113563 REV SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM National Targeted Programs for New Rural Development and Sustainable Poverty Reduction (NTP-NRD and NTP-SPR) Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental and Social Systems Assessment (ESSA) - Final - Public Disclosure Authorized May 2017 Public Disclosure Authorized PREPARED BY THE WORLD BANK Support Operation for NTP-NRD and NTP-SPR ESSA Contents Contents ........................................................................................................................................................... i List of Acronyms .............................................................................................................................................. ii Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 1 Purpose of the ESSA ........................................................................................................................ 1 National Program for New Rural Development (NTP-NRD) ............................................................ 2 The National Targeted Program for Sustainable Poverty Reduction (NTP-SPR) ............................. 2 PforR (the Program) ........................................................................................................................ 2 Environmental and Social Effects of the Program .......................................................................... 3 Environmental Recommendations .................................................................................................. 5 Social Recommendations ................................................................................................................ 8 Program Action Plans ...................................................................................................................... 9 Environmental and Social Risk Ratings .......................................................................................... 10 Program Description ...................................................................................................................................... 11 Financing and Program costs ........................................................................................................ 14 Purpose of Environmental and Social Systems Assessment (ESSA) .............................................. 14 Context ......................................................................................................................................................... 15 Program Environmental Management System .............................................................................................. 19 Scope of Works ............................................................................................................................. 19 Potential Environmental Impacts and Risks .................................................................................. 21 Mitigation Measures to Reduce Environmental Impacts and Risks .............................................. 24 Environmental Management Systems .......................................................................................... 25 Legal and Regulatory Framework Applicable to Program ............................................................. 27 Program Environmental Capacity and Performance Assessment ................................................................... 34 Rural Sector and Environmental Management Status .................................................................. 34 Environmental Management under the NTP-NRD and NTP-SPR Program ................................... 37 Environment Capacity and Performance ...................................................................................... 40 Program Social Management System............................................................................................................. 44 Social Context ................................................................................................................................ 44 Potential Program’s Impacts/Risks ............................................................................................... 45 Social Management Systems ......................................................................................................................... 49 Land Acquisition ............................................................................................................................ 49 Ethnic Minorities ........................................................................................................................... 52 Information Disclosure, Consultation and Participation ............................................................... 53 Program Social Capacity and Performance..................................................................................................... 55 Land Acquisition ............................................................................................................................ 55 Financial/(non) financial contribution ........................................................................................... 57 Ethnic Minority .............................................................................................................................. 58 Information Disclosure, Consultation and Participation ............................................................... 60 Recommendations for the Program Environmental and Social Systems ........................................................ 62 Environmental Recommendations ................................................................................................ 62 Social ............................................................................................................................................. 62 Social Recommendations .............................................................................................................. 63 Inputs to the Program Action Plan ................................................................................................................. 64 Environmental and Social Risk Ratings .......................................................................................... 65 Inputs to the Program Implementation Support Plan .................................................................. 65 Annex 1: ESSA Public Consultations ...................................................................................................................... 66 Annex 2: List of Protected Areas in the Program provinces .................................................................................. 85 Annex 3: Comparison of EIA requirements of World Bank and Vietnam .............................................................. 87 Annex 4: Environmental and Social Assessment and Action Plan Summary ........................................................ 91 Annex 5: Environmental Management Requirements and Procedures ................................................................ 99 Annex 6 – Guidance for Voluntary Land Donation (VLD) .................................................................................... 108 i Support Operation for NTP-NRD and NTP-SPR ESSA List of Acronyms AH Affected Households CEMA Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs CSRC Compensation, Support, and Resettlement Committee DARD Department of Agriculture and Rural Development DFAT Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade DLI Disbursement-Linked Indicator DoET Department of Education and Training DoF Department of Finance DoNRE Department of Natural Resources and Environment DoST Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism DPC District People’s Committee DPI Department of Planning and Investment ECOP Environmental Code of Practice EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EM Ethnic Minorities EPP Environmental Protection Plans ESSA Environmental and Social Systems Assessment GoV Government of Vietnam IDA International Development Association IEC Information, Education and Communication IVA Independent Verification Agent LEP Law on Environmental Protection M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MARD Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development MoET Ministry of Education and Training MoF Ministry of Finance MoH Ministry of Health MOLISA Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs MoNRE Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment MOST Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism MPI Ministry of Planning and Investment NRD New Rural Development NTP National Target Program PAP Program Action Plan PCR Physical Cultural Resources PDO Project Detailed Outline PforR Program for Results PMU Program Management Unit PPC Provincial People’s Committee SAV State Audit of Vietnam SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment SO Standing Office SPR Sustainable Poverty Reduction USD United States Dollar VND Vietnamese Dong ii Support Operation for NTP-NRD and NTP-SPR ESSA Executive Summary Purpose of the ESSA 1. The purpose of this ESSA is to: Assess the likely environmental and social risks associated with the program; Document the environmental and social management procedures, standards and institutional responsibilities that will apply to the Program; Evaluate the institutional capacity to manage the likely environmental and social effects in accordance with Vietnam’s own requirements under the proposed Program; Assess the consistency of the borrower’s systems with