Vietnam

The objective of the Trung Son Hydropower Project for Vietnam is to improve, or at least restore, livelihoods and living standards of affected households and villages... Show More + while allowing them to maintain their cultural identity. Negative measures include: impacts on land; impacts of crops growing on the land acquired; impacts of assets on lands consist of temporary camps, houses, and other construction works of local inhabitants; and loss of livelihood. Mitigation measures include: a) acquisition of land and other assets, and resettlement of people will be minimized as much as possible; b) affected households will be compensated for affected assets in cash or in kind at replacement cost; c) plans for acquisition of land and other assets and provision of rehabilitation measures will be carried out in consultation with the project affected peoples (PAPs), to ensure minimal disturbance. Entitlements will be provided by PAPs prior to expected start-up of works at the respective subproject sites; d) any acquisition of, or restriction of access to, resources owned or managed by the affected community as a common property should be mitigated by arrangement ensuring access to improved or at least restored resources or access; and e) financial and physical resources for resettlement and rehabilitation will be made available and as where and when required. Show Less -

The objective of the Second Transmission and Distribution Project is to contribute to the Government of Vietnam (GOV) poverty alleviation program in the rural areas... Show More + by providing basic infrastructure services i.e. electricity. Negative impacts of the project: permanent land acquisition, permanent impact on houses, structures, crops, and other assets. Mitigation measures include: 1) acquisition of land and other assets, and resettlement of people will be minimized as much as possible; 2) the rehabilitation measures to be provided are: (i) compensation at replacement cost, without deduction for depreciation or salvage materials for houses and other structures; (ii) agricultural land for land of equal productive capacity acceptable to the displaced persons (DPs) or in cash at replacement cost according to DP's choice; (iii) replacement of residential premise land of equal size acceptable to the DP or in cash at replacement cost according to DP's choice; and (iv) transfer and subsistence allowances; and 3) replacement residential and agricultural land will be as nearby as possible to the land that was lost, and acceptable to the DPs. Show Less -

The Danang Sustainable City Development Project (SCDP) for Vietnam aims to help Danang become a more sustainable city that benefits all citizens by improving urban environment... Show More + and increasing urban mobility in a clean, safe, inclusive, and energy efficient manner. The project negative impacts and their mitigation measures include: (1) minimize the impact of land acquisition on other assets and the resettlement of people; (2) all Displaced Persons (DPs) who live, work, do business or farm in bridge and road right of ways at the time of the survey will be provided with full economic recovery measures to improve, or at least maintain, their living standard and ability to generate income at the same level as before the Project implementation; (3) rehabilitation measures including: (i) compensation at the replacement cost without considering depreciation or materials that may possibly be re-used to construct new houses and other structures; (ii) agricultural land will be compensated by cash at the replacement cost; (iii) residential land will be compensated by cash at the replacement cost; households and individuals whose land is acquired totally or the remaining area after being acquired is not enough to live, if there are demands, will be allocated for resettlement; iv) transportation costs, allowances, and support; (4) the replacement land for residential and agricultural land should be acceptable to the DPs and as close to the Project acquired land as possible; (5) moving time for resettlement should be minimized and allowances and support for DPs must be made one month before the scheduled commencement date for the project's work in each area; and (6) land acquisition, compensation and support should be planned with the participation of DPs to minimize disturbance. Benefits must be provided to DPs before the scheduled commencement of the work in each project area, and the available public services must be maintained or improved. Show Less -