- Title
- Resettlement in Vietnam's hydro power industry: policies and social impact assessment
- Creator
- Luu, Chinh; von Meding, Jason; Kanjanabootra, Sittimont; Pham, Doanh
- Relation
- RICS COBRA AUBEA 2015: The Construction, Building and Real Estate Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors / The Australasian Universities’ Building Educators Association Conference . COBRA AUBEA 2015 (Sydney 8-10 July, 2014)
- Publisher
- Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- In this paper, the legal framework for resettlement due to hydropower projects in Vietnam is investigated, followed by an analysis of Vietnamese resettlement policy and practice. In Vietnam, 815 hydropower projects have been approved to date with a total installed capacity of 24,324.3MW. These projects often require the acquisition of large land areas and, as a consequence, communities face relocation and resettlement. Over 90% of relocated inhabitants live in mountainous areas and these are comprised mainly of ethnic minorities. However, ethnic minority customary land rights do not appear to be considered under the Land Law and its associated documents. The rehabilitation and resettlement statement is often prepared after project investment has already received approval from the Provincial people’s committee. The engagement of residents is very limited after project approval, and social impact assessment is not considered. In this paper, the legal framework for resettlement due to hydropower projects in Vietnam is investigated, followed by an analysis of Vietnamese resettlement policy and practice. Social impact is assessed by examining resettlement statistics and typical indicators of success, while barriers to the implementation of resettlement are discussed.
- Subject
- ethnic minorities; hydropower; land acquisition; resettlement; social impact assessment
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1319007
- Identifier
- uon:23756
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781783210718
- Language
- eng
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