SFG2827 V3 REV PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE OF AN GIANG PROVINCE PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE OF LONG XUYEN CITY Public Disclosure Authorized THE VIETNAM SCALING UP URBAN UPGRADING PROJECT SUBPROJECT OF LONG XUYEN CITY, AN GIANG PROVINCE (Draft Final) Public Disclosure Authorized REPORT ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized LONG XUYEN – February 2017 PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE OF AN GIANG PROVINCE PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE OF LONG XUYEN CITY REPORT ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (Draft Final) THE VIETNAM SCALING UP URBAN UPGRADING PROJECT SUBPROJECT OF LONG XUYEN CITY, AN GIANG PROVINCE PROJECT OWNER CONSULTANT PEOPLE COMMITTEE OF INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING LONG XUYEN CITY CONSULTANT JOINT STOCK COMPANY (INTEC) LONG XUYEN – February 2017 Environmental and Social Impact Asseessment - SUUP TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION AND PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................. 1 1.1. BACKROUND AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ..................................................... 1 1.1.1. General Background of the Vietnam Scaling Up Urban Upgrading Project (SUUP) .......... 1 1.1.2. Project objectives .................................................................................................................. 2 1.1.3. Project Components .............................................................................................................. 2 1.2. LEGAL AND TECHNICAL BASIS FOR ESIA PREPARATION........................................ 3 1.2.1. National Regulations and Technical Basis ........................................................................... 3 1.2.2. World Bank’s Safeguard Policies ......................................................................................... 7 1.3. DESCRIPTION OF LONG XUYEN SUBPROJECT ............................................................. 8 1.3.1. Subproject location ............................................................................................................... 9 1.3.2. Detailed Description ........................................................................................................... 10 1.3.3. Construction methods ......................................................................................................... 14 1.3.4. List of machinery and equipment ....................................................................................... 15 1.3.5. Demand for Raw Materials, Fuel and Disposal Site ........................................................... 17 1.3.6. Area of Influence ................................................................................................................ 19 1.3.7. Human resource and implementation management ............................................................ 24 1.3.8. Investment Fund and Implementation Schedule of the Subproject .................................... 25 1.4. ESIA METHODS .................................................................................................................. 25 CHAPTER 2. NATURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO – ECONOMIC BASELINES OF THE SUBPROJECT AREA ........................................................................ 27 2.1. GEOGRAPHICAL SETTINGS............................................................................................. 27 2.1.1. Topographical and Geological Conditions ......................................................................... 27 2.1.2. Climatic, Hydrological and Oceanographical Conditions .................................................. 28 2.1.3. Natural resources ................................................................................................................ 31 2.2. ENVIROMENTAL QUALITY BASELINES IN THE PROJECT AREA ........................... 34 2.2.1. Air quality ........................................................................................................................... 34 2.2.1. Water Quality ...................................................................................................................... 36 2.2.2. Soil quality .......................................................................................................................... 42 2.2.3. Sediment quality ................................................................................................................. 44 2.2.4. Aquatic environmental quality ............................................................................................ 46 2.3. SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ................................................................................... 47 2.3.1. Economic Development Situation ...................................................................................... 47 2.3.2. Social Conditions ................................................................................................................ 48 2.4. INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITIONS ................................................................................... 51 2.4.1. Traffic connection ............................................................................................................... 51 Page i Environmental and Social Impact Asseessment - SUUP 2.4.2. Supply-water network ......................................................................................................... 52 2.4.3. Solid waste collection and treatment .................................................................................. 52 2.4.4. Electrical system ................................................................................................................. 53 2.4.5. Sewer and wastewater treatment ......................................................................................... 53 2.5. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS AT THE PROJECT SITE ................ 54 2.6. SENSITIVE CULTURAL RESOURCES AND SITES IN THE ROJECT AREA .............. 65 2.6.1. Long Xuyen Physical Cultural Resources .......................................................................... 65 2.6.2. PCRs and sensitives points in the project area .................................................................... 66 CHAPTER 3. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES .............................................................. 70 3.1. EVALUATION OF “WITHOUT SUBPROJECT” AND “WITH SUBPROJECT .............. 70 3.2. “WITH PROJECT” ALTERNATIVES ................................................................................. 74 3.2.1. Component 1: Upgrading Tertiary Infrastructure in Low Income Areas ........................... 74 3.2.2. Component 2: Priority Primary and Secondary Infrastructures .......................................... 77 CHAPTER 4. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT .............. 81 4.1. ENVIROMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ............................................ 81 4.1.1. Positive impacts .................................................................................................................. 81 4.1.2. Potential Negative Impacts ................................................................................................. 82 4.1.3. Impact Assessment for Component 1 – Upgrading Tertiary Infrastructure in LIAs .......... 87 4.1.4. Impact Assessment for Component 2 - Priority Primary and Secondary Infrastructures ... 97 4.1.5. Impact Assessments for Component 3: Resettlement Site Construction .......................... 118 4.2. CUMULATIVE IMPACT ASSESSEMENT ...................................................................... 124 4.3. SOCIAL IMPACTS ............................................................................................................. 124 4.3.1. Positive impacts ................................................................................................................ 124 4.3.2. Negative Impacts .............................................................................................................. 125 4.4. INDUCED IMPACTS ......................................................................................................... 127 CHAPTER 5. PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURES ............................................... 129 5.1. ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................ 129 5.1.1. General Principal .............................................................................................................. 129 5.1.2. Measures to be Integrated Into The Detailed Technical Design ....................................... 129 5.1.3. Mitigation Measures During Preparation Phase ............................................................... 130 5.1.4. Mitigation Measures During Construction Phase ............................................................. 132 5.1.5. Specific Mitigation Measures During Operation .............................................................. 145 5.2. MEASURES TO MITIGATE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ................................................ 147 5.3. MITIGATION MEASURES FOR SOCIAL IMPACTS ..................................................... 147 5.3.1. Consultation with stakeholders ......................................................................................... 147 5.3.2. Preparation of Resettlement plan (RP) ............................................................................ 147 Page ii Environmental and Social Impact Asseessment - SUUP 5.3.3. Good preparation and implementation of public health management plan ...................... 148 5.3.4. Good preparation and implementation of communication and