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This resettlement action plan for the Second Transmission and Distribution Project for Vietnam aims to reduce adverse impacts on land acquisition, and ensure that the... Show More + standard of living of displaced persons is restored to pre-project levels. The project will impact houses, structures, trees, crops, and other assets; and temporarily require land during project construction; and also require land for the substation, access road, connection tower, and under the cable line. A total of five households with 21 persons will be affected. There are no impacts to natural preserving zones, vestiges, and pagodas or sensitive areas. There are no expected impacts to minorities. All project affected individuals, families, and institutions will be compensated for lost assets and be assisted with allowances and subsidies during transition. Compensation costs and allowances will be decided by the Power Company of Ho Chi Minh City at replacement value. Show Less -

The Second Rural Energy Project for Vietnam aims to improve access to good quality, affordable electricity services to rural communities, in an efficient and sustainable... Show More + manner to support Vietnam's efforts towards socio-economic development. This resettlement action plan proposes measures to minimize land acquisition and losses during the design and construction phases of the project. Routes and substation options causing minimum impacts have been selected. Other likely impacts include: permanent impacts on trees, crops, and other assets in the proposed substations, tower foundations, and in the right-of-ways; assets on the service roads; all trees and crops or other assets surrounding the tower foundation and substation areas; and land temporarily acquired during project construction. Survey results show that thirty-five point nine (35.9) percent of the total affected area will be permanently affected, including land area for annual crops, garden areas, land for aquaculture, and public lands. There is no household losing more than 10 percent of their productive landholding. There will be 1330 households having houses or secondary structures impaired due to right-of-way of transmission lines. There are no households having business or commercial services to be affected. No impacts on natural preservation zones, vestigial remains, pagodas, or other sensitive areas are expected. No commune having ethnic minorities will be affected by subprojects. With the extent of impacts being mostly marginal, all displaced persons opt for cash compensation for their impacted land and assets at replacement costs or market rates. Development of resettlement sites is not required. All displaced persons to be resettled are entitled to transport allowance, relocation subsidy, training, or other income restoration measures. Those displaced persons losing more than 10 percent of their land holdings will be entitled to rehabilitation assistance and/or training. The report also discusses the manner of public participation and consultation, grievance mechanisms put in place, institutional arrangements, the resettlement implementation schedule, cost estimates, and the report's disclosure. Show Less -

This resettlement action plan (RAP) comprises eight volumes covering related issues for each project area, and includes as well, the policy framework for resettlement... Show More + compensation (v. 8) that ensures compliance with the legal and regulatory framework, eligibility criteria, and modes of compensation that will guide the resettlement process. The RAP stipulates that compensation for losses due to temporary acquisition of agricultural, and forest land in the right of way (ROW), will be in the form of cash at replacement costs for crops at market prices, with no land compensation. In addition, regarding partial building structure losses in the ROW, subject to the conditions under Article 8 of Decree no. 54/1999 on the protection of high voltage networks, the project affected people (PAP) may choose to 1) remain in their homes, and will be subsidized for losses; or, 2) be compensated in cash at substitution costs. PAPs who suffer total losses of both land, and building structures will be compensated, either in the form of land at replacement costs, or, land for land compensation, with additional cash compensation at replacement costs covering affected assets, including crops, and fruit trees at replacement costs. Allowances include relocation assistance for a six month period, in the form of food security, i.e., rice provisions; transportation allowances; and, rehabilitation assistance following business, or income losses over 25 percent of income. Grievance mechanisms include commune authorities, who may present cases to the District People's Committee, revised by the Provincial People's Committee, and if need be, may be submitted for consideration of the District Court. Show Less -

This resettlement action plan (RAP) comprises eight volumes covering related issues for each project area, and includes as well, the policy framework for resettlement... Show More + compensation (v. 8) that ensures compliance with the legal and regulatory framework, eligibility criteria, and modes of compensation that will guide the resettlement process. The RAP stipulates that compensation for losses due to temporary acquisition of agricultural, and forest land in the right of way (ROW), will be in the form of cash at replacement costs for crops at market prices, with no land compensation. In addition, regarding partial building structure losses in the ROW, subject to the conditions under Article 8 of Decree no. 54/1999 on the protection of high voltage networks, the project affected people (PAP) may choose to 1) remain in their homes, and will be subsidized for losses; or, 2) be compensated in cash at substitution costs. PAPs who suffer total losses of both land, and building structures will be compensated, either in the form of land at replacement costs, or, land for land compensation, with additional cash compensation at replacement costs covering affected assets, including crops, and fruit trees at replacement costs. Allowances include relocation assistance for a six month period, in the form of food security, i.e., rice provisions; transportation allowances; and, rehabilitation assistance following business, or income losses over 25 percent of income. Grievance mechanisms include commune authorities, who may present cases to the District People's Committee, revised by the Provincial People's Committee, and if need be, may be submitted for consideration of the District Court. Show Less -

This resettlement action plan (RAP) comprises eight volumes covering related issues for each project area, and includes as well, the policy framework for resettlement... Show More + compensation (v. 8) that ensures compliance with the legal and regulatory framework, eligibility criteria, and modes of compensation that will guide the resettlement process. The RAP stipulates that compensation for losses due to temporary acquisition of agricultural, and forest land in the right of way (ROW), will be in the form of cash at replacement costs for crops at market prices, with no land compensation. In addition, regarding partial building structure losses in the ROW, subject to the conditions under Article 8 of Decree no. 54/1999 on the protection of high voltage networks, the project affected people (PAP) may choose to 1) remain in their homes, and will be subsidized for losses; or, 2) be compensated in cash at substitution costs. PAPs who suffer total losses of both land, and building structures will be compensated, either in the form of land at replacement costs, or, land for land compensation, with additional cash compensation at replacement costs covering affected assets, including crops, and fruit trees at replacement costs. Allowances include relocation assistance for a six month period, in the form of food security, i.e., rice provisions; transportation allowances; and, rehabilitation assistance following business, or income losses over 25 percent of income. Grievance mechanisms include commune authorities, who may present cases to the District People's Committee, revised by the Provincial People's Committee, and if need be, may be submitted for consideration of the District Court. Show Less -

This resettlement action plan (RAP) comprises eight volumes covering related issues for each project area, and includes as well, the policy framework for resettlement... Show More + compensation (v. 8) that ensures compliance with the legal and regulatory framework, eligibility criteria, and modes of compensation that will guide the resettlement process. The RAP stipulates that compensation for losses due to temporary acquisition of agricultural, and forest land in the right of way (ROW), will be in the form of cash at replacement costs for crops at market prices, with no land compensation. In addition, regarding partial building structure losses in the ROW, subject to the conditions under Article 8 of Decree no. 54/1999 on the protection of high voltage networks, the project affected people (PAP) may choose to 1) remain in their homes, and will be subsidized for losses; or, 2) be compensated in cash at substitution costs. PAPs who suffer total losses of both land, and building structures will be compensated, either in the form of land at replacement costs, or, land for land compensation, with additional cash compensation at replacement costs covering affected assets, including crops, and fruit trees at replacement costs. Allowances include relocation assistance for a six month period, in the form of food security, i.e., rice provisions; transportation allowances; and, rehabilitation assistance following business, or income losses over 25 percent of income. Grievance mechanisms include commune authorities, who may present cases to the District People's Committee, revised by the Provincial People's Committee, and if need be, may be submitted for consideration of the District Court. Show Less -

This resettlement action plan (RAP) comprises eight volumes covering related issues for each project area, and includes as well, the policy framework for resettlement... Show More + compensation (v. 8) that ensures compliance with the legal and regulatory framework, eligibility criteria, and modes of compensation that will guide the resettlement process. The RAP stipulates that compensation for losses due to temporary acquisition of agricultural, and forest land in the right of way (ROW), will be in the form of cash at replacement costs for crops at market prices, with no land compensation. In addition, regarding partial building structure losses in the ROW, subject to the conditions under Article 8 of Decree no. 54/1999 on the protection of high voltage networks, the project affected people (PAP) may choose to 1) remain in their homes, and will be subsidized for losses; or, 2) be compensated in cash at substitution costs. PAPs who suffer total losses of both land, and building structures will be compensated, either in the form of land at replacement costs, or, land for land compensation, with additional cash compensation at replacement costs covering affected assets, including crops, and fruit trees at replacement costs. Allowances include relocation assistance for a six month period, in the form of food security, i.e., rice provisions; transportation allowances; and, rehabilitation assistance following business, or income losses over 25 percent of income. Grievance mechanisms include commune authorities, who may present cases to the District People's Committee, revised by the Provincial People's Committee, and if need be, may be submitted for consideration of the District Court. Show Less -

The development objective of the Additional Financing for the Coastal Cities Environmental and Sanitation Project is to improve the environmental sanitation in the project... Show More + cities in a sustainable manner thereby enhancing the quality of life for city residents. Negative impacts include: loss of agricultural land, loss of crops and trees, loss of employment, and loss of houses. Mitigation measures include: the persons losing the acquired land shall be compensated with the assignment of new land of the same land use purposes; if there no land available for compensations, the affected persons shall be compensated with the value of land use right with the use purpose existed at the time of issuance of decisions on land acquisition, in cases there no resettlement sites available, the affected persons shall be compensated in cash and given priority to purchase or lease dwelling houses under the State's ownership, for urban areas; be compensated with residential land, for rural areas; in cases if the value of land use right of the recovered land is higher than that of the land compensated, the affected persons shall be compensated for such differences in cash. In case of recovering productive land of households and/or individuals who are directly engaged in production, but there no land available for compensation to continue production, then besides of cash compensations, the affected persons shall also be assisted by the State for rehabilitation of their living conditions, for training to shift into new occupations, or be arranged for new employment. Affected crops and trees are compensated at market and replacement cost respectively. Affected houses and structures attached to the acquired land are compensated at replacement cost without depreciation and deduction of salvage materials. Show Less -

The Second Rural Energy Project for Vietnam aims to improve access to good quality, affordable electricity services to rural communities, in an efficient and sustainable... Show More + manner to support Vietnam's efforts towards socio-economic development. This resettlement action plan proposes measures to minimize land acquisition and losses during the design and construction phases of the project. Routes and substation options causing minimum impacts have been selected. Other likely impacts include: permanent impacts on trees, crops, and other assets in the proposed substations, tower foundations, and in the right-of-ways; assets on the service roads; all trees and crops or other assets surrounding the tower foundation and substation areas; and land temporarily acquired during project construction. Survey results show that thirty-five point nine (35.9) percent of the total affected area will be permanently affected, including land area for annual crops, garden areas, land for aquaculture, and public lands. There is no household losing more than 10 percent of their productive landholding. There will be 1330 households having houses or secondary structures impaired due to right-of-way of transmission lines. There are no households having business or commercial services to be affected. No impacts on natural preservation zones, vestigial remains, pagodas, or other sensitive areas are expected. No commune having ethnic minorities will be affected by subprojects. With the extent of impacts being mostly marginal, all displaced persons opt for cash compensation for their impacted land and assets at replacement costs or market rates. Development of resettlement sites is not required. All displaced persons to be resettled are entitled to transport allowance, relocation subsidy, training, or other income restoration measures. Those displaced persons losing more than 10 percent of their land holdings will be entitled to rehabilitation assistance and/or training. The report also discusses the manner of public participation and consultation, grievance mechanisms put in place, institutional arrangements, the resettlement implementation schedule, cost estimates, and the report's disclosure. Show Less -

The Second Rural Energy Project for Vietnam aims to improve access to good quality, affordable electricity services to rural communities, in an efficient and sustainable... Show More + manner to support Vietnam's efforts towards socio-economic development. This resettlement action plan proposes measures to minimize land acquisition and losses during the design and construction phases of the project. Routes and substation options causing minimum impacts have been selected. Other likely impacts include: permanent impacts on trees, crops, and other assets in the proposed substations, tower foundations, and in the right-of-ways; assets on the service roads; all trees and crops or other assets surrounding the tower foundation and substation areas; and land temporarily acquired during project construction. Survey results show that thirty-five point nine (35.9) percent of the total affected area will be permanently affected, including land area for annual crops, garden areas, land for aquaculture, and public lands. There is no household losing more than 10 percent of their productive landholding. There will be 1330 households having houses or secondary structures impaired due to right-of-way of transmission lines. There are no households having business or commercial services to be affected. No impacts on natural preservation zones, vestigial remains, pagodas, or other sensitive areas are expected. No commune having ethnic minorities will be affected by subprojects. With the extent of impacts being mostly marginal, all displaced persons opt for cash compensation for their impacted land and assets at replacement costs or market rates. Development of resettlement sites is not required. All displaced persons to be resettled are entitled to transport allowance, relocation subsidy, training, or other income restoration measures. Those displaced persons losing more than 10 percent of their land holdings will be entitled to rehabilitation assistance and/or training. The report also discusses the manner of public participation and consultation, grievance mechanisms put in place, institutional arrangements, the resettlement implementation schedule, cost estimates, and the report's disclosure. Show Less -