External Resettlement Monitoring Report Semi-annual Report Mission 3 October, 2013 VIE - STRENGTHENING WATER MANAGEMENT AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS REHABILITATION PROJECT Subproject: The Water Resources University Subproject Hung Yen Province Prepared by: The Local Implementation consultant (LIC) Hà Long Investment and Consulting JSC (Halcom ) for the Central Project Office (CPO) Under Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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ABBREVIATIONS ADB AH AP BHH CPMO CPO CPC DARD DOLISA DCARC DMS DONRE DPC EA EMA IOL LURC MOLISA MONRE MARD PPC PMU RF RP SES VND Asian Development Bank Affected household Affected person Bac Hung Hai Central Project Management Office Central Project Office Commune Peoples Committee Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Assistance District Compensation, Assistance, resettlement Committee Detailed Measurement Survey Department of Natural Resources and Environment District Peoples Committee Executing Agency External Monitoring Agency Inventory of Losses Land Use Rights Certificate Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Assistance Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Provincial Peoples Committee Project management unit Resettlement Framework Resettlement Plan Socio-Economic Survey Vietnamese dong
VWU WRU Viet Nam Women s Union Water Resources University This resettlement monitoring report 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. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.
CONTENT ABBREVIATIONS...3 I. INTRODUCTION...4 I.1. Background...4 I.2. Project impact scope...6 II. MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION ORGANIZATION METHODS..7 II.1. Methodology...7 II.2 Monitoring method...8 II.3. Organization of monitoring implementation...9 II.4. Survey of households...10 III. MONITORING RESULTS...10 III.1. Implementation Progress...10 III. 2. Evaluation of indoor works...11 III.3. Dissemination of information...12 III.4. Inventory of loss...13 III.5. Compensation plan...14 III.5. Resettlement for relocated households...20 III.6. Income and life restoration...20 III.7. Complaints and grievance redress...22 III.8. Assessment of the people s level of satisfaction for the project...22 IV. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS...23 IV.1. Conclusion...23 IV.2. Recommendations...23 Appendix. Site of WRU - September 2013...24 3
I. INTRODUCTION I.1. Background 1. The Strengthening Water Management and Irrigation Systems Rehabilitation Project is co-financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Agence Fra nçaise de Développement (AFD) of which the Project Outline Documents was approved by the GoV in Decision no. 2272/TTg HTQT dated Nov 18, 2009. Project is valid from Sept 09, 2011 and the loan closing date is Dec 31, 2016. The project has been implemented in 03 provinces: Bac Ninh, Hai Duong and Hung Yen. 2. The project has three main components as below: - Component 1. Upgrading of professional training facilities for Water Resources University: The project will fund a main part in the phase 1 to establish a new facility for Water Resources University at Pho Hien Campus, Hung Yen province; including the institutional and physical facilities to serve 13.400 students and the new campus can serve 30%-50% of total students in 2016. - Component 2. Improving management of irrigation and drainage systems in the Bac Hung Hai scheme: The Project will improve the capacity for water resource management organizations in the Bac Hung Hai (BHH) scheme by improving upgrading work items and technical assistance to establish SCADA system (data collection and monitoring management for phases). - Component 3. Constructing new infrastructures and upgrading the existing BHH Hai irrigation scheme: The project will fund the construction of 08 pumping stations and rehabilitation of 02 existing ones in BHH scheme for the purpose of irrigation or drainage or both in BHH scheme. 3. The project will implement 11 subprojects of 03 provinces including Hai Duong, Bac Ninh and Hung Yen. There is no affected household in 02 subprojects including subproject of My Dong pumping station improvement in Hai Duong province and of Vang II channel improvement in Bac Ninh province. 4
Table 1: Subprojects require resettlement No. Sub-projects Hung Yen province 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Construction of Chua Tong new pumping station - Thanh Long commune and Trung Hung commune Yen My district Construction of Lien Nghia new pumping station - Lien Nghia commune and Thang Loi commune - Van Giang district Construction of Nghi Xuyen new pumping station - Thanh Cong commune and Chi Tan commune - Khoai Chau district Construction of new University of Water Resources - Nhat Tan commune and An Vien commune - Tien Lu district Hai Duong province Construction of Doan Thuong new pumping station - Doan Thuong commune and Toan Thang commune - Gia Loc district 6. Upgrading Cau Dua pumping station - Van To commune - Tu Ky district 7. Construction of Co Ngua new pumping station - Van Giang commune - Ninh Giang district 8. Upgrading My Dong pumping station Bac Ninh province 9. 10. Construction of Phu My new pumping station - Dinh To commune - Thuan Thanh district Construction of Nhat Trai new pumping station - Minh Tan commune, Lai Ha commune, Trung Xa commune, My Hung commune - Luong Tai district 11. Upgrading Vang canal II - Bac Ninh province 5
I.2. Project impact scope 4. For WRU phase I, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has submitted to the Government the document No. 2060/BNN-XD on July 18, 2011 about its new location. In the document No.6689/VPCP-QHQT on September 23, 2011, the Government approved the new location of the Water Resources University at Pho Hien University of Pho Hien (Hung Yen ). The University of New Irrigation geographic location will be as follows: - The North borders with 38B Highway. - The South borders with An Xa - An Vien commune (Tien Lu district). - The East borders with agricultural production site in Di Che commune (Tien Lu district). - The West borders with 61 Road (County Road). 5. With the aim of achieving scale training for 17,438 students in 2020, the new WRU will have new building areas such as: (i) The research sector, (ii) The Sport sector, (iii) The student dormitory (iv) the guess house, (v) Roads and infrastructure (vi) The development and protection areas, and (vii) The administrative and service sectors and sectors for other purposes. 6. Data related to the number of AHs, affected lands and assets on land in the monitoring mission 3(September/2013) is unchanged in comparison with the monitoring mission 2(March/2013). 7. The number of AHs: The construction of Water Resource University will affect 688 households at An Vien and Nhat Tan communes, including 542 severely affected households (122 househ olds in Nhat Tan commune and 420 households in An Vien commune having agricultural land affected from and more than 10%), 60 poor households, 92 vulnerable groups. Besides, the project will impact public land in both communes. There is only 01 household who has structures affected such as house roof, cement foundation. Table 2: Information of affected households No. Commune HH Impact Impact < Vulnerable Poor number >10% 10% households households 1 Nhat Tan 197 122 75 33 13 2 An Vien 491 420 71 59 47 Total 688 542 146 92 60 Note: Among the vulnerable households, there are some households who are under both types of vulnerable group and poor group; Source: DCARC s data March 2013 6
8. Impact on land: the project will impact land permanently in 02 communes including Nhat Tan and An Vien with total area of 575.792m2. There are 05 types of affected land: (i) rice cultivation land, (ii) aquaculture land, (iii) transportation land, (iv) and (v) cemetery land. In particular: Table 3: Types of permanently affected land in 02 communes Land type Unit Nhat Tan commune An Vien commune Total Agricultural land m 2 132,759 394,667 527,426 Aquaculture land m 2 9,881 9,881 Transportation land m 2 5,342 14,253 19,595 Irrigation land m 2 2,904 13,941 16,845 Cemetery land m 2 2,045 2,045 Total m 2 141,005 434,787 575,792 Source: DCARC s data March, 2013 9. Affected assets: Impact on crops and trees: impact on 6.625 trees of all types (mainly are banana, eucalyptus, apple and grapefruit), 950 m 2 of fish pond from 01 household and 527,426 m 2 rice field of 662 households and 78,112.12 m 2 of rice cultivation land in both communes. Impact on assets and structures: 01 household with a house on agricultural land with the area of 23.75m 2. Impacts on 123 graves of 48 households and 07 graves without owner. II. MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION ORGANIZATION METHODS II.1. Methodology 10. The main objective of the independent resettlement monitoring is to review and assess periodically and independently (i) the achievement of the resettlement objectives; (ii) the changes in living standards and livelihoods; (iii) the restoration an d/or improvement of the socio-economic conditions of the affected people; (iv) the effectiveness and sustainability of entitlements; and (v) the need for additional mitigation measures. The Consultant deploys the independent resettlement monitoring to monitor the implementation of the resettlement activities in compliance with the provisions outlined in the Project s Resettlement Policy Framework (RF) and the Sub-projects Resettlement Plans (RP). 7
11. The monitoring indicators include but not limited to the following: - The information and public consultation on the resettlement policy and the entitlements of the affected households; the participation of affected persons in the planning, updating and implementing the Resettlement Plans; - The detailed measurement survey of affected properties; the formulation and approval of compensation plan; payment of compensation under the approved policy in accordance with the approved Resettlement Plan; - Procedures for acquisition and handover of land; the coordination of resettlement activities with the construction schedules; - Construction/reconstruction of houses and replacement structures on residential land or in new residential areas; - The satisfaction of the affected persons with the terms and conditions and the implementation of the Resettlement Plans; - The grevance redress mechanism (documenting, procedures, settlement); - The effectiveness and the sustainability of the entitlements and income restoration measures for the affected households; ability of affected persons to restore/reconstruct their livelihoods and living standards. Particular attentions will be given to severely affected and vulnerable households; - Social and resettlement impacts caused by the activities in the construction phase; - Institutional capacity, internal monitoring and reporting. 12. For each monitoring stage, the Consultant conducted a sampling survey by questionnaires, interviewing affected households (who were lost 10% or more than 10% agricultural land/main sources of income and have to resettle) and randomly selected of the slightly affected households (which loss less than 10% agricultural land/income). In addition, the Consultant will organize in-depth interviews or focus group discussions with a number of target groups such as female-headed households (having dependants), poor affected households, PMU leaders, the Compensation, Assistance and Resettlement Board, officials who are directly engaged in the site clearance etc. to acquire more information. These methods are combined with the statistical comparison to evaluate the implementation of the Resettlement Plans and the living restoration as well as the level of satisfaction of affected persons. II.2 Monitoring method 13. The Consultant uses a combination of different monitoring methods to collect both qualitative and quantitative information. The main methods include group discussions, questionnaire survey, literature review and in-depth interviews. The Consultant also 8
(i) combine observations to find out more information about the living conditions of the affected households, the actual progress at site,... Analysis of documents The documents related to the safeguard policy, legal documents, internal reports and other documents related to the compensation and resettlement have been collected from CPO, PMU, DCARB and compared, analyzed for the multi-dimensional monitoring information. (ii) Survey by questionnaire In the monitoring process, this method is utilized as a principal tool for the acquisition of information from the affected households on their demographic characteristics, income and living conditions, production conditions, levels of satisfaction with compensation, levels of satisfaction with the provisions and the implementation of the Resettlement Plans, the effectiveness and the sustainability of the entitlements and income restoration measures for affected households, and their ability in the restoration/reconstruction of their livelihoods and living standards. (iii) Group discussions The discussions were carried out with the PMU to learn about advantages, disadvantages and solutions in the implementation of the Resettlement Plans, shortcomings and causes of the existences, next plans, suggestions and solutions to overcome shortcomings etc. In addition, focus group discussions were conducted with the APs to assess other aspects related to the entittlement of affected persons. (iv) In-depth interviews The APs, project staff and those who were responsible for the resettlement process have participated in in-depth interviews, which were based on the outlined contents. This information will complement the information collected from the questionnaire survey and document analysis. (v) Observation method The observation method is applied to support the above-mentioned methods. The Consultants used this method to find out about the actual living conditions of people and what works are going on the sites... thereby they would establish necessary additions to the information acquired from the secondary data, survey questionnaires and focus group discussions. II.3. Organization of monitoring implementation 14. The preparation for the monitoring stage was conducted in the weeks from 03/09/2013 to 08/09/2013. In the Consultant s office, the experts of the monitoring team prepared the monitoring tools reviewed the remaining issues of the subproject from the previous 9
mission and prepared the monitoring tools for the monintoring mission 3, including guidance for in-depth interviews and group discussions, research of URP and documents related to the project compensation. The field monitoring in three provinces of Hung Yen, Bac Ninh and Hai Duong is started from 9/92013 to 16/9/2013. 15. On 09/09/ 2013; the Consultant worked with the PMU of Water Source University, DCARC in Tien Lu district, Hung Yen province to collect relating documents. On the same day, the monitoring team worked with An Vien and Nhat Tan CPCs to collect more information and inform interview schedule to affected househods. 16. From September 09 September 16, 2013, the consultant conducted survey with 66 households in 02 communes for group discussion and individual interview. The consultant also worked with the representatives of departments in An Vien and Nhat Tan communes for information collection 17. After the survey, the Monitoring team worked with the PMU of the Water Source University, DCARC in Tien Lu district for summary of monitoring content. II.4. Survey of households 18. According to the TOR and based on local practical activities, IOM conducted interviews and group discussion with 66 households, including 45 affected households with impact level 10% of total agricultural land with representatives of poor households, female headed households, and households with land loss of more than 30%. Based on list of unsignificant affected households, the consultant randomly selected households and chose 11 households for questionnaire survey. III. MONITORING RESULTS III.1. Implementation Progress 19. At the monitoring mission 3, the works implementation was started in June 2013. The contruction progress of Contractor reached 71% of the planned volume. The main reason is that the construction implementation has been conducted in the rainy season. Hence the slow progress against proposed plan is unavoidable. Until the monitoring mission 3(September 2013), the levelling of the site is under construction process. The Executing Agencies(EA) are Dong Phuong Ltd, Co. and Thang Loi Contractor. PMU and EA agreed to accelerate the implementation progress to keep up with the proposed plan. PMU prepared and submitted to CPO the monthly report of the subproject implementation progress. Simultaneously, EA sends the implementation progress to PMU every Friday. 10
20. Package of infrastructure construction was opened for bidding on September 06, 2013. The package is expected to be implemented in late 2013, including road construction; completing levelling works, construction of drainage system within the Universtiy area. The package is expected to be done within one year. 21. Package of Monitoring the implementation of construction works is waiting for ADB approval of official monitoring contractor. This package is expected to be implemented at the same time with the construction package. 22. Overall, there is no incurrents from the resettlement implementation until September 2013. Evironmental sanitation and labor safety are highly considered by PMU. Now, there are no complaints or grievances from the HHs. Local people expect the works will be completed as the proposed plan. III. 2. Evaluation of indoor works 23. The PMU in collaboration with the Compensation, Assistance and resettlement Committee of Tien Ludistrict organized the compensation for the sub-project. In general, the compensation complies with the provisions in Decree No.69/2009/ND-CP and the approved Resettlement Plan as well as other provincial provisions and regulations, including specific stages: Mark demacation, identifying limitation for site clearance Land acquisition procedure for each phase/site and individual land acquisition for each affected households. Calculation of detailed compensation plan, summary of compensation plan Publicize and post compensation plan Approval of the compensation plan and organize compensation for each household 24. The approved DMS records compensation plans and land acquisition decision, land acquisition decision for each individual were fully stored in PMU s and DCARC s offices. The DMS form of assets and land status all have signatures of the participants and representatives of affected households. 25. As stated in the report of monitoring mission 2, the compensation payment was completed. 26. The internal reports are prepared regularly by PMU and submitted to CPO, which demonstrates progress and the specific measures to handle the work. All inventory records have signatures of the participants and representatives of affected households. PMU prepared and submitted to CPO the monthly report of the subproject implementation progress. Simultaneously, EA sends the implementation progress to PMU every Friday. 11
III.3. Dissemination of information 27. This is a rather big project implemented in the area of An Vien and Nhat Tan communes. Not only the affected households but also the local people know about the project information. The information related to AHs interests like compensation unit prices, assistances.. were informed through communal meetings held by PMU and local authority. I have been invited to attend meetings at the communal headquarter many times since there was the project. I couldn t remember exactly how many meetings I have attended, said a woman of HH in An Vien commune. 28. 87.9% of surveyed HHs (5 8/66 HHs) said that they had been invited to consultation meetings on compensation and assistance policies, life restoration program, the compaint mechanism... These meetings were organized by PMU incollaboration with the Consultant (for RP). 29. The unit price of compensation and assistance policies are specified for each compensation plan. Compensation plan are publicly posted for 20 days in accordance to regulation through the record of posting time. 97% of the interviewed affected households had checked compensation plan and signed on the minutes of the compensation calculation. 30. The consultants conducted survey with 45 severly AHs. 40/45 of severely affected households said that they are consulted and agree to receive funding for life rehabilitation by cash. Assistance funding is made in compensation plans for households. 31. 84.4% of severely affected households said that they are consulted on income restoration program of the project and required to give their feedbacks or selection for the options of the program.. I had been invited to meetings. They asked me what job I would like to take. I answered them that my husband and I were already old. My son has no stable job at all, so please train him to become a car driver, said a woman of HH in An Vien commune. Some interviewed HHs said that they could not remember whether they had been consulted about the life restoration program(5/45). 32. Conclusion: The information and consultation with the affected households were conducted in accordance with the provisions specified in the approved RP. Severely AHs will be assisted to restore their income through vocational training and agricultural extension, which were stated in detail in the livelihood restoration and resettlement Plan apporved by ADB thru its nonobjection letter dated 04/09/2013. 12
III.4. Inventory of loss 33. Before the DMS, the PPMU and the DCARB through the CPC sent a written notice to each household. The DMS was completed in May 2012. The DMS team established by the DCARC included (i) Representative the fun ction offices of the District as natural resources and environment, finance, economy infrastructure offices, (ii) Representatives of 02 communes including leaders, land registry officers and village chiefs, (iii) Representative of the affected households and (iv) the house headers of the affected households. 34. Households involved in the activities of the sub-projects made up high proportion such as: to be informed of DMS time (95.5%). 100% reviewed and signed on the minutes of the calculation and said that the DMS was accurate. Table 4 below shows the involvement of affected households in the project activities as follows: No. Content Yes No N % N % 1. Informed DMS time 63 95.5 3 4.5 2. Participate in DMS 60 90.9 6 9.1 3. Is the DMS accurate? 66 100 0 0 4. 5. Reviewed and signed on the DMS form Discussed about the compensation plans 66 100 0 0 56 84.8 10 15.2 6. Reviewed the calculation record 66 100 0 0 Source: IMO s survey September 2013 35. 4.5% of respondents said they did not remember, did not know or someone else in the household knew the notification before the DMS. 9.1% of households did not participate in the DMS with main reason which is insignificant impact volume. They believed in the DMS results. My family had little impact so I don t care much about the DMS results, said a woman of HH in Nhat Tan commune. 36. 15.2% of households (insignificant affected households) said they did not discuss or did not remember the compensation options (in cash, land, etc.) The activity had been 13
conducted long ago so I couldn t remember, said a woman of HH in An Vien commune.. 37. Conclusion: DMS was conducted in accordance with state s regulations and provisions in RP. No complaint of APs is found so far. III.5. Compensation plan III.5.1. Legal framework and basis for compensation 38. The legal framework and the main basis for compensation is the Policy Framework of the Resettlement Plan the ADB approved. The Policy Framework is developed based on the legislation of the Government of Viet Nam and the ADB's policy relating to the involuntary land acquisition and resettlement. 39. In addition, the compensation process shall apply the decisions such as Decree No.69/2009/ND-CP dated 13/8/2009 of the Government on additional regulations on land use planning, land prices, land recovery, compensation, assistance and resettlement, Decision No.09/2011/QD-UBND dated 01/6/2012 of Hung Yen PC on the promulgation of procedure decision for land acquisition, land allocation, land lease, transferring land use purposes and land use patterns as well as compensation, assistance and resettlement in Hung Yen province. III.5.2. Compensation and assistance prices III.5.2.1 Compensation prices 40. Compensation rates based on the Decision No. 27/2011 QD-UBND of PPC of Hung Yen province for project approval. The unit price is appropriate to the results of the conversion investigation of the RP. 41. Unit price of compensation for property, structures and plant crops was in accordance with the findings of conversion prices stated in the RP. In the interview process, more than 90% of the affected households agreed and did not have any questions about the unit price of compensation for assets and plant crops. I received all the compensation money and I spent it all, so I had nothing to complaint, said a man of AH in Nhat Tan commune. 42. There is nothing changed with the compensation unit prices among monitoring missions. The unit price applied for compensation and assistance and the unit price in accordance with conversion price survey in RP are summarized in the following table: 14
Table 5: Unit prices for compensation and assistance for agricultural land, aquaculture land No. Location Unit price in Market Applied Decision unit unit 27/2011/QĐprice price UBND Annual crop and aquaculture land in area of I Nhat Tan and An Vien communes, Tien Lu district 61,000 61,000 61,000 II Aquaculture surface-water Land (fish and other types) 10,000 10,000 10,000 Source: DCARC s data March, 2013 Table 6: Compensation unit price for trees and crops No. Type Description Unit PPC price Market price Applied price 1 Annual crops Rice m2 10 10 10 2 Timber trees Iron wood, eucalyptus, chinatree 20cm < circuit of foot 50cm Tree 120,000 110,000 120,000 3 Fruit-trees Banana circuit of foot 10cm Tree 60,000 50,000 60,000 circuit of foot < 10cm Tree 30,000 25,000 30,000 Longan circuit of foot> 30cm Tree 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 Apple, Custardapple, Star-apple 12cm circuit of foot < 30cm Tree 300,000 300,000 300,000 Grapefruits 12cm circuit of foot < 20cm Tree 1,250,000 1,200,000 1,250,000 Source: DCARC s data March, 2013 20cm < circuit of foot Tree 1,750,000 1,500,000 1,750,000 15
Table 7: Compensation unit price for houses and structures No Type Unit 1 2 Fibrocement roof and concrete ground Built grave without other auxiliary structures Study cost (VND) Unit Price according to Notices No. 19/TB-SXD (VND) Proposed compensation/ assistance rate (VND) m2 190,000 195,000 195,000 Each 4,000,000 4,197,500 4,197,500 3 Earth grave Each 2,000,000 2,012,500 2,012,500 4 Assistance for sacrifices for each grave of AHs Source: DCARC s data March, 2013 Each NA 200,000 200,000 43. Conclusion: Through observation and information collection from the affected families as well as local government officials, the monitoring team assessed that the unit price of compensation and assistance in the compensation plan for the payment for affected households are suitable to replacement cost in RP. III.4.2.2 Assistances 44. Similarly as what had been stated in the report of monitoring mission 2, the project assistances had nothing changed. Assitance in cash was applied as shown in the following table: Table 8: Asistances No. Objective Compensation and assistance plan I HHs affected Affected Households with affected rate from 10% to 30%: 10% or more of (i) Assistance for life restoration 30Kg rice/person/month for 06 total agricultural months. land (ii) Assistance for job training and creation: All households with affected agricultural land will be assisted in cash with the amount of 3 times of acquired agricultural land value. (iii) Participate in project s income restoration program Impact from 30 70%: (i) Assistance for life stabilization is 30Kg rice/person/month in 09 months. (ii) Assistance for job training and creation: All households with affected agricultural land will be assisted in cash with the amount of 3 times of acquired agricultural land value. (iii) Participate in project s income restoration program 16
No. Objective Compensation and assistance plan Impact from 70% - 100%: (i) Assistance for life stabilization is 30Kg rice/person/month in 12 months. (ii) Assistance for job training and creation: All households with affected agricultural land will be assisted in cash with the amount of 3 times of acquired agricultural land value. (iii) Participate in project s income restoration program II Vulnerable households Source: DCARC s data March, 2013 30Kg rice/person/month in 24 months with female headed households having dependants. 30Kg rice/person/month in 30 months for poor households. 45. In addition, households reached an agreement to receive the compensation and hand over the site on time are rewarded with a bonus based land lost area with 10,000 VND/m2. 46. Conclusion: The applied assistance and compensation program for the affected people in accordance with the updated RP project. III.4.3. Approval of the compensation plan - compensation fund 47. At the monitoring phase II (March, 2013), Tien Lu district PC has provided 38 decisions on compensation plan for 100% affected households. At the monitoring mission 3, there is no additional decision. The approved Compensation cost is summarized in the following table: Table 9: Approved compensation, assistance and resettlement cost for affected households Date and Number of Decision Amount No. Decision number Date Total 2% for site clearance Including Job training 1 404/QD-UBND 7/5/2012 30,431,966,000 596,705,000 335,289,000 2 405/QD-UBND 7/5/2012 1,139,981,000 22,352,576 3 406/QD-UBND 7/5/2012 1,458,568,000 28,599,368 4 536/QD-UBND 14/6/2012 4,124,900,000 80,880,000 43,980,000 5 537/QD-UBND 14/6/2012 149,532,000 2,932,000 17
Date and Number of Decision Amount No. Decision number Date Total 2% for site clearance Including Job training 6 538/QD-UBND 14/6/2012 536,950,000 10,528,000 7 647/QD-UBND 28/6/2012 2,367,735,000 46,426,000 23,316,000 8 648/QD-UBND 28/6/2012 77,720,000 1,554,000 9 798/QD-UBND 17/7/2012 10,840,751,000 212,564,000 117,063,000 10 797/QD-UBND 17/7/2012 398,014,000 7,804,000 11 896/QD-UBND 7/8/2012 7320637000 143,543,000 78,030,000 12 897/QD-UBND 7/8/2012 265,302,000 5,202,000 13 1047/QD-UBND 27/8/2012 4,925,838,000 96,585,000 51,372,000 14 1048/QD-UBND 27/8/2012 174,664,000 3,424,000 15 1049/QD-UBND 27/8/2012 921,375,000 18,066,000 9,441,000 16 1050/QD-UBND 27/8/2012 32,099,000 629,000 17 1062/QD-UBND 29/8/2012 7,177,701,000 140,739,000 77,913,000 18 1063/QD-UBND 29/8/2012 259,710,000 5,194,000 19 1216/QD-UBND 24/9/2012 12,220,744,000 239,622,000 130,503,000 20 1217/QD-UBND 24/9/2012 435,010,000 8,700,000 21 1377/QD-UBND 5/11/2012 5,578,514,000 109,383,000 61,494,000 22 1376/QD-UBND 5/11/2012 204,980,000 4,100,000 23 1575/QD-UBND 29/11/2012 9,165,096,000 179,708,000 93,612,000 24 1576/QD-UBND 29/11/2012 318,280,000 62,400,000 25 1720/QD-UBND 12/12/2012 4,298,506,000 84,284,000 42,153,000 26 1721/QD-UBND 12/13/2012 143,320,000 2,810,000 18
Date and Number of Decision Amount No. Decision number Date Total 2% for site clearance Including Job training 27 1722/Q-UBND 12/12/2012 2,020,455,000 39,617,000 20,288,000 28 1723/QD-UBND 12/12/2012 67,625,000 1,352,500 29 1836/QD-UBND 21/12/2012 12,161,350,000 238,458,000 129,359,000 30 1837/QD-UBND 21/12/2012 439,819,000 8,624,000 31 2042/QD-UBND 31/12/2012 9,677,776,000 189,760,000 97,285,000 32 2043/QD-UBND 31/12/2012 330,767,000 6,485 33 2046/QD-UBND 31/12/2012 54,106,000 1,061,000 34 1851/QD-UBND 24/12/2012 436,500,000 8,559,000 35 1491/QD-UBND 22/11/2012 34,429,000 675,000 36 2054/QD-UBND 31/12/2012 72,475,000 1,421,000 37 2055/QD-UBND 31/12/2012 2,129,795,000 58,043,000 38 2056/QD-UBND 31/12/2012 3,206,285,000 62,867,000 39 2076/QĐ-UBND 31/12/2012 467,213,000 9,161,000 Total 136,066,488,000 2,734,338,968 1,311,098,000 Source: DCARC s data March, 2013 III.4.4. Compensation payment 48. No incurrents from the compensation payment was found in the monitoring mission 3. Data related to the compensation payment is as the same as that of the monitoring mission 2. 49. According to updated information which was provided by the PMU of WRU on April 05, 2013, 100% of affected households received compensation, 100% of resettlement cost was paid with total amount of 136,066,488,000 VND. 50. The compensation payment is implemented by the district State Treasury at the District PC s office. The affected households were invited to receive the fund before payment 3 to 7 days. 19
51. 100% of respondents said that the process of compensation payment had been pre-informed and convenient for households to receive compensation. 52. Conclusion: Overall, the compensation payment to households as stated above was operated under transparency, clarity as well as facilitated the APs to receive compensation and meet project requirements as well as the provisions outlined in RP. III.5. Resettlement for relocated households 53. No households have to be relocated in the sub-project area. III.6. Income and life restoration 54. Through data in the internal socio-economic survey, most of affected households have main income from agriculture (90.9%) and from retirement allowance and salary (3-4%). 55. The insignificant affected households due to loss of agricultural and residential land without relocation or the temporary affected households during construction time without changes in income structure and income will be insignificantly affected. 56. AHs spent the compensation money on their various targets. I lost 5 arces of land and received VND400million. I spent some on my children education and deposited some in a saving account. I couldn t afford to buy my favorite lot of land with that amount so I had to deposit it in a bank, said a man of HH in Nhat Tan commune. My family received just more than VND100 million, my husband together with his cousins invested that amount into constructrion. I felt sorrow when I lost my land as it provided rice for my family, but I feel fine now, after receiving the compensation money, said a woman of HH in An Vien commune. 57. Until the monitoring mission 3, the livelihood restoration program has been implemented with 5 meetings of stakeholders to identify (i) the real situation of vocational training in the local area, (ii) demand of vocational training, (iii) expenditure plan, (iv) establishment of program steering committee. Detail of these meetings is as following: 20
Table 10 : Contents of meetings about the implementation of livelihood restoration program for severely affected households No. Time Meeting contents Participants 1. 16/10/2012 Find out the real situation of vocational training in the local area. Orientation of job tranining and education for AHs 2. 29/01/2013 Establishment of direction committee Expenditure plan for training program and livelihood restoration program for severely AHs 3. 4/2/2013 Plan of agricultural extension establishment for AHs 4. 6/2/2013 Vocational training and livelihood restoration plan 5. 5/6/2013 Vocational training and livelihood restoration plan Tien Lu DPC, DCARC, PMU of Pho Hien University, District Dept of Agricultural Extension, DOLISA, District Dept of Agriculture, TA, PMU of the project Tien Lu DPC, DCARC, PMU of Pho Hien University, District Dept of Agricultural Extension, DOLISA, District Dept of industry and commerce, TA, PMU of the project Agricultural Extension Center of Hung Yen province, TA, and PMU Hung Yen Vocational Junior School, TA, PMU, PMU of Pho Hien University Tien Lu DPC, PMU of Pho Hien University, Consultant agency, representatives of 2 communes, CPO, Agricultural Extention Center of Hung Yen province, and PMU 58. Income restoration program for the subproject had been finalised and submitted ADB for approval on 22/07/2013. The program was approved by ADB thru its nonobjection letter dated 04/06/2013. The program is expected to be implemented in November 2013. This program will support affected households to restore their livelihoods and income. The assistances will be considered and assessed by IMO in the next reports. 21
III.7. Complaints and grievance redress 59. At the monitoring mission 3, 66 surveyed HHs said that they had no complaints or grievances about the compensation payment. They expressed their support for the project implementation in the communal area. Having a big University located in my commune makes me feel honor. Once the works completed, I firmly believe that it will create jobs for local people. In the future, the kids will enroll into this university instead of going to Hanoi for their studying, said a man of HH in An Vien commune. 60. However, some HHs recommended that contractors need pay attention to the environmental protection during their contruction implementation in the dry season, because dust and sand from the construction site could affect houses and transportation of local people. In the past few months of rainy season, road became muddier because trucks travelled more on the road though contractors had overcome measures. In the coming months of dry season, we recommend that contractors should have measures to keep us away from breathing in dust and sand, we dare not open our doors as sand flow into house. The project should protect local people from environment pollution in return for our support, said a man of HH in An Vien commune. People also expressed their concern that the construction implementation might affect the quality of ground water sources. Building such a big works like this might pollute the water sources of local people. That is what I am afraid of, because people here use water mainly from drilled well, said a woman of AH in An Vien commune. III.8. Assessment of the people s level of satisfaction for the project 61. The affected households are aware of the importance and benefit the Sub-project for the region and beneficiary community. Most of them were generally satisfied with the compensation unit price and project s assistance fund (55/66 HHs). 62. 100% affected households all paid attention to project progress and schedule and expected that the project would be soon completed. 22
IV. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IV.1. Conclusion 63. As stated in the report of monitoring mission 2, compensation and resettlement of the subproject were completed by DCRAC. Most of APs were satisfied with the compensation policies and expected that the project woule be soon completed. 64. Basically, the PMU and the DCARC have complied with the resettlement procedures as outlined in the Project's RP and in the Government's Decree No.69/2009/ND-CP. The stages of dissemination of information, inventory of loss, payment of compensation are participated and monitored by the representatives of the affected households and relevant departments. The internal monitoring was fulfilled in full and routinely by Project Management Unit. 65. The internal reports have been prepared with adequate information, reflecting the resettlement progress as well as problems to be solved. The data are saved in the offices of the DCARC and the PMU s office in both hard-copies and soft-copies in computer database to serve the management and reporting. The data compensation payment was gathered in PMU s office for management and storing. IV.2. Recommendations 66. The subproject of WRU construction was stared in April 2013. Construction process will influence on affected households during the construction implementation. It s recommended that PMU and DCARC need plan to monitor and find out emerging issues for in time solution. Especially, the implementation activities need to be conducted following regulations on environmental sanitation and safety, without affecting the travelling and lives of local people. 67. PMU and EA need to accelerate the construction progress as the proposed schedule. 68. Income and livelihood restoration program needs to be implemented soon to help affected households, especially severely affected and vulnerable households stabilize their lives. IMO recommends relevant agencies to implement this program at soonest. 23
Appendix. Site of WRU (September 2013) 24