Social Monitoring Report External Resettlement Monitoring Report November 2010 L2468-VIE: Health Care in the South Central Coastal Region Project Prepared by Ms. Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh, (external resettlement monitoring consultant), for the Ministry of Health and the Asian Development Bank. MINISTRY OF HEALTH, VIETNAM ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PMU OF HEALTH CARE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL COAST REGION PROJECT REPORT “Assesment on Land Acquisition and Resettlement Activities of Health Care in the South Central Coast Region Project" Vietnam, November 2010 Land Acquisition and Resettlement Assessment Report November 2010 HEALTH CARE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL COAST REGION PROJECT Assessment on Land Acquisition and Resettlement Activities INFORMATION FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE Version Status Date Official report, prepared according to the TOR for National Individual Consultant CODE: C7/ICS Full name Signature Date Ms. Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh, Prepared by MPH, BSc. Checked by Project’s Director: Approved by Dr. Nguyen Doan Tu BASIC INFORMATION PAGE Provinces/cities: Da Nang City, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Binh Thuan, Places and Ninh Thuan Country: The Socialist Republic of Vietnam Health Care in the South Central Coast Region Project Project Assessment on the Project’s Land Acquisition and Activity Resettlement activities Project Management Unit of Health Care in the South Contractor Central Coast Region Project Consultant Ms. Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh, MPH, BSc. Assesment on Land acquisition and resettlement activities Report of Health Care in the South Central Coast Region Project Implemented in the period From 20 September 2010 to 20 November 2010 Health Care in the South Central Coast Region Project Page i Land Acquisition and Resettlement Assessment Report November 2010 ACKNOWLEDGMENT The consultant would like to express her special thanks to Central Project Management Unit of Health Care in the South Central Coast Region Project (Ministry of Health) and Provincial Project Management Units at eight project provinces/cities (Da Nang City, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Binh Thuan, and Ninh Thuan) for providing related project documents and support her during the data collection process. Specially thank the PPMUs of Binh Dinh and Phu Yen provinces for their kind coordination and assistant during the qualitative assessment in November 2010 She sincerely thanks local residents (both affected and non-affected households), related departments and local authorities who participated in the field data collection phase. Without their positive and active participations, this report on the status of land acquisition and resettlement at eight project provinces/cities would not be possible. Finally, the consultant would specially acknowledge the financial support from the Asian Development Bank for implementing this activity. Health Care in the South Central Coast Region Project Page ii Land Acquisition and Resettlement Assessment Report November 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENT ......................................................................................................... ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................... iii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................iv LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................... v LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................. v GLOSSARIES .........................................................................................................................vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................... vii PART I. OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................... - 1 - 1. General Introduction on Health Care in the South Central Coast Region Project ....................... - 1 - 2. Rational of the Assessment .......................................................................................................... - 1 - 3. Objectives of the Assessment ...................................................................................................... - 2 - 4. Main Activities of the Assessment ............................................................................................... - 2 - 5. The Scople of the Assessment on Land Acquisition and Resettlement of the Project ................. - 3 - 6. Assessment methodology ............................................................................................................. - 3 - 7. Legal Foundation ......................................................................................................................... - 4 - 8. Data analysis plan ...................................................................................................................... - 11 - II. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY............................................................................. - 14 - PART III. ASSESSMENT RESULTS .............................................................................. - 16 - 1. Overview of the Project ............................................................................................................. - 16 - 2. Assessment on the scope of land acquisition and resettlement impacts ..................................... - 16 - 3. Entitlements, Consultations and Disclosure, Implementation Procedure .................................. - 35 - 4. Advantages and challenges ………………………………………………………………….-41- CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................................... - 43 - RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................................. - 45 - ANNEXES ........................................................................................................................ - 46 - ANNEX 1. DECISIONS ON COMPENSATION AND LAND ACQUISITION ………….……- 46 - ANNEX 2. DECISIONS ON ACQUIRED LAND……….………………………………………- 48- ANNEX 3. SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE ....................................................................................... -51- ANNEX 4. SCHEDULE AND TOOLS FOR QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT .............................. .- 56 - ANNEX 5. CONSULTANT'S WORKING SCHEDULE FOR 2 MONTHS CONTRACT..….…- 70 - Health Care in the South Central Coast Region Project Page iii Land Acquisition and Resettlement Assessment Report November 2010 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AP Affected person CPC Commune People’s Committee DDPM District Department of Preventive Medicine ha Hectare HHs Households km Kilometer m Meter MOH Ministry of Health PMU Project Management Unit PPC Provincial People’s Committee PPMU Provincial Project Management Unit RP Resettlement Plan QĐ Decision QĐ-TTg Decision promulgated by the Prime Minister SCCR South Central Coast Region SMS secondary medical school TOR Terms of Reference US The United States VNĐ Vietnam Dong Health Care in the South Central Coast Region Project Page iv Land Acquisition and Resettlement Assessment Report November 2010 LIST OF TABLES Page Table 1. Summary of Land Acquisition status in 9 project sites (5 provinces), 15 updated on November 2010 Table 2. Scope of land acquisition and resettlement impacts (updated 16 November 2010) LIST OF FIGURES, PICTURES, AND DRAWINGS Page Figure 1. Methods applied for the assessment on the situation of the Project’s 4 land acquisition and resettlement Figure 2. Data sources need to be collected and analyzed in the Land Acquisition and Resettlement Assessment Report Figure 3: Model of managing organization structure of land clearance and 32 compensation Figure 4: Model of structure of provincial compensation and resettlement 33 steering committee Figure 5. Model of organizational structure of commune compensation 33 steering committee Picture 1. The site is already cleared and ready for construction works, Nhon 22 Phu Ward, Quy Nhon city, November 2010 Picture 2. Land acquisition activities for Tay Hoa District Hospital have 25 already completed, Hoa Binh 2 Commune, Tay Hoa District, Phu Yen, November 2010 Picture 3: A billboard at the Nhon Phu Ward People’s Committee – Binh Dinh 31 for officially displaying related information on land issues, legislations and the Project Drawing 1: Master plan drawing for the Song Cau District Hospital 24 Drawing 2. The new detailed site plan for the Song Cau District Department of 27 Preventive Medicine was submitted for approval, November 2010 Health Care in the South Central Coast Region Project Page v Land Acquisition and Resettlement Assessment Report November 2010 GLOSSARIES Affected person means any person or persons, household, firm, private or public institution (AP) that, on account of changes resulting from the Project, will have its (i) standard of living adversely affected; (ii) right, title or interest in any house, land (including residential, commercial, agricultural, forest, salt mining and/or grazing land), water resources or any other moveable or fixed assets acquired, possessed, restricted or otherwise adversely affected, in full or in part, permanently or temporarily; and/or (iii) business, occupation, place of work or residence or habitat adversely affected, with or without displacement Affected In the case of