Posts Tagged ‘ Resettlement Areas ’

Dams leave farmers landless and hungry

December 14, 2009
Dams leave farmers landless and hungry

A house with a broken staircase at a resettlement village for residents displaced by the A Vuong hydropower plant in Quang Nam Province. LookAtVietnam – Thousands of Quang Nam Province residents have been left unemployed and hungry after losing their farmland to hydroelectric projects.  “They have no income after a year of government support ended,” [...]

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Dams leave farmers landless and hungry

December 13, 2009
Dams leave farmers landless and hungry

A house with a broken staircase at a resettlement village for residents displaced by the A Vuong hydropower plant in Quang Nam Province. Thousands of Quang Nam Province residents have been left unemployed and hungry after losing their farmland to hydroelectric projects. “They have no income after a year of government support ended,” said Doan [...]

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Shortage of qualified staff curbs HCM City’s urban planning

November 3, 2009
Shortage of qualified staff curbs HCM City’s urban planning

LookAtVietnam – A shortage of qualified staff at the district level in HCM City has led to ineffective urban planning, city planners said at a public hearing. Tran Chi Dung, head of the city’s Planning and Architecture Department, said the department was overburdened with work, with 3,981 projects handled in the first nine months of [...]

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Key to unlock resettlement crisis appears

October 31, 2009
Key to unlock resettlement crisis appears

Hanoi’s sluggish resettlement development progress is expected to soon make a breakthrough. Hanoi People’s Committee vice chairman Vu Hong Khanh has signed off on Decision 108/2009/QD-UBND regarding land compensation and support of resettlement within the city in line with government Decree 69/2009/ND-CP, which both took effect from October. The decision is perceived to favour people [...]

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Perfume River’s floating families to have new homes by October

July 23, 2009
Perfume River’s floating families to have new homes by October

A family on a floating home on Dong Ba River in Thua Thien-Hue Province. Authorities in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have hastened the relocation of residents of floating slums amidst worsening pollution in the Huong (Perfume) River. The province’s Hue Town, the former capital of Vietnam, has been working to resettle around 500 [...]

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HCMC hears Thu Thiem compensation grievances, says decision made

July 18, 2009
HCMC hears Thu Thiem compensation grievances, says decision made

Le Thi Bach Tuyet (R) of Thu Thiem Ward in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 2 speaks at a meeting with HCMC administrators on Thursday. A Ho Chi Minh City deputy mayor has defended a plan to remunerate residents displaced by the Thu Thiem New Urban Area project based on land values years ago. Deputy [...]

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Flood gives old town a fresh start

July 11, 2009
Flood gives old town a fresh start

A part of the former Muong Lay Town, which will soon be underwater.LookAtVietnam – Lai Chau Province prepares to bid its old town goodbye and welcomes the new facilities that comes with its rebirth. VNS reports.Emerging out of the metaphorical ashes of Muong Lay Town as it goes under several metres of water when the [...]

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Government accepts blame for slow compensation in power project

April 15, 2009
Government accepts blame for slow compensation in power project

The government on Tuesday admitted it was to blame for slow financial compensation to residents displaced by the Son La Hydroelectric Plant project, which started construction in 2005 in three northwestern provinces. The funds had been made available but their disbursement by local authorities had been slowed down due to procedural issues, according to the [...]

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First day of 19th NA Standing Committee session

April 14, 2009
First day of 19th NA Standing Committee session

The National Assembly Standing Committee began its 19th meeting in Hanoi on April 14 to examine a report on the building of resettlement areas for displaced residents at the Son La hydro-electric power plant project. LookAtVietnam – The National Assembly Standing Committee began its 19th meeting in Hanoi on April 14 to examine a report [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 28/2

February 28, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 28/2

Vice President hopes for Japanese assistance to deformed children; Vietnamese guestworkers in the Czech Republic receive support; Resettlement area built in Ha Tinh An angle of the Vung Ang Economic Zone.The construction of a resettlement area for national key projects in the Vung Ang Economic Zone commenced in Ky Lien commune, Ky Anh district, Ha [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...