Hanoi, Feb. 26 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has stressed that the guiding principle of developing real estate market and social housing must be "accurate awareness of its importance, breakthrough thinking, appropriate policies, a controlled market, bottlenecks removed, procedures streamlined, inclusive development, harmonised interests, and benefits for all citizens".

PM Chinh made the statement while chairing the sixth session of the Central Steering Committee for Housing and Real Estate Market Policies in Hanoi on February 26, which went hybrid, linking up live with officials in 34 cities and provinces.

Back at the previous session, the Prime Minister handed out 19 tasks to ministries, agencies, and localities to accelerate housi...