Vietnam

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 -