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DUE DILIGENCE REPORT AND CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN Project Number: Loan 2225-VIE September 2013 VIE: Northern Power Transmission Expansion Sector Project SON LA HIEP HOA 500 KV TRANSMISSION LINE Prepared by the National Power Transmission Corporation / Northern Vietnam Power Project Management Board. The Due Diligence Report and Corrective Action Plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB s Board of Directors, Management, or Staff and may be preliminary in nature.

TABLE OF CONTENT I. INTRODUCTION... 3 A. Background... 3 B. Scope of the Due Diligence Survey... 5 II. PROJECT IMPACTS... 5 III. REVIEW OF DUE DILIGENCE REPORTS AND CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS PREPARED BASED ON THE OCTOBER 2012 MOU... 6 A. Findings of the 11 Due Diligence Surveys... 6 1. Methodology... 6 2. Policy and Standards Applied... 6 3. Compliance with Agreed Resettlement Framework... 8 B. Corrective Action Plan Based on the October 2012 MoU... 9 C. Summary of DDR and Review Mission Findings... 14 IV. CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN UNDER THE DUE DILIGENCE REVIEW... 19 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: List of Provinces and Districts/Towns Crossed by the Son La Hiep Hoa Transmission Line... 3 Table 2: Status of Resettlement Documents Prepared for the Son La Hiep Hoa Transmission Line... 4 Table 3: Data Required for Project Impacts... 6 Table 4: Non Compliance identified in the Due Diligence Reports... 9 Table 5: Implementation of the Corrective Action Plan of October 2012... 11 Table 6: Summary of Findings from Due Diligence Reports and Review Missions... 16 Table 7: Final Corrective Action Plan... 20 LIST OF ANNEX Annex 1: Lists of Persons Met... 25 Annex 2: Photos of Resettlement Sites... 26 Annex 3: Photos of Relocated Households... 28 i

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ADB - AHs - APs - CAP - CPC - DCRB - DDR - EA - EMA - DMS - GoV - GRM - HHs - IOL - LAR - LIC LURC - NPT - NPPMB - PIB - PPC - RCS - ROW - TL - Asian Development Bank (or the Bank) Affected Households Affected Persons Corrective Action Plan Commune Peoples Committee District Compensation and Resettlement Board Due Diligence Report Executing Agency External Monitoring Agency Detailed Measurement Survey Government of Vietnam Grievance and Redress Mechanism households Inventory of Losses Land Acquisition and Resettlement Local Implementation Consultant Land User Rights Certificate National Power Transmission Corporation Northern Vietnam Power Project Management Board Project Information Booklet Provincial Peoples Committee Replacement Cost Survey Right-of-way Transmission Line ii

I. INTRODUCTION A. Background 1. The Son La Hiep Hoa (SLHH) 500 kv Transmission Line (TL) is part of the Northern Power Transmission Expansion Project (NPTEP). The SLHH-TL has a total length of 268.47 km. The TL starts from the Son La 500 KV substation and ends at the Hiep Hoa 500 KV substation. The TL traversed five provinces and 18 districts/towns/city as summarized in the table below. Table 1: Provinces, Districts/Towns/City Crossed by the Son La Hiep Hoa Transmission Line Province District/town/city Length Son La Muong La Mai Son Bac Yen Phu Yen 125,26 km Phu Tho Tan Son Thanh Son Yen Lap Tam Nong Phu Ninh Phu Tho Town Viet Tri City 81,97 km Vinh Phuc Lap Thach Tam Duong Tam Dao Binh Xuyen Phuc Yen Town 42,44 km Thai Nguyen Pho Yen 16,58 km Bac Giang Hiep Hoa 2,32 km 2. A Resettlement Framework (RF) has been prepared to guide the preparation and implementation of resettlement plans for sub-projects, such as the SLHH TL. It sets out the objectives, principles, eligibility criteria for affected people (APs), entitlements, legal and institutional framework, modes of compensation and rehabilitation, participation and consultation procedures and grievance redress mechanisms that will be employed to compensate, resettle and rehabilitate living standards of APs. The RF also sets out the steps for preparation of resettlement plans for subprojects. 3. Implementation of resettlement activities started in March 2009. It was agreed to prepare updated Resettlement Plans (RP) for each district/town/city crossed by the TL based on final design and Detailed Measurement Survey (DMS). 4. Four (4) Resettlement Plans (RP) for the 4 districts of Son La Province were prepared and approved by ADB in 2009 (see Table 2). For the other 14 districts/towns/city the National Power Transmission (NPT) and the Northern Power Project Management Board (NPPMB) has initiated the acquisition of land for the tower foundations and relocation of houses under the TL in the absence of a resettlement plan duly approved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Resettlement sites were also not ready at the time of the relocation of HHs. 5. Following start of the compensation of AHs, ADB requested the preparation of a Due Diligence Report (DDR) for each of the 14 districts/towns/city where no RP was prepared and 3

approved by ADB. 3 DDR for 3 districts/town were prepared in 2010 and approved by ADB (See Table 2). For these 3 districts/town, a Replacement Cost Survey (RCS) was also prepared by NPPMB and send to ADB for approval. None of these RCS were however approved by ADB. 6. For each of the remaining 11 districts/towns/city, a DDR was also prepared at the beginning of 2011 by a local consultant CEFACOM and submitted to ADB for review and approval in May 2011. None of these 11 DDR was approved by ADB. 7. In October 2012, ADB conducted a review mission along the TL to review the social safeguards issues associated with the Loan 2225-VIE. The Mission s principal objective was to: (i) review status of social safeguards implementation and monitoring; (ii) identify actions required to achieve compliance with ADB social safeguard policies. The focus was on the two 500 kv transmission lines including the Son La Hiep Hoa TL. A MOU was prepared on the 15th October 2012. In this MOU. It was agreed that NPPMB will prepare a corrective action plan (CAP) on the issues raised in the MOU. 8. In February-March 2013, ADB conducted another review mission along the Son La Hiep Hoa TL. One of the purposes of this mission was to verify the measures undertaken by NPPMB to answer to the recommendations included in the October 2012 MoU. Table 2: Status of Resettlement Documents Prepared for the Son La Hiep Hoa Transmission Line No Name of Document Submission / Approval by ADB Status I Resettlement Plans Approved by ADB in 2009 1 RP for Muong La district, Son La province 2 RP for Mai Son district, Son La province 3 RP for Phu Yen district Son La province 4 RP for Bac Yen district Son La province II Due Diligence Reports 1 Due diligence report for Thanh Son district Phu Tho province 2 Due diligence report for Phu Tho town Phu Tho province Approved by ADB in 2010 3 Due diligence report for Lap Thach district Vinh Phuc province 4 Due diligence report for Pho Yen district Thai Nguyen province 5 Due diligence report for Hiep Hoa district Bac Giang province 6 Due diligence report for Tam Duong district Vinh Phuc province 24th May 2011 Waiting ADB and re-submitted 7 Due diligence report for Phuc Yen town Vinh Phuc province approval on 17 May 2012 8 Due diligence report for Binh Xuyen district Vinh Phuc province 9 Due diligence report for Tam Dao district Vinh Phuc province 10 Due diligence report for Yen Lap district Phu Tho province 11 Due diligence report for Tam Nong district Phu Tho province 12 Due diligence report for Phu Ninh district Phu Tho province 13 Due diligence report for Viet Tri city Phu Tho province 30th May 2011 Waiting ADB 14 Due diligence report for Tan Son district Phu Tho province and re-submitted approval III Replacement Costs Surveys on 17 May 2012 1 Replacement Cost Survey for Thanh Son district Phu Tho province 2 Replacement Cost Survey report for Phu Tho town Phu Tho province 3 Replacement Cost Survey for Lap Thach district Phu Tho province IV Corrective Action Plan 1 Corrective Action Plan based on the October 2012 MoU 26 February 2013 Under review 4

B. Scope of the Due Diligence Survey 9. This DDR covers the land acquisition and resettlement along Son La Hiep Ho 500 kv Transmission line in the following 11 districts, town and city: Pho Yen district, Thai Nguyen province; Hiep Hoa district Bac Giang province; Tam Duong district, Phuc Yen town Binh, Xuyen district and Tam Dao district in Vinh Phuc Province; Yen Lap district, Tam Nong district, Phu Ninh district, Viet Tri city and Tan Son district in Phu Tho Province; 10. This report is not based on additional survey. It takes into account the findings and recommendations of the 11 DDRs already prepared and the corrective action plan based on the October 2012 MoU already prepared. This report summarizes these findings and recommendations, proposes a strategy for each issue and identifies the remaining outstanding issues. A final corrective action plan is finally proposed which will include all findings of DDRs prepared and measures implemented in the CAP based on the October 2012 MoU. 11. The report examines (i) the requirements of the approved resettlement documentation and the extent to which these requirements have been satisfied by the subproject, (ii) compliance with national laws and regulations on land acquisition and social issues; and (iii) aspects where significant discrepancies exist between the observed outcomes of the resettlement implementation and objectives of the approved Resettlement Framework. 12. We should note that compensation generally occured more than 3 years ago (beginning of 2010 for most of the districts). The 11 DDRs not approved, were prepared in March 2011 based on information available at this time. Situation has changed and the findings of these 11 DDR are often no more relevant. The findings of these DDR were however assessed. 13. In the CAP prepared by NPPMB and implemented in 2012-2013 several corrective measures had already responded to some findings of the 11 DDR. II. PROJECT IMPACTS 14. Except for the 4 districts where a RP was prepared, there is no final data on resettlement impacts for the TL. Due Diligence Reports don t include table of impacts because at the time of the DDR all the data were not collected and completed by local authorities. Without such table of impacts, it is not possible to establish a clear DDR. 15. Local authorities have the responsibility to conduct a Detailed Measurement Survey (DMS) which serve as the basis of compensation. They also need to prepare compensation plans which establish the compensation for each affected HH. Such compensation plans were prepared based on each provincial resettlement policy. 16. In order to identify clearly impacts and needs for income restoration, NPT/NPPMB should provide a full picture of project impacts by the end of October 2013. Data needed for the SL-HH TL are summarized in the table below. 5

Province District/ town/ city AHs Table 3: Data Required for Project Impacts Land affected Foundations RoW Total Loss of productive land > 10% Relocated HH AHs Land affected Relocated HH Unit HH m 2 HH HH HH m 2 HH III. REVIEW OF DUE DILIGENCE REPORTS AND CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS PREPARED BASED ON THE OCTOBER 2012 MOU A. Findings of the 11 Due Diligence Surveys 1. Methodology 17. CEFACOM Consultants was hired in January 2011 to conduct an assessment of the implementation of compensation work, allowance and resettlement in the 5 provinces traversed by the SLHH TL. 18. Methods used for field data collection were the following: - Assessment was based on reviewing 10% of DMS records sample provided by district compensation, allowance and resettlement committee. - Reviewing 10% of compensation, allowance and resettlement plan which was verified and approved by the relevant authority (applied for APs). - Coordinating with the local authority and relevant stakeholders (commune authority, APs, etc.) to review project information and dissemination; - Reviewing the complaint and complaint redress process and the situation of current complaints. - Reviewing and assessing the income restoration program for severely affected households. - Interviewing representatives of relevant mass organizations at the provincial and district levels, such as Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Finance, District compensation, allowance and resettlement committee about the DMS records implementation, plan and payment of compensation, allowance and resettlement for APs, etc. - Interviewing PAHs, in particular relocated HH and severely affected for feedbacks for unit price of compensation, allowances, participation of PAHs in compensation and resettlement, forms of the project information dissemination to local people and authorities, etc. - Interviewing the likely vulnerable groups such as single female heads of household, ethnic group s members, the poor, etc. - Comparing applied policies and approved policies of the project related to compensation and resettlement; analyzing differences between applied policies in the province and the policy framework of the project 2. Policy and Standards Applied 19. The legal framework and principles applied in the implementation of the resettlement was the relevant national Government legislations and the 5 Province People s Committee Decisions. The legal documents comprise: 6

National Regulations - 2003 Land Law no.13/2003/qh11 ratified by Congress dated 26 November 2003 and taken into effect on July 1, 2004; - Decree no.181/2004/nd-cp dated 29 October 2004 on guiding the implementation of Land Law; - Decree no.17/2006/nd-cp dated 27 January 2006 on amending and supplementing some articles of the Decree on guiding the implementation of Land law; - Official document no.7760/tc-qlcs issued by Ministry of Finance dated 7 July 2004 on the implementation of Land Law; - Decree No.197/2004/ND-CP dated 3 December 2004 of the Government, on the compensation, assistance and resettlement when the State recovers land; - Decree No.84/2007/ND-CP dated May 25, 2007 on supplementary provisions on granting land use right certificates, land acquisition, implementation of land use rights, order and procedures for compensation, assistance, resettlement when the State recovers land and redressing complaint concerning land issues; - Decree No.188/2004/ND-CP dated November 16, 2004 on methods of determining land prices and price frame of types of land; - Circular No.116/2004/TT-BTC dated December 7, 2004 issued by the Ministry of Finance on guidance for the implementation of Decree No. 197/2004/ND-CP; - Circular No.69/2006/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance, February 18, 2006, amending and supplementing Decree No. 116/2004/TT-BTC guiding implementation of Decree No. 197/2004/CP. - Circular No.114/2004/TT-BTC dated November 26, 2004, the Ministry of Finance guiding the implementation of Decree No. 188/2004/ND-CP. - Decree No.123/2007/ND-CP dated July 27, 2007, amending and supplementing some articles of Decree no. 188/2004/ND-CP on methods of determining land prices and frame of land prices; - Decision no.3995/2009/qd-ubnd dated 20/11/2009 of Phu Tho Province in the unit cost of compensation, assistance and resettlement, order and procedures for implementation the State recovers land; - Decision no.4209/2009/qd-ub dated 1/12/2009 on amending and supplementing Article 5, Article 16 of Provisions on compensation, assistance and resettlement, and the order and procedures for implementation when the State recovers land in the province, issued together with Decision No. 3995/2009/QD-UBND dated 20/11/2009 by the PPC; - Decree 69/2009/ND-CP to amend the process of land use planning, land acquisition costs, compensation and resettlement. However, this decree has not been updated in the compensation plan for APs of Son La Hiep Hoa 500kV T/L project. Provincial Regulations - Decision no.1541/2010/qd-ub dated 01.06.2010 of Phu Tho PPC on amendment and supplement of the compensation, assistance and resettlement as well as order and procedures for implementation when the State recovers land in the province, together with Decision No. 3995/2009/QD-UBND dated 20/11/2009 and Decision no.4209/2009/qđ-ub dated 1/12/2009 issued by Phu Tho PPC; - Decision no.4722/2009/qd-ubnd dated 29/12/2009 issued by Phu Tho PPC on land prices in Phu Tho Province. - Decision 112/2009/QD-UBND dated 28/10/2009 of Bac Giang province, on the issuance of a number of specific provisions on CARE when the State recovers land applied in Bac Giang province. 7

- Decision 135/2009/QD-UBND dated 21/12/2009 of Bac Giang Provincial People's Committee promulgating the land prices in 2010 in the province of Bac Giang - Decision 1577/QD-UBND dated 19/11/2010 of Hiep Hoa DPC approving the compensation plan, supported by the recovery of land clearance project to build Son La Hiep Hoa 500kV T/L in Da Hoi hamlet, Ninh Huong, Hop Thinh Commune, Hiep Hoa District, Bac Giang province - Decision No. 1707/QD-UBND dated 09.06.2009 of Vinh Phuc PPC on land acquisition for setting up the compensation plan and implementation of compensation - site clearance for construction of Son La- Hiep Hoa 500kV T/L project, passing the province of Vinh Phuc (Tam Dao and Tam Duong districts). - Decision No. 70/2008/QD-UBND dated 31/12/2008 of Vinh Phuc PPC on "Regulations on land prices in the province of Vinh Phuc in 2009. - Decision No. 59/2009/QD-UBND dated 11.10.2009 of Vinh Phuc PPC on "Regulations implementing compensation, assistance and resettlement when the State recovers land in Vinh Phuc Province. - Decision No. 23/2008/QD-UBND dated 22.04.2008 of Thai Nguyen PPC issuing unit prices of compensation and other structures attached to land when State recovers land. - Decision No. 19/2008/QD-UBND dated 03.07.2009 of Thai Nguyen PPC on the adjustment of some of the contents related to unit price of compensation for crops and trees attached to land when State recovers land. - Decision No. 01/2010/QD-UBND dated 05/1/2010 of Thai Nguyen PPC on promulgating regulations on implementing compensation, assistance and resettlement when the State recovers land. - Decision No. 32/2008/QD-UBND dated 17.06.2008 of Thai Nguyen PPC for the correction of the unit prices of compensation for houses and other structures attached to land when the State recovers land in Decision No. 23/2008/QD-UBND dated 22.04.2008 of Thai Nguyen PPC. - Decision No. 37/2009/QD-UBND dated 12.29.2008 of Thai Nguyen PPC issuing unit prices of land in Thai Nguyen province in 2010. 3. Compliance with Agreed Resettlement Framework 20. The 11 DDR identified a list of non-compliance with agreed RF. These non-compliances are summarized in the table below. According to the DDRs prepared so far, the resettlement and compensation activities have been done based mainly on government policy on resettlement since RPs were not in place. The main non-compliance issues raised in the DDR are the following: - Delay in the payment of compensation of lost assets and of some allowances; - Compensation rates applied for each subproject are compensation rates issued by PPC and not based on replacement costs survey; - Income restoration programs for HH losing more than 10% of agriculture land have not been implemented; - Socioeconomic survey has not been conducted; - Public Information Booklet not distributed; - Internal monitoring not efficient 21. Table 4 gives more information on the non-compliance identified. 8

Table 4: Non Compliance identified in the Due Diligence Reports Issues Non-compliance with Agreed Resettlement Framework Compensation at replacement cost Socioeconomic survey not conducted Consultation Grievance process Income Restoration Measures for severely affected farmers Resettlement Sites Vulnerable HH Internal monitoring Restoration of land temporarily affected Gender Issues Compensation was done according to Provincial People s Committee compensation rates are not based on replacement cost survey. PPC rates, which apply for the Project, are generally lower than market rates; No SES conducted in 14 of the 18 districts/town/city. Therefore no basis for monitoring and evaluation exists. No public information booklet (PIB) distributed to PAHs. APs and local authorities were consulted about the issues related to compensation and resettlement as stipulated in the current regulations of Vietnam. However, consultation process strictly focused on DMS and compensation payment. Although a grievance and complaints mechanism has been established for the project, it was not disclosed to the APs. APs met don t know where and how to raise concerns, complaints and issues. No income Restoration Program (IRP) was prepared and/or implemented. Cash assistance measures provided were: - Allowances for stabilizing life: 30 kg rice/month/head x no. of months (depending on % of recovered land and HH had to remove or not: from 6 months to 30 months) - Allowance for career change (Decree 69) of 1.5 times the PPC compensation rate for agriculture land per m 2 Some resettlement sites were not ready at the time of HH relocation Assistance only to poor HH registered at the commune level; no other vulnerable HH identified; The internal monitoring system of the DRCB has been identified as not effective and the relevant activities have not reported on periodically as scheduled. In some cases, temporarily affected land was not restored to pre-project condition. Gender issues were not integrated in the compensation and resettlement process B. Corrective Action Plan Based on the October 2012 MoU 22. The MOU prepared in October 2012, following the social safeguards review mission, also noticed a number of non-compliance and other issues for the implementation of resettlement activities for the SLHH TL as follow: - Delay in the payment of compensation of crops and trees and of some allowances; - Delay in the completion of resettlement sites lead to temporary relocation of HH waiting for the completion of RS; - Allowance of 4 to 6 months rent is not sufficient due to delay of completion of RS; - Non issuance of Land Use rights Certificates (LURC); - Some grievances not solved; 9

- Lack of funds at district level; - Management problems and difficulties of coordination between NPPMB and local authorities; 23. In the MOU NPPMB and NPT agreed to: a) Send member of the task force to project sites to work directly with district PCs and discuss on progress of resettlement sites (RS) construction; b) Provide additional housing rent for relocated HH who are not allocated land plots in RS until plots provided for them and plus 4 months housing rent for constructing houses; c) Review all DDR and make corrective action plan, including specific actions, budget responsible agencies/persons and deadline for each action; d) Issue LURC for all relocated HH who resettle already as soon as possible; e) Because the Project has not recruited independent resettlement monitoring agency, Local Implementation Consultant (LIC) should conduct monitoring on implementation of corrective action plan and conduct a final monitoring and evaluation after completion of all resettlement activities. Therefore, NPT and NPPMB should arrange enough budget and resources for LIC to implement these assignments; f) NPT/NPPMB should check electrification along the power line and have corrective actions as soon as possible; 24. NPPMB and NPT prepared a corrective action plan for all the issues identified during the October mission and submitted it to the ADB mission. One of the objectives of the review mission conducted in February and March 2013 was to follow-up the actions taken by NPPMB in this CAP. 25. The findings of the February-March 2013 review mission was that most of the resettlement issues raised in the October MOU were solved, in particular: - Remaining payment for affected assets (trees, crops) have been completed; - Allowance for renting houses due to delay in completion of RS have been extended until the completion of the RS; - Allocation of plots in RS have been mainly completed; - Most of the RS are now completed with full infrastructures (except 3 RS) 26. Some issues however remain; they are the following: - 3 RS have not yet been completed; - LURC have not been issued to all relocated HH; - Procedure of transfer of funds from NPPMB to DRC still hamper the resettlement activities; - Specific case of Mr. Tran Thanh Tung living under the TL still not solved 27. The table below presents the actions included in the CAP prepared by NPPMB in answers to the recommendations provided in the October 2012 MOU. 10

Table 5: Implementation of the Corrective Action Plan Based on the October 2012 MoU Province/District Action Required in MOU 15 th October Action taken by NPPMB/NPT/DRCB Remaining issues 1 Son La Province Pay compensation for additional trees - Compensation completed None Mai Son District Provide LURC for relocated HH - All 12 relocated individually; all received LURC None 2 Son La Province Check EMF and answer HH who - NPT conducted measurement of EMF on 18th December 2012; None Bac Yen District complain - Measurement of EMF below the safe limit; 3 Son La Province Phu Yen District 4 Phu Tho Province Thanh Son District 5 Phu Tho Province Tam Nong District 6 Phu Tho Province Phu Tho Town - Results were provided to local authorities and to local people Provide LURC for relocated HH - 18 relocated individually; all received LURC - 15 received LURC Pay compensation and allowance for 3 additional HH and support them for relocation as the soonest Issuance of LURC to last 3 HH - Due to new design 3 HH received plots at the end of 2012; - Payment of compensation done on 9th October 2012 None Pay compensation for additional trees - Payment of compensation done on 9th October 2012 None Provide LURC for relocated HH - 16 HH relocated individually; all received LURC None Pay contractor for the rehabilitation of the - NPPMB received the request of payment on 27th December None road damaged 2012; Payment completed in January 2013 Check EMF and answer HH who - NPT conducted measurement of EMF on 27th December 2012; None complain - Measurement under the standards - Results were provided to local authorities and to local people Provide LURC for relocated HH - 8 HH relocated individually - NPPMB sent a letter (No. 3938/AMB-P6 dated 27/11/2012 to DPC on issuance of LURC Support for electric connection - 1 RS (Hien Quan) with 11 HH - NPPMB sent a letter (No. 3936/AMB-P6 dated 27/11/2012 to utilities companies to support HH; - Connection done in December 2012 Provide LURC for relocated HH - 28 HH relocated; - NPPMB sent a letter (No. 3938/AMB-P6 dated 27/11/2012 to DPC on issuance of LURC Complete 2 RS (Ha Thach Hamlet 11, Hamlet 4) as the soonest - Phu Tho Town RS completed - Ha Thach RS under completion - NPPMB transferred 9.1/12 billion VND to finalize RS. - NPPMB sent letter (No 3938/AMB-P6 dated 27/11/2012 to DPC To confirm issuance of LURC None To confirm issuance of LURC Completion of Ha Thach RS 11

Province/District Action Required in MOU 15 th October Action taken by NPPMB/NPT/DRCB Remaining issues - Civil works completed at 90% Pay compensation for HH affected by RS - Payment completed at the end of December 2012 None Provide additional renting allowances for HH until land plot allocated to them - Completed None 7 Phu Tho Province Phu Ninh District 8 Vinh Phuc Province Song Lo District Provide one plot of 400 m 2 to Mr. Tran Thanh Tung and provide compensation at full replacement cost - DRC proposed a plot of 400 m 2 in the RS; Mr. Tran Thanh Tung still refused - His complaint was dismissed at the District Court - Compensation for lost assets submitted to Phu Tho PC for approval. - In April, 2013 Mr. Tran Thanh Tung lodged a complaint to the Province Court which was also rejected. Provide LURC to relocated HH - 23 relocated HH - NPPMB sent letter (No. 3938/AMB-P6 dated) to DPC to issue LURC; DPC issued 7/23 LURC Some RS have no electricity supply; Complete infrastructures for all RS as the soonest. Proposal the local electricity company support to HH for connection In Phu Ninh RS there is risk of land slide and wall needs to be concreted Provide all allowances and support which are not made so far Provide additional renting allowances for HH until land plot allocated to them Provide LURC to relocated HH - 42 relocated HH - Provide all proposed allowances and support to 3 self-relocated HH in Yen Thanh commune Provide additional renting allowances for HH until land plot allocated to them - All infrastructures completed - NPPMB transferred 9.33/12 billion VND to finalize RS. - NPPMB sent a letter (No. 3938/AMB-P6 dated 27/11/2013 to local utilities in order to assist HH - Electricity has been installed in all RS Even if his complaint was dismissed by the court (2 times), Mr. Tran Tanh Tung still refuse compensation; Issuance of remaining LURC None - No action taken Risk of landslide remains - All HH received compensation None - Additional allowance allocated - NPPMB sent a letter (No. 3938/AMB-P6 dated 27/11/2012 to DPC - DRC submitted proposed compensation to Vinh Phuc PC (Construction Department) for review and approval - Paid on 11 January 2013 - Allocation of plot in RS to 41 HH None Issuance of remaining LURC to be confirmed None Speed up progress of RS - 2 RS (Yen Thach 13 HH; Dong Tinh 2 10 HH completed with full None 12

Province/District Action Required in MOU 15 th October Action taken by NPPMB/NPT/DRCB Remaining issues infrastructures; - Electricity access and inner roads in Dong Thinh 1 completed in 9 Vinh Phuc Province Tam Duong District 10 Vinh Phuc Province Tam Dao District 11 Thai Nguyen Prov. Pho Yen District May 2013; Provide LURC to relocated HH - DPC completed issuance of LURC for HH who paid LUF - DPC will issue other LURC to HH by the end of March 2013 - Provide additional renting allowances for HH until land plot allocated to them - NPPMB sent letter (No. 3939/AMB-P6 dated 27/11/2012 to DPC - Payment not received by DRC; payment to be sent by the end of March 2013 Speed up progress of RS - Works completed for 3 RS (An Hoa, QL2C and Go Commune). For Dong Ban RS and Hamlet 8-70 HH received plots in RS; 22 HHs waiting plot allocation - LURC issued for 54 among 92 HH - NPPMB organized workshop for preparing documents for disbursement; - In Dong Ban RS and Kim Long 2 Hamlet 8 RS electricity an inner road have been completed in May-June 2012 Allocate plot in RS for Nguyen Thi Ngoc - House of Nguyen Thi Ngoc not affected; affected land only garden land; HH with several people; HH wants Project to allocate several plots of land; DRC allocate one plot of land and she agreed Allowed 3 HH to relocate on their remaining land (if possible) - Change of land use purpose accepted; 3 HH could remove on their remaining land and built a new house; NPPMB pas 1.9 billion to contractor - 1.9 billion out of 3.8 billion VND has been paid in advance to construct RS; remaining payment will be paid once local authorities comply with legal procedure. DPC to prepare. Issuance of remaining LURC by end of March 2013 Confirm transfer of fund from NPPMB to DRC None None None Confirm transfer of fund from NPPMB to DRC - Payment completed None Provide additional renting allowances for HH until land plot allocated to them Speed up progress of RS - NPPMB paid 4/6 billion VND in advance to build RS; - Remaining payment will be paid once local authorities comply with legal procedure (disbursement documents) - Trung Thanh RS completed - Incentive bonus paid Thuan Thanh RS not completed Provide LURC to relocated HH - 13 HH relocated (7 Trung Thanh, 6 in Thuan Thanh) Not completed 13

C. Summary of DDR and Review Missions Findings 1 28. Compensation is now completed for all districts/towns/city along the SLHH TL. Compensation has been done more than 2 years ago now for most of the areas. Several documents have been prepared and many actions have been undertaken. 29. It is clear that the implementation of resettlement activities has been done based on provincial resettlement policies and not according to the agreed framework. Therefore implementation of resettlement activities don t always comply with agreed Resettlement Framework. 30. However even if the implementation didn t always comply most of the objectives and principles of the RF have been reached. There are four main issues related to resettlement implementation: - Compensation at full replacement costs for productive land, residential land and non-land assets; - Restoration of livelihoods - Completion of Resettlement Sites - Assistance to vulnerable 31. Compensation for productive land. Assessment of replacement cost for productive land (agriculture and forest) is quite impossible as there is few seller or buyer in the project area. In addition, few HH needs to purchase agriculture/forestry land as few HH is losing more than 10% of productive land. Therefore the PPC compensation rates are the only reference for compensation. 32. Compensation for residential land. The Resettlement Framework (RF) and the updated RPs stated that compensation of affected assets should be at replacement cost for land, structures, crops and trees. NPPMB conducted replacement cost surveys to establish market rates; however these surveys were not used for the compensation. All compensation was done using PPC rates. Each PPC issued every year compensation rates for all types of land, structure, crops and trees. PPC rates are generally lower than market rates as mentioned in the DDR. 33. HH who relocate in a RS has to purchase a plot of land and has to pay a land use fee per m 2. All districts met, during the October 2012 and February 2013 review missions, confirmed that the compensation rate received by the AHs, for their affected residential land, was equivalent to the land use fee of a plot of residential land in the RS. Therefore, with the compensation received the AH was able to buy the same area of land in the same vicinity. This corresponds to replacement cost. 34. Most of the houses which have been relocated, relocated onto remaining land. When HH have been relocated off their own property, the AHs have been able to use compensation money to purchase land in the immediate vicinity of their original house and to build a new house. 35. Compensation for non-land assets. Even if the unit rates for structures, crops and trees may have been below the market rate, the full package of compensation resulted in all interviewed households being able to live in a general better condition than previously. The AHs received compensation for the structures and no deductions were made for the value of the salvageable material from their origin al house. It was noted that new houses built were larger and of better quality than their original houses. 1 October 2012 and February/March 2013 ADB review missions. 14

36. Therefore compensation provided to AHs appears to be satisfactory. With the compensation received, AHs were able to buy an equivalent plot of land in a RS or at an individual site in the same vicinity. They were also able to build a larger house and of better quality. 37. Restoration of livelihoods. ADB policy requires the restoration of livelihoods of all displaced persons in real terms relative to pre-project levels. In the RF, farmers losing more than 10% of their productive land are considered as severely affected and entitled to income restoration measures. For transmission lines, agriculture land is affected only by towers and few HH are losing less than 10% of their total productive land. In addition all HH have been relocated close to their original house and therefore continue to have easy access to their productive land. The exact number of HH losing more than 10% is unknown. This makes impossible the assessment of restoration of livelihoods. 38. Delay in the completion of Resettlement Sites. Delays in the development of resettlement sites have been observed for the Son La Hiep Hoa TL. During the February - March 3 RS were still not completed. As of September 2013 only RS is still not completed. Thuan Thanh RS in Pho Yen District (Thay Nguyen Province). Delay in the building of RS is mainly due to lack of funds of DCRB due to slow process of disbursement from NPPMB to DCRB. 39. It was also noted that as required, all districts provided additional allowance to relocated HH for renting house pending the completion of RS. This allowance should be extended for HH who plan to relocate to the 3 not completed RS: Song Lo District (Dong Thin 1 RS), Tam Duong District (Dong Ban RS) and Pho Yen District (Thuan Thanh RS) until the completion of RS. 40. Assistance to vulnerable. Except poor HH, no other vulnerable HH was identified during DMS. DCRB needs to check in the DMS list and with the assistance of mass organization (Farmer s Union, Women s Union) if potential vulnerable HH: ((i) female headed households with dependents, (ii) disabled household heads, (iv) children and the elderly households who are landless and with no other means of support, and (v) landless households; are present. If any vulnerable HH are found, they should be assisted as per provision of the RF. 41. Other issues have been identified but are of less importance. The following table summarized the non-compliance found, the strategy to solve these issues and the justification for this strategy. 15

1 Compensation for productive land Table 6: Summary of Findings from Due Diligence Reports and Review Missions ISSUE ANAYSIS STRATEGY JUSTIFICATION 2 Compensation for residential land 3 Compensation for structures - The compensation rate paid was according to the PPC rates in all provinces. PPC rates are generally lower than market rates. - Three RCS were conducted but none have been reviewed/ approved by ADB. - It has also been assessed that establishing market rates is difficult in most of the areas crossed by the TL as there is generally no market on agriculture and forestry land as there is no seller or buyer. - Few HH needed to purchase agriculture/forestry land as few HH is losing more than 10% of productive land - Compensation was done according to PPC rates in all provinces. PPC rates are generally lower than market rates. - Three RCS were conducted but none have been reviewed/ approved by ADB. - However findings during field visits and through monitoring reports show that HH could buy land in Resettlement Sites at replacement costs. - HH who relocate in a RS has to purchase a plot of land and has to pay a land use fee per m2. All districts met confirmed that the compensation rate received by the AHs, for their affected residential land, was equivalent to the land use fee of a plot of residential land in the RS - Compensation was done according to PPC rates in all provinces. PPC rates are generally lower than market rates. - Three RCS were conducted but none have been reviewed/ approved by ADB. - Even if the unit rates for structures, crops and trees may have been below the market rate, the full package of compensation resulted in all interviewed households being able to live in a general better condition than previously. - The AHs received compensation for the structures and no deductions were made for the value of the salvageable material from their origin al house. It was noted that new houses built were larger and of better quality than their original houses - - No RCS to be conducted and no action required - No RCS to be conducted and no action required - No RCS to be conducted and no action required - No HH needed to buy replacement land and absence of a land market for agriculture and forestry land makes assessment of market rate quite impossible. - Land compensation for residential land was provided at replacement cost as land use fee in RS and compensation rates for residential land were equivalents. - The full package of compensation resulted in all interviewed households being able to live in a general better condition than previously. 16

4 Restoration of livelihoods ISSUE ANAYSIS STRATEGY JUSTIFICATION 5 Development of Resettlement Sites - No specific program implemented for HH losing more than 10% of their productive land - For transmission lines, agriculture land is affected only by towers and few HH are losing more than 10% of their total productive land. - Some cash assistance have been provided to HH losing more than 10% : - Allowances for stabilizing life: 30 kg rice/month/head x no. of months (depending on % of recovered land and HH had to remove or not: from 6 months to 30 months) - Allowance for career change (Decree 69):1.5 times the PPC compensation rate for agriculture land per m 2 ; - A large number of RS (21) have been built for the relocated HH. DCRB developed small resettlement sites (generally between 5 and 20 plots) close to the transmission line. Therefore the RS are close to former location of relocated HH which avoid social disruption. In addition the RS are generally well integrated with existing communities due to their small size. - 1 RS not yet completed in Pho Yen District (Thuan Thanh RS); 6 Vulnerable - Except poor HH, no other vulnerable HH was identified during DMS. 7 Project Impacts - No clear picture of project impacts is available for the SLHH TL; - In order to identify clear income restoration measures, project impacts are necessary. 8 Consultation & Disclosure - Public consultations were conducted with AHs prior to LAR. - No PIB was distributed to AHs - The Corrective Action Plan (CAP) will need to be disclosed to AHs 17 - Identification of HH who lost more than 10% of their productive land through DMS list; - Through monitoring, assess if these HH could restore their income; - Completion of Thuan Thanh RS is a priority - Extend allowance for renting houses until completion of RS - DCRB to check in the DMS list and through local organization (Farmer s Union, Women s Union) if potential vulnerable HH: ((i) female headed HH with dependents, (ii) disabled HH heads, (iv) children and the elderly HH who are landless and with no other means of support, and (v) landless HH; are present and to provide allowance. - NPPMB to prepare a table of project impacts based on Table 3 p 5 of this report. - No action required for consultation. - The CAP will be disclosed to AHs to satisfy ADB disclosure - RF and ADB policy requires restoration of livelihoods - RF and ADB policy requires RS to be completed with all amenities and services in place before any APs relocate. - As per agreed RF, if the social analysis shows that there are vulnerable groups (including landless, poor, women-headed households, ethnic minority groups) living within the subproject areas, special attention will need to be given to identifying and addressing their special needs through measures included in the project s socio-economic support program - Entitlements have to be based on impacts - ADB requires disclosure of corrective action plans. NPPMB will provide relevant resettlement information, in a timely manner, in

9 Grievance Redress Mechanism 10 Socieconomic survey ISSUE ANAYSIS STRATEGY JUSTIFICATION - Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) in place; - GRM appears accessible with many grievances having been submitted regarding various issues; - No SES was conducted - Difficult to evaluate the project and to measure restoration of income 11 Gender issues - Gender issues were not integrated in the compensation and resettlement process 12 Internal Monitoring 13 External Monitoring - DDR reported that the internal monitoring system of the LCC has been identified as not effective and the relevant activities have not reported on periodically as scheduled. - No external monitoring agency was recruited by NPT/NPPMB - Two Local Implementation Consultant (LIC) have been hired since March 2012 to assist NPPMB to review safeguards documents and to assist NPPMB for compliance with ADB policy and to monitor implementation of resettlement activities. - LIC prepared quarterly resettlement monitoring reports. - Payment of works done by LIC has not been completed. This could delay LIC s tasks. requirements - Resolution of the residual grievance is expected to be effected soon and completion of the GRM is to be covered under the loan covenant. an accessible place and in a form & language(s) understandable to APs - RF and ADB policy require borrowers to establish GRMs that address APs concerns and complaints promptly, using an understandable and transparent process that is gender responsive, culturally appropriate, and readily accessible to the affected persons at no costs and without retribution. - No action required - As HH have been compensated more than 2/3 years ago, no data could be available prior to land acquisition; - Few HH will be severely affected due to loss of income, SES is therefore not essential; - During monitoring, gender issues need to be assessed through specific consultation with women: - Situation of women head of HH - LURC in the name of both husband and wife; - Issues linked to relocation; - NPPMB to support DCRB - - LIC to act as external monitor and to continue to prepare quarterly monitoring reports; - Payment by NPPMB to LIC for work already done is urgent; - RF and ADB policy require borrowers to address gender issues; - In accordance with agreed RF and ADB requirements for consultant procurement, the implementing agency will hire an organization for the independent monitoring and evaluation of resettlement plan implementation. 18

IV. CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN UNDER THE DUE DILIGENCE REVIEW 42. The above findings demonstrate that further activities are required to ensure that land acquisition covered by this report is compliant with the agreed policy in the RF. Most of the resettlement activities have been conducted following provincial policy on resettlement and not following the agreed resettlement framework. 43. The implementation of these corrective measures will ensure that the resettlement implementation will meet the project resettlement principles as stated in the Resettlement Framework. 44. Thus, the below table summarizing the final corrective action plan was endorsed by NPT/NPPMB and each DCRB. 19

Table 7: Final Corrective Action Plan under the Due Diligence Review Issue Corrective Action By whom By when Restoration of livelihoods. Along TL few HH is losing more than 10% of their total productive land. No specific income restoration measures have been implemented. The number of HH losing more than 10% of their affected productive land is unknown. - Identify through DMS list, the number of AH losing more than 10% of their productive land in each/district/town/city; - Assess trough monitoring if these HH could restore their livelihoods. - Prepare adapted income restoration measures if required. NPPMB/LIC DCRB End of October 2013 October 2013 Quarterly Report October 2013 Completion of Infrastructures in Thuanh Thanh Resettlement Site In Thuan Thanh RS (Thai Nguyen Province, Pho Yen District), drainage, inner roads and electricity are not completed; no activity occurred on this RS. - Contractor to prepare disbursement to DPC - DPC to send disbursement documents to NPPMB for review and approval - Contractor Dong Ban - PMU Construction & Investment Pho Yen District - Oct. 2013 - Oct. 2013 - NPPMB to disburse funds - NPPMB - Oct. 2013 - Install remaining infrastructures - DRCB Pho Yen/Contractor - Nov. 2013 - Inform regularly HH of the schedule of work - DRCB Pho Yen - Nov 2013 - Extend allowance for renting houses until completion of RS - NPPMB/DCRB Pho Yen - Every month - Until completion of RS Vulnerable Except poor, no other vulnerable have been identified - DCRB to check in the DMS list and through local organization (Farmer s Union, Women s Union) if potential vulnerable HH: ((i) female headed HH with dependents, (ii) disabled HH heads, (iv) children and the elderly HH who are landless and with no other means of support, and (v) landless HH; are present and to provide allowance - Each DRCB - Women s Union - Farmer s Union - End of October 2013 20

Issue Corrective Action By whom By when Issuance of Land Use Right Certificate The Land Use Right Certificate (LURC), which serves as ownership document for the new plot of land, in a resettlement site or for individual plot, has not been provided to all relocated HH due to slow process. The LURC is issued by the District People s Committee. Slow Process of disbursement of Funds. Delays in transfer of funds from NPPMB to DCRB have been observed in most of the districts. These delays hamper the resettlement activities and especially the completion of RS. Disbursement documents are prepared first by the contractor and then sent at the District level by the PMU of Construction and Investment and sent to NPPMB for review approval and disbursement. According to NPPMB, contractors don t send documents to DPC. Compensation of Mr. Tran Thanh Tung (Phu Tho Province, Phu Tho Town) Mr. Tran Thanh Tung refused compensation and didn t hand over his land to the project. He is still living under the transmission line. According to legal documents, Mr. Tung is living on forest land. He considers that he is living stably and wants to be compensated as for residential land. Compensation for forest land is 35,000 VND/m 2, while compensation for residential land in RS is 70,000/m 2. He required 3 plots of land free in the RS. NPPMB/DCRB proposed to provide free one plot of land in the RS of 400 m 2 but he refused. AH have usually to buy the plot of land. He lodged a complaint to the Phu Tho Town Court which was dismissed. He is living under the operated line since one year. In April, 2013 he lodged a complaint to the Province - Issuance of LURC as soon as possible for HH who have already been allocated a plot of land and paid their land use fee and one month after HH have paid their land use fee - NPPMB to continue to assist contractors and DPC (PMU of Construction and Investment) to prepare acceptable disbursement document; - NPPMB to transfer remaining funds with 2-4 weeks after receiving documents; - Maintain the offer to allocate a plot of land of 400 m 2 in the RS for free. - Compensate for all other assets (trees, crops, structures) at replacement costs. - District People s Committee - October- December 2013 - NPPMB/Contractors/PMU for Investment & Construction at District level - NPPMB/DPC Phu Tho Town - NPPMB/DPC Phu Tho Town - Until the end of the project - Starting May 2013 - October 2013 - October 2013 21

Court which was also rejected. Issue Corrective Action By whom By when Phu Ninh RS (Phu Tho Province, Phu Ninh District) In Phu Ninh RS there is risk of landslide due to steep slope without erosion protection. Landslide could affect properties and infrastructures (drainage ditch) Grievance Process The grievance process is followed; there is however some delays in the information to APs who made complaints; Monitoring External monitoring to be conducted by LIC - Study options to protect slope against erosion and evaluate costs and choose more efficient option; - Submit options and costs to ADB for approval - Review complaints in all affected districts/town/city Resolution of the residual grievance will be done within the time regulated by the law (30-45 days after receiving the official complaints). - Ensure APs making complain are informed about the results of the decision on time - Conduct monitoring as per agreed RF; - Special attention on the needs of women through specific consultation with women; - NPPMB/DCRB - NPPMB/ADB - NPPMB/DCRB/LIC - - November 2013 - December 2013 - Within the regulated time for solving complaints - MPPMB/LIC - Quarterly 22

I. BUDGET AND FINANCING 45. The full cost of implementation of the above CAP will be borne by NPT/NPPMB. Most of the proposed corrective actions are under existing contracts: Table 8: Final Corrective Action Plan under the Due Diligence Review Restoration of livelihoods. Issue - Identify through DMS list, the number of AH losing more than 10% of their productive land in each/district/town/city; - Assess trough monitoring if these HH could restore their livelihoods. - Prepare adapted income restoration measures if required.. Completion of Infrastructures in 3 Resettlement Sites - Contractor to prepare disbursement to DPC - DPC to send disbursement documents to NPPMB for review and approval - NPPMB to disburse funds - Install wire on electric poles; - Complete access roads and inner roads - Inform HH of the schedule of works - Extend allowance for renting houses until completion of RS Vulnerable DCRB to check in the DMS list and through local organization (Farmer s Union, Women s Union) if potential vulnerable HH: ((i) female headed HH with dependents, (ii) disabled HH heads, (iv) children and the elderly HH who are landless and with no other means of support, and (v) landless HH; are present and to provide allowance Issuance of Land Use Right Certificate Issuance of LURC as soon as possible for HH who have already been allocated a plot of land and paid their land use fee and one month after HH have paid their land use fee Costs - To be costed after assessment - Under contractor current contract - To be costed - To be costed - No costs Slow Process of disbursement of Funds. - NPPMB to continue to assist contractors and DPC (PMU of Construction and Investment) to prepare acceptable disbursement document; NPPMB to transfer remaining funds with 2-4 weeks after receiving documents; Compensation of Mr. Tran Thanh Tung (Phu Tho Province, Phu Tho Town) - Maintain the offer to allocate a plot of land of 400 m 2 in the RS for free. Compensate for all other assets (trees, crops, structures) at replacement costs. Phu Ninh RS (Phu Tho Province, Phu Ninh District) - Study options to protect slope against erosion and evaluate costs and choose more efficient option; Submit options and costs to ADB for approval Grievance Process - Review complaints in all affected districts/town/city Resolution of the - No costs - Under compensation costs - To be costed after assessment - No costs 23

Issue residual grievance will be done within the time regulated by the law (30-45 days after receiving the official complaints). Ensure APs making complain are informed about the results of the decision on time Monitoring - Conduct monitoring as per agreed RF; Special attention on the needs of women through specific consultation with women; Costs - No costs 24

Annex 1: Lists of Persons Met PROVINCE DISTRICT NAME POSITION SON LA MAI SƠN Ms Doan Thi Xuan Vice-Chairman of DPC- Chairman of CARB Mr Vu Huu Dung Deputy- Head of Department of Nature- Environment- Team leader of site- clearance team. Mr Giang A Tua Reorganized Household, Chieng Sung commune BAC YEN Mr Tran Duc Chien Deputy- Head of Department of Nature- Environment- CARB staff PHU YÊN Mr Ngo Duc Duong Deputy- Head of Department of Nature- Environment- CARB staff Mr Vi Van Truong Relocation household of Huy Ha commune PHU THO THANH SƠN Mrs Nguyen Thi Lan Deputy- Head of Department of Finance- Planning, Vice-Chairman of CARB Mr Nguyen Duc Tan Reorganized Household, Bo Ket commune Mrs Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan Lanh village, Son Hung commune TAM NÔNG Mr Trần Quốc Thụy Deputy- Head of Department of infrastructure economy- Team leader of site- clearance team. Mr Ngo Quang Truong Relocated household completed constructing house in Hien Quan RS TX PHÚ THỌ Mr Nguyễn Khắc Quang Vice-Chairman of CARB Mr Tran Thanh Tung Relocated household PHÙ NINH Mr Nguyen Van Quang Relocated household completed constructing house in Phu Ninh RS Mr Vu Van Lieu Relocated household completed constructing house in Tu Da RS VINH PHUC SONG LO Mr Do Phuc Duong Deputy- Head of Department of Nature- Environment- CARB staff Mr Nguyen Khac Chiem Relocated household completed constructing house in Yen Thach RS TAM DAO Mr Nguyen Hong Son CARB staff Mr Vu Tien Quan Team leader of site- clearance team. Mr Nguyen Van Hung Vice-Chairman of DPC- Chairman of CARB Ms Nguyen Thi Ngoc Cam Lam village, Minh Quang commune TAM DUONG Mr Nguyen Van Cuong Vice-Chairman of DPC- Chairman of CARB THAI NGUYÊN PHO YEN Mr Tạ Xuân Lễ Vice-Chairman of CARB 25

Annex 2: Photos of Resettlement Sites Photo 1: Phu Loc RS, Phu Ninh Town, Phu Tho Province Photo 2: Phu Ninh RS, Phu Ninh Town, Phu Tho Province Photo 3: Erosion in Phu Ninh RS, Photo 4: Thuanh Thanh RS Phu Yen Town, Thai Nguyen Province, not completed 26

Photo 5: Trung Thanh RS, Phu Yen Town, Thai Nguyen Province Photo 6: Song Lo RS, Song Lo District. RS, Vinh Phuc Province Photo 7: Dong Ban RS, am Duong District, Vinh Phuc Province 27

Annex 3: Photos of Relocated Households Phu Yen, Son La New house of Mr. Vi Van Truong, Huy Ha commune Song Lo, Vinh Phuc Yen Thach and Dong Thinh 2 RS Tam Dao, Vinh Phuc Trai Khoong village, Minh Quang commune Phu Tho town, Phu Tho Village No 11, Ha Thach 28

Thanh Son, Phu Tho Mr. Nguyen Duc Tan, Bo Ket village, Son Hung commune, rebuilt in remaining viable land Tam Duong, Vinh Phuc An Hoa RS Phu Ninh, Phu Tho: Phu Loc RS Phu Ninh RS Tu Da RS, some HH already rebuilt their house. 29