 bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom with full facilities
including armchairs, refridgerator, kitchen utensils, television and
air-conditioner; a true home,” he said.

Container houses can be built in a very short time, about
one-tenth of the time taken for building the same type of house with
traditional materials. It can also have a life time of about 30 years. When
people do not want to live in the home, they can sell it back to the company
for at least 50% of its total cost.

“This kind of house will be an ideal option for people on a
tight budget,” Tuan said. “In addition, we also target students living far from
their home.”

He also revealed that his customers would have various
choices regarding the size of their houses. “We had built a 500 square-metre
villa from 28 containers in Ho Chi
Minh City.”

Hung Dao Container Company previously made offices made from
containers available. These models are new in Vietnam but can be found all over
the world.

The company just introduced their new products at the 2010
Real Estate Exhibition in Da Nang
City earlier in December,
which attracted much attention from people.

These models are expected to contribute to the development
of the social housing fund and assist in providing housing for low-income
families as well as serve community service purposes in Da Nang and some other provinces in the
central region. In particular, this will be a solution for quickly creating
temporary housing funds for households to move from emergency buildings, old
apartments or site-clearance households waiting for resettlement.

Source: Dantrinews