Resettlement Plan Resettlement Plan Document Stage: Revised Project Number: 41013 March 2012 Viet Nam: Thanh Hoa City Comprehensive Socioeconomic Development Project Component 1: Urban Road Development and Component 4: Human Resource Development Prepared by Thanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee The resettlement and ethnic minorities development 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. THANH HOA PROVINCE PEOPLE’S COMMITEE PROVINCIAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT ------------------------------------ THANH HOA CITY COMPREHENSIVE SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (No.2511 VIE - ADB LOAN) UPDATED RESETTLEMENT PLAN COMPONENTS 1 AND 4 Prepared by PROVINCIAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT February, 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Annexes ................................................................................................................................................ 5 A. Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................... 9 B. Project Description .................................................................................................................................... 13 Resettlement Plan - Component 1 and 4 1. Background ............................................................................................................................................ 13 2. Project’s Components ............................................................................................................................ 13 3. Mitigation Measures .............................................................................................................................. 14 3.1. Objective ......................................................................................................................................... 14 3.2. Mitigation Measures ....................................................................................................................... 14 C. Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement ........................................................................................... 16 1. Methodology .......................................................................................................................................... 16 2. Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement ........................................................................................ 16 2.2. Impacts on Lands ............................................................................................................................ 16 2.2. Impacts on Houses .......................................................................................................................... 19 2.3. Impacts on Other Structures ............................................................................................................ 19 2.4. Impacts on Trees and Crops ............................................................................................................ 20 2.5. Average Productive Landholding and Severity of Impacts ............................................................ 20 2.6. Impacts on Business ........................................................................................................................ 21 2.7. Impacts on Institutions .................................................................................................................... 22 2.8. Impacts on Public Works ................................................................................................................ 22 2.9. Impact on cultural structures ........................................................................................................... 23 2.10. Temporarily Impacts ..................................................................................................................... 23 D. Socioeconomic Information and Profile ................................................................................................... 24 1. Methodology .......................................................................................................................................... 24 2. Socio - Economic Conditions of Affected Households ......................................................................... 24 2.1. Household Population and Labor Force .......................................................................................... 24 2.2. Education ........................................................................................................................................ 24 2.3. Household Occupation .................................................................................................................... 25 2.4. Living Standards, Income and Expenditure .................................................................................... 27 2.5. Accommodations and home comforts ............................................................................................. 30 2.6. Infrastructures and Services ............................................................................................................ 31 2.7. Land and housing ............................................................................................................................ 33 2.8. Attitudes toward Project and Land Acquisition .............................................................................. 34 3. Socio-economic Conditions of Vulnerable Households ....................................................................... 35 3.1. Female-Headed Households ........................................................................................................... 35 Thanh Hoa City Comprehensive Socio - Economic Development Project Page 1 Resettlement Plan - Component 1 and 4 3.2. Poor and Near Poor Households ..................................................................................................... 35 4. Issue of Ethnic Minorities ...................................................................................................................... 37 5. Gender Issues ......................................................................................................................................... 37 E. Information Disclosure, Consultation and Participation ........................................................................... 39 1. Objectives: ............................................................................................................................................. 39 2. Legal basics ............................................................................................................................................ 39 3. Procedures for Consultation and Disclosure .......................................................................................... 40 3.1. Consultation and Disclosure in the Preparation Stage .................................................................... 40 3.2. Consultation in the project implementation .................................................................................... 40 F. Grievance Redress Mechanism .................................................................................................................. 43 G. Legal Framework ...................................................................................................................................... 45 1. Policy & Legal Framework for Resettlement ........................................................................................ 45 1.1. Relevant Vietnamese Legislation .................................................................................................... 45 1.2. ADB Safeguard Policy and Requirements ...................................................................................... 46 1.3. Reconciliation of Government and ADB Policy on Resettlement .................................................. 47 2. Project Policies....................................................................................................................................... 50 2.1. Objectives and Principles ................................................................................................................ 50 2.2. Cut-Off Date and Eligibility ........................................................................................................... 51 2.3. Principle of Replacement Cost ........................................................................................................ 51 2.4. Eligibility and Entitlement .............................................................................................................. 52 H. Entitlements of APs .................................................................................................................................. 53 I. Relocation of Housing and Settlements ...................................................................................................... 65 1. Analysis and Assessment of Resettlement Demand .............................................................................. 65 2. Resettlement Criteria and Procedures .................................................................................................... 66 3. Description of Resettlement Areas ........................................................................................................ 66 J. Income Restoration