NATIONAL POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION The Northern Vietnam Power Projects Management Board ------------------------------- Public Disclosure Authorized TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY PROJECT (TEP) RESETTLEMENT PLAN Public Disclosure Authorized (RP) TAY HA NOI - THUONG TIN 500KV TRANSMISSION LINE (final report) Public Disclosure Authorized PREPARED BY: INSTITUTE OF ENERGY Public Disclosure Authorized Ha Noi, September 2015 Tay Ha Noi - Thuong Tin 500kV Transmission Line Resettlement Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................ 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................ 6 Chapter 1 : INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 9 1.1. Transmission Efficiency Project (TEP) ..................................................................... 9 1.2. Sub-project 500kV line from Tay Ha Noi to Thuong Tin .................................... 9 1.3. Resettlement Objectives .................................................................................... 11 Chapter 2 :PROJECT IMPACTS ................................................................................... 12 2.1. Identifying Impacts Of The Project ................................................................... 12 2.2. Types of the subproject impacts ........................................................................ 14 Chapter 3 : LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND ENTITLEMENTS OF APs ......................... 19 3.1. Legal framework............................................................................................... 19 3.1.1. The Legal Framework of the Government of Vietnam .................................. 19 3.1.2. World Bank Policy on Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) ................... 20 3.1.3. Compatibilities of GOV and WB Approaches and Required Waivers ............ 20 3.1.4 Compatibility of the Government and the WB Approaches and Require Wavers: ................................................................................................................. 22 3.2 Compensation Policy ............................................................................................... 22 3.2.1 Genaral Principles ......................................................................................... 22 3.2.2 Policies on compensation, assistance and resettlement applied to the subproject .............................................................................................................. 24 3.2.2.1 Compensation for Loss of Agricultural Land ................................................ 24 3.2.2.2 Compensation for Loss of Residential Land ................................................. 25 3.2.2.3 Compensation Policy for Loss of Houses/Structures .................................... 26 3.2.2.4 Compensation Policy for Loss of Standing Crops and Trees ........................ 27 3.2.2.5 Compensation Policy for Loss of Income and/or Business/Productive Assets 27 3.2.2.6 Compensation Policy for Temporary Impact during Construction ............... 27 3.2.2.7 Damages to Private or Public Structures ..................................................... 27 3.2.2.8 Secondary APs ............................................................................................. 28 3.2.2.9 Allowances and Rehabilitation Assistance ................................................... 28 Chapter 4 :COMPENSATION, ASSISTANCE AND RESETTLEMENT PLAN .......... 30 4.1. Compensation ................................................................................................... 30 4.2. Assistance ......................................................................................................... 31 4.3. Total compensation costs for the sub- project ................................................... 33 Chapter 5 : COMMUNITY CONSULTATION AND PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION ... 40 Chapter 6 : REPORTING, MONITORING AND EVALUATION ................................ 43 Institute of Energy - IE 1 Tay Ha Noi - Thuong Tin 500kV Transmission Line Resettlement Plan 6.1. Internal Monitoring ........................................................................................... 43 6.2. Independent Monitoring .................................................................................... 45 6.3. Reporting .......................................................................................................... 45 Chapter 7 : IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ....................................................................... 46 7.1. Implementation Responsibility ......................................................................... 46 7.2. Implementation Schedule .................................................................................. 48 Chapter 8 : IMPLEMENTATION COSTS ..................................................................... 50 8.1. Budget .............................................................................................................. 50 8.2. Cost Estimatation for RP Implementation ......................................................... 50 8.3. Total Cost of RP Implementation ...................................................................... 51 Entitlement Matrix................................................................................................... 54 Agreements on T/L Routes ...................................................................................... 64 Minutes of Community Meetings ............................................................................ 85 Institute of Energy - IE 2 Tay Ha Noi - Thuong Tin 500kV Transmission Line Resettlement Plan List of tables Table 1.1. List of line length .......................................................................................... 10 Table 2.1. Affected households ...................................................................................... 13 Table 2.2: Number of APs by locations .......................................................................... 13 Table 2.3: Number of APs by impacted categories ......................................................... 14 Table 2.4: Permanently Affected Productive Land Area (due to construction of foundation pivotal) ......................................................................................................... 14 Table 2.5: Temporarily Affected Productive Land Area ................................................. 15 Table 2.6: Affected perennial trees and crops within ROW ........................................... 16 Table 2.7: Area of the permanently affected houses and structure (residence land) in ROW ............................................................................................................................. 17 Table 2.8: Amount of permanently affected houses and structures ................................. 17 Table 3.1. Differences between the Government’s Laws and Decrees and World Bank Policty and TEP’s policy ................................................................................................ 20 Table 4.1: Compensation unit prices for permanently affected land ............................... 30 Table 4.2: Compensation price units for eligible trees, crops and livestocks .................. 31 Table 4.3: Price Units for job switch and employment generation ................................. 31 Table 4.4: Assistance to Assistance to relocation households in ROW ........................... 32 Table 4.5: Total compensation cost ................................................................................ 33 Table 4.6: Land compensation cost for foundation ......................................................... 34 Table 4.7: Plant compensation cost for foundation ......................................................... 35 Table 4.8: Compensation cost for temporary affection ................................................... 36 Table 4.9: Cost for work creation ................................................................................... 37 Table 4.10: Assitance cost for houses under transmission line........................................ 38 Table 6.1: Key activities of internal monitoring and assessment..................................... 42 Table 7.1: Proposed sub - project implementation schedule ........................................... 47 Table 8.1: Total estimated costs for RP’s implementation .............................................. 50 Institute of Energy - IE 3 Tay Ha Noi - Thuong Tin 500kV Transmission Line Resettlement Plan Appendices 1. Project Areas 2. Entitlement Matrix 3. Agreements on TL Routes 4. Minutes and photos of community meetings Institute of Energy - IE 4 Tay Ha Noi - Thuong Tin 500kV Transmission Line Resettlement Plan ABBREVIATIONS - AP Affected person - APs Affected Persons - BCAR Board of Compensation, Assistance and Resettlement - DRC District Resettlement Committee - IE Institute of Energy - NER Natural Environment and Resources - NPMB The Northern VietNam Power Projects Management Board - PAPs Project Affected Persons - PC People's Committee - PC People's Committee - PM Project Management - PPC Provincial People's Committee - ROW Right-of- way - RP Compensation and Resettlement Plan - TEP Transmission Efficiency Project - TL Transmission Line - USD US Dollar - VFF Vietnam Fatherland Front - VN Đ Vietnam dong - WB World Bank Institute of Energy - IE 5 Tay Ha Noi - Thuong Tin 500kV Transmission Line