Vietnam

The objective of the Renewable Energy Development Project for Vietnam is to increase the supply of least-cost electricity to the national grid from renewable energy... Show More + sources on a commercially sustainable basis in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner. Negative measures include: loss of agricultural, forestry, or residential land; loss of structures and other fixed assets; loss of tree and crops; and temporary loss of land. Mitigation measures include: a) during the planning and design stage attempts will be made to minimize acquisition of land and other assets, and resettlement of people as much as possible; b) plans for acquisition of land and other assets and provision of rehabilitation measures will be carried out in consultation with the Displaced Person (DP); c) all DP will be compensated at full replacement cost for the loss of land and other assets without depreciation and transaction fee; d) the relocation sites will be provided with improved, or at least the previous, level of community services and resources; and e) financial and physical resources for resettlement and rehabilitation will be made available as and when required by the developer. Show Less -