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Social Monitoring Report Project Number: 36352-013 Semestral Report January 2015

VIE: Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project

Prepared by Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project Management Board (SB4HPMB) for the Vietnam

Electricity and the Asian Development Bank.

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SONG BUNG 4 HYDROPOWER PROJECT

INDEPENDENT MONITORING

REPORT No. 12

RESETTLEMENT AND ETHINIC MINORITY

DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Final Report

Prepared by:

VICA Consultants International Ltd.

January 2015

Independent Monitoring Report No.12 Resettlement and Ethnic Minority Development Plan (REMDP) Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project – funded by ADB

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. SUMMARY ON COMPENSATION, RESETTLEMENT AND LIVEHOOD RESTORATION PROGRESS ................................................................................................ 4

II. OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................... 5

II.1. Project General Introduction ........................................................................................... 5

II.2. Implementation Arrangement of the Monitoring No.12 ................................................... 7

III. IMPLEMENTATION METHODOLOGY ........................................................................ 7

III.1. Scope of monitoring and Objectives ............................................................................... 7

III.2. Monitoring methods ......................................................................................................... 8

III.2.1. Desk review ......................................................................................................... 8

III.2.2. Field monitoring .................................................................................................. 8

IV. RESULTS OF THE TWELFTH REMDP MONITORING ............................................... 9

IV.1. Information Dissemination, Consultation and Community Participation ......................... 9

IV.2. Detailed Measurement Survey (DMS) and Establishment of Compensation Plan ...... 10

IV.2.1. Detailed Measurement Survey ......................................................................... 10

IV.2.2. Establishment of compensation plan ................................................................ 10

IV.3. Unit Price and Compensation Pricing ........................................................................... 11

IV.4. Compensation and assistance payment ....................................................................... 11

IV.5. Site Clearance ............................................................................................................... 18

IV.6. Construction of resettlement sites ................................................................................. 19

IV.7. Income Restoration and Livelihood Development for APs ........................................... 20

IV.7.1. Changes in social awareness, production capacity and capital utilization of affected HHs living in the reservoir flooded area ............................................................ 20

IV.7.2. Project’s effect in the downstream area ........................................................... 21

IV.8. Gender, Ethnic Minorities and Healthcare Considerations ........................................... 28

IV.8.1. Gender issues ................................................................................................... 28

IV.8.2. Ethnic minority considerations .......................................................................... 29

IV.8.3. Healthcare and other considerations ................................................................ 30

IV.9. Complaints and Grievance Redress ............................................................................. 30

IV.10. Coordination among Stakeholders ................................................................................ 34

IV.11. SB4HPMU Internal Monitoring ...................................................................................... 34

V. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................... 35

V.1. Conclusions ................................................................................................................... 35

V.1.1. Resettlement and Compensation ..................................................................... 35

V.1.2. Livelihood restoration, gender, ethnic minority development, healthcare service .......................................................................................................................... 35

V.2. Recommendations ........................................................................................................ 36

V.2.1. Compensation and resettlement ....................................................................... 36

V.2.2. Livelihood activities: .......................................................................................... 36


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V.2.3. Gender, ethnic minorities, health and medical services ................................... 37

ANNEXES ........................................................................................................................... 38

Annex 1: List of interviewed staff and households ................................................................. 38

Annex 2: The compensation payment minutes for households in Vinh village, 2nd and 3rd phase (only hardcoppy) .......................................................................................................... 38

Annex 3: Grievance and redressing situation as of March/2015 ............................................ 38

Annex 4: Some photos of field trip .......................................................................................... 38

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Summarize implementation process of the monitoring reports prepared by the consultant

team .................................................................................................................................................. 6

Table 2: Summary of compensation payment and assistance of SB4HP ..................................... 11

Table 3: Summary of compensation and assistances of SB4HP for resettled AHs which were paid

off as of December 2014 ................................................................................................................ 15

Table 4: Site clearance progress for work items under Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project .......... 18

Table 5: Pending issues of resettlement sites settled since the 11th monitoring mission, June 2014

........................................................................................................................................................ 20

Table 6: Activities have been implemented in the downstream area under Song Bung 4

Hydropower project from 2009 to 2013 .......................................................................................... 23

Table 7: Some grievances received by IMC by the 11th monitoring time, July 2014 ..................... 31


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ABBREVIATIONS

SB4HP Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project

RSs Resettlement Sites

PPF Project Policy Framework

CHF Canadian Hunger Foundation

DMS Detailed Measurement Survey

HHs Households

APs Affected Persons

REMDP Resettlement and Ethnic Minorities Development Plan

JFPR Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction

CPC Communal People’s Committee

DPC District People’s Committee

PPC Provincial People’s Committee

PMU Project Management Unit

RMIU Resettlement Management and Implementation Unit

EVN Electricity of Vietnam

ADB Asian Development Bank

LURC Land Use Right Certificate

MOLISA Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs

IOL Inventory of Losses

PMB Project Management Board

LFDC Land Fund Development Centre

USD United State Dollar

VND Vietnam Dong


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I. SUMMARY ON COMPENSATION, RESETTLEMENT AND LIVEHOOD

RESTORATION PROGRESS

1. Implementation progress of the main project components was basically in line with the

schedule approved by EVN under the Decision No. 47/QD-EVN dated 24th January 2011 on

approving the overall progress (revision) of SB4HP. The items of the main works were

commenced on 25th June 2010.

2. By the monitoring time, compensation payment has been made and completed in 12 main

work items and auxiliary work items. The key work item (reservoir flooded area) has been

completed as follows: (i) compensation and assistance payment were made for AHs in Pa Pang

village and village No. 2 in Ta Poo commune; (ii) compensation and assistance payments were

made for reservoir flooded area and areas acquired for construction of Resettlement Sites for

people in PaDhi village, Pa Rum A village, and Pa Rum B Village; (iii) compensation payments

were made for work items in administrative quarter of Zuoih commune; (iv) payments of

allowance for reclamation of farm land, construction of Guol house were made for Pa Rum A, Pa

Rum B and PaDhi villages; (v) the compensation payment was made for 125 AHs in Khe Vinh

reservoir flooded area under Vinh village, Ta Poo commune; (vi) non flooded land area of Pa

Rum B village has been completed measurement survey and identification of land status. It is

expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2015.

3. As for power lines, the implementation progress of the power lines is as follows: (i) 35kV

power line has been erected, accepted and put into operation; (ii) 22kV power line has been

installed in Pa Pang RS and power has been provided for households in new village No.2 and Pa

Pang village; iii) 35kV power branch line to PaDhi, Pa Rum A and Pa Rum B resettlement sites

has been erected and put into operation.

4. The construction of access roads to Pa Rum A and Pa Rum B RS (in combination with

the temporary road for SB2HP construction) had been completed and put into use since April

2012. Completion of Song Bung Bridge has facilitated travel and transportation from other

villages to Pa Rum A and Pa Rum B RS. Currently, the access road to Pa Pang RS has been put

into use since April 2012. Construction contractors and local people can access to Pa Pang RS

through the bridge and the asphalted road (at the connecting section with National Highway 14D).

By the monitoring time, the access road to PaDhi RS has been completed and put into use since

Quarter II of 2013. 2.5 km –long flood-over bridge and road 14D have been completed and put

into use.

5. For Pa Pang, village 2, Pa Rum A, Pa Rum B and PaDhi RSs, the implementation

progress has been presented in detail in Section IV.6 below.

6. Some project activities such as: construction of RSs, access road to RSs had been

lagging in comparison with the project’s schedule (for about 8 months) due to some subjective

reasons/causes (such as the cooperation among local authorities to reach agreements on

procedures, delays in granting license and making decisions, and delays in contractor’s

construction) as well as objective reasons/causes (natural disasters, floods), which were out of

PMU’s control.

7. Co Tu APs were assisted in accordance with the Project Policy Framework (PPF) and

Vietnam Government’s policies on affected ethnic minorities. The compensation and assistance

amount had been paid in full to them (with the presence of both husband and wife) after they

signed (or finger printed) on the List of acknowledgement receipts.

8. SB4HP is funded with USD 2 million from JFPR Fund of Japan to restore livelihood for

AHs. CHF is recruited to provide technical assistance, livelihood restoration measures for AHs,

especially relocated HHs in the subproject area (activities ended in March 2013). Generally,



livelihood restoration activities have been conducted by CHF in the whole project. Irrespective of

achievements, there are some certain outstanding issues mentioned in section IV.7 of this report.

9. In general, compensation and resettlement progress was delayed about 8 months in

comparison with the approved schedule due to various reasons. However, according to the

independent monitoring consultant’s evaluation, the compensation and assistance payment for

AHs was implemented in compliance with approved REMDP’s regulations by Center for Land

Fund Development in Giang Nam district in collaboration with SB4HPMU. During the DMS

process, some arisen affected assets (mostly the trees) have caused some claims/grievances

from AHs. These queries/complaints have been jointly settled by CPCs and Center for Land Fund

Development in Nam Giang District, ADB’s Consultant and SB4HPMU.

10. By the monitoring time, the construction work items were completed. The inundation of

the reservoir was implemented since August 1st 2014, with the operation of the Electricity

Generation Unit No. 1 in September 2014 and of the Electricity Generation Unit No. 2 in October

2014, jointing the national power line through Cady 500kV Substation.

11. The consulting service has taken effect from 2009 to December 2014 (six years), thus this

report is the final periodical monitoring report of the consulting service. The Independent

Monitoring Consultant will prepare the final Evaluation Report which consolidates the

assessments on the implementation of the service contracts, including about the Resettlement,

commencement of livelihood models and changes as well as shortcomings in implementation of

gender equality, ethnic minority and delivery of health care and education service. In addition, the

assessment on the project impacts caused to the downstream area will be provided and come

together with the recommendations and lessons for the similar projects.

II. OVERVIEW

II.1. Project General Introduction

12. Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project (SB4HP) is to be built on Bung River, a tributary of Vu

Gia River. The project is carried out in territory of Zuoih, Ta Poo communes of Nam Giang

District, Quang Nam Province, and 75km far from Da Nang to the Southwest. Dam and reservoir

are located in Nam Giang district, Quang Nam province. Song Bung 4 Dam, located on an

effluent of Bung River, lies on the boundary of Zuoih and Ta Bhing communes (currently known

as Ta Poo commune) of Nam Giang District. The reservoir influences on Zuoih and Ta Poo

communes. The project has been commenced since 25th June 2010.

13. The Project works include a dam of 110m high with the length of the dam at the top of

367m, an underground water conveyance system and a Song Bung 4 dam power station. Song

Bung 4 Project, located on Bung River some 3km upstream of the confluence with A Vuong

River, will create a reservoir with an area of some 15.8 km2 at the Full Supply Level (FSL) of

+222.5 m and an area reduction of 7.8 km2 with minimum/ dead water level of +205 m.

14. Water from Song Bung 4 Reservoir will be diverted, via a headrace tunnel and an

underground penstock to a power station located on Bung River some 5km downstream of the

dam. The difference in elevation between the reservoir and the power station is some 125 m at

the FSL. From the power station, the water is conveyed back to Bung River via a short tailrace

canal.

15. By the monitoring time, SB4HP has been approved by ADB for updating REMDP Vol. 1;

Vol. 2 and Vol. 3A in 2010 and after reaching an agreement with ADB missions the resettlement

plan was revised in compliance with new timeline.

16. In accordance with the revised plan on the latest progress, reservoir flood discharge will

be approved by ADB once all compensation has been paid to AHs as well as the resettled AHs



have been relocated to the Resettlement sites under the approved REMDP. As a result of the

adjustment, total investments dramatically increase in comparison with the initial design. This is

mainly because of increased payment for AHs, resulting from the adjustment in

compensation/assistance policy and inflation.

17. Under approved REMDP for SB4HP, an amount of some $US 2 million from Japan Fund

for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) is granted for the programs of livelihood rehabilitation and

assistance, gender and ethnic minority development as well as healthcare and medical services,

and technique assistance undertaken by CHF reserved for SB4HP and ended in February 2013.

18. According to adjusted construction plan for Resettlement sites, the latest Project’s

relocation and resettlement activities were completed on 31st December 2013.

19. Construction progress approved by EVN (after having the agreement between SB4HPMU

with Sino contractor and Mott MacDonald Consultants) has some key milestones as follows:

• Construction commencement: 3/9/2010;

• River backfilling: 16/1/2012;

• Storing water in the reservoir: 1/8/2014;

• Operation of the Electricity Generation Unit No. 1: 9/2014;

• Operation of the Electricity Generation Unit No. 2: 10/2014;

• Construction completion: Quarter 1/2015.

20. The consulting service for SB4 HPP has taken effect for six years (from 2009 to 2014).

Because it is the final monitoring of the consulting service, the Independent Monitoring Consultant

has reviewed all activities from the date of commencing the project in order to have an overview

to prepare the final Evaluation Report of the consulting service. The assessment on the project

impacts on people including resettlement, livelihood restoration and other issues will be

mentioned in the final Evaluation Report of the project. The table below will summarize the time

and locations of implementing the consulting service:

Table 1: Summarize implementation process of the monitoring reports prepared by the

consultant team

No. Number of

reports Implementation

time Implementation locations

1 Monitoring report No. 1 June 2009 Thanh My town, TaBhing commune

2 Monitoring report No. 2 December 2009

Thanh My town - TaBhing commune , Chal Val commune and Zuoih commune

3 Monitoring report No. 3 May 2010


4 Monitoring report No. 4 January 2011


5 Monitoring report No. 5 July 2011




7 Monitoring report No. 7 June 2012




9 Monitoring report No. 9 June 2013






No. Number of

reports Implementation

time Implementation locations

11 Monitoring report No. 11 July 2014

Thanh My town - TaBhing commune , Chal Val commune and Zuoih commune , Dai Son commue, Dai Loc district


Thanh My town - TaBhing commune , Chal Val commune and Zuoih commune , Dai Son commune, Dai Loc district

(Source: Independent Monitoring Consultant, December 2014)

II.2. Implementation Arrangement of the Monitoring No.12

21. From December 1 to 8, 2014, VICA Independent Consultant Team (the Consultants) has

implemented the twelfth monitoring mission (which is also the final mission of the contract). The

main purposes of the monitoring mission include: (i) collecting information, confirming the actual

results of the implementation of the Resettlement and Ethnic Minority Development Plan

(REMDP) of SB4HP. (ii) analyzing and evaluating different aspects of REMDP implementation in

terms of resettlement, livelihood development, gender and ethnic minority; (iii) providing crucial

recommendations to improve the REMDP implementation; and (iv) collecting information for

inputs for Final Report of the Consulting service.

22. The Consultants (i) had a desk review; (ii) met with SB4HPMU to discuss and collect data

on the implementation progress of the project components, (iii) organized meeting with Nam

Giang District Resettlement Management and Implementation Unit (RMIU Nam Giang), Center

for Land Fund Development in Nam Giang District to collect information, to find out shortcomings,

complaint contents and resolution process as well as to affirm the results of settling complaints

and grievances during the compensation process; (iv) discussed with the staff in Ta Poo

commune and Zuoih commune, staff of Pa Rum A village, Pa Rum B village, and PaDhi village of

Zuoih commune; officials of Village 2 and PaPang Village of Ta Poo Commune, to affirm the

compensation, assistance and income restoration progress for the Affected Households (AHs);

(v) interviewed staffs and local people in Dai Son commune, Dai Loc District, Quang Nam

Province about the project impacts caused to the downstream area; (vi) questionnaires and in-

depth based interviewed and consulted with AHs of all project components, (vii) group discussion

on gender and ethnic minority issues with the AHs.

III. IMPLEMENTATION METHODOLOGY

III.1. Scope of monitoring and Objectives

23. The previous Independent monitoring reports on the implementation of REMDP of the

project were in full of the objectives, contents and monitoring methods at the request of

SB4HPMU. The twelfth Independent Monitoring Report summarizes the main objectives and

scopes of the monitoring as below:

• General objective: To strengthen the efficiency of project activities (progress and quality

of activities, compliance level with requirements prescribed in REMDP).

• Specific objectives:

o Studying the implementation status of REMDP in the three project areas namely the

reservoir, the upstream/downstream areas of the reservoir and the land-acquisition

area (for construction) of the project.

o Monitoring the implementation of compensation, assistance and site clearance for

work items not conducting compensation payment including: non-flooded area of Pa

Rum B.



o Monitoring the activities related to livelihood restoration for AHs, issues of gender,

ethnic minority and healthcare and medical services.

III.2. Monitoring methods

III.2.1. Desk review

24. Before conducting field monitoring, the Consultants started with studying and reviewing

relevant documents available in office as usual to collect qualitative information and quantitative

data to capture the general progress of compensation, assistance and resettlement of the project

to date. The documents scrutinized by the Consultants include: (i) VICA’s Independent Monitoring

Reports (until this time); (ii) Updated REMDPs (especially Chapter 6, 7, and 8 of updated REMDP

Vol. 2); (iii) Internal monitoring report of SB4HPMU; (iv) Statistics of compensation and support

amounts for AHs in villages.

III.2.2. Field monitoring

25. During the field trip monitoring process, different methods were used and combined to

obtain the best monitoring results, including the followings:

Document analysis and collection

26. The Consultants reviewed the documents related to safeguard policies, legal documents,

internal reports and other documents on the results of compensation, assistance and

resettlement activities to diversify information sources, which support the collection and analysis

of relevant matters during REMDP implementation. The Consultants had conducted random

checks on records and documents relating to the implementation of compensation, assistance

and resettlement of SB4HPMU, RMIU.

In – depth interview

27. The Consultants carried out in-depth interviews with project affected persons (APs),

project staff and those responsible for REMDP implementation by a prepared list of questions.

This will supplement the information collected from questionnaires and document analysis. During

this monitoring mission, in-depth interviews were conducted with the following:

• PMU’s staff: 3 persons

• District staff: 10 persons (including representatives of Divisions of Health Care,

Education, Agriculture, Ethnic Minority, Women’s Union, Planning and Finance,

Infrastructure Economic, Land Fund Development Center etc)

• Ta Poo commune’s staff: 5 persons

• Staff of Village No.2 and Pa Pang village: 4 persons

• Staff of Pa Dhi, Pa Rum B and Pa Rum A villages : 6 persons

• AHs in village No.2, Pa Pang village, Pa Dhi and Pa Rum B and Pa Rum A villages: 10

persons

Group discussion

28. The group discussions were conducted in three sessions with village officials and

representatives of the AHs in Pa Rum B and Pa Rum A villages of Zuoih commune and village 2

of Ta Poo commune. These discussions are to collect information on the advantages, difficulties

and solutions during the project implementation and re-evaluate project framework as well as

policy framework for the implementation of the project. This method, moreover, was carried out

with a focus on evaluating other issues related to benefits/entitlements of APs, community

participation, efficiency of construction investment, efficiency of compensation spending for



livelihood restoration and capacity of project staff, ability of officials in charge of the project’s

implementation. There were 6-8 participants in each discussion.

Observation

29. During the field trip, the Consultants visited and interviewed some AHs to observe their

living conditions and facilities. The Consultants, also, interviewed APs about how they used their

compensation as well as took advantage of supporting measures for AHs’ livelihood restoration

after the project implementation.

IV. RESULTS OF THE TWELFTH REMDP MONITORING

IV.1. Information Dissemination, Consultation and Community Participation

30. The information disclosure has been conducted under a consultation meeting among the

stakeholders. Most of AHs fully participated in the community consultation meetings to grasp

information of the project on: compensation, assistance, livelihood activities, public health care

programs, gender mainstream in project’s activities.

31. At the public consultation sessions, basic information about the Project, as well as AHs

benefits, grievance redress mechanism and livelihood restoration have been disclosed to

AHs/APs.

32. Most of resettled AHs were all aware of the project impacts, their interests and

obligations, the resettlement plan, all of which were revised for their stable life and livelihood

restoration. The local people also said that, most of AHs here thought that thanks to the Project.

Their life has been changed positively because now they have new strong house, road in the

village, electricity, as well as better infrastructures in resettlement areas. However, during the

monitoring process, consultants know that some APs are worried that their future livelihood

development will encounter more difficulties because of narrowed cultivating land (village 2) and

steep slope which make them more difficult to cultivate (Pa Dhi and Pa Rum B villages are

affected), soil in the resettlement sites is not as fertile as soil in the old place, livelihood

assistance activities will be ended after the project is completed that will remarkably affect their

future living. In addition, households in Dai Son commune, Dai Loc district also expressed their

desire to have quicker and more effective communication plan upon the discharge of the reservoir

to local people as soon as possible. At present, seven villages in Dai Son commune have been

equipped with the loudspeakers for direct notification when there is reservoir discharge. SB4HP

had agreement with A Vuong Hydropower Plant and other hydropower projects in the same basin

to coordinate with Natural Disaster and Flood Prevention Committee in Dai Loc District, Quang

Nam provice to organize annual meeting to sum up about the flood prevention, discharge of

reservoir of the plants, examination and repair of the warning system before the wet season,

conduct public consultation to keep local people updated about the warnings of reservoir

discharge, strengthen the hotlines and other communication channels etc.

Nguyen Thi Hong, Dong Cham village, Dai Son commune, Dai Loc District:

“Our commune is located in the downstream area of hydropower plants. During the past time, there

were many discharge sessions, which we know are unavoidable. There are difficulties for us when

sharing our home with the flood but they should inform us in advance so that we could evacuate our

stuffs or avoid being swept away when crossing the stream. Only that way could ease the burden on

us.”

Duong Tai Lieu, chairman of Dai Son CPC, Dai Loc District:

“I requested to connect the hotline to the phone number of hydropower plant management unit and to

my phone number. Upon the reservoir discharge, no matter when it is, at night or in day time, please

call to hotline so that I could timely inform the households in our commune. We have had the



loudspeaker and some board instructing the discharge procedures for the information of local people

etc”

IV.2. Detailed Measurement Survey (DMS) and Establishment of Compensation

Plan

IV.2.1. Detailed Measurement Survey

33. Inventory and DMS were implemented by the coordination between officials of District

Land Fund Development Centre, project’s officials, local officials and affected persons. Inventory

and DMS were carried out following the project schedule1. The application of compensation price

is in compliance with prevailing regulations of Vietnam and ADB. By the monitoring time, the

inventory and DMS in all work items for households affected by the project have been basically

completed in compliance with procedures and regulations in the REMDP.

34. The duration of inventory at affected areas as follows:

• Main work items and auxiliary work items (camps, quarry, non-flooded road) : completed

at the end of 2011 ;

• Resettlement areas and reservoir for affected villages namely village 2, Pa Dhi village, Pa

Rum A village and Pa Rum B village: started on May 01, 2011 and completed on July 20,

2011.

• The areas including access road to resettlement areas and administrative quarter of Zuoih

commune, reservoir flooded area from dam to Khe Vinh; reservoir flooded area of Taul

village: started on May 25, 2008 and completed in December 2011.

• For non-flooded land area of households in Pa Rum B village, by the monitoring time, the

stakeholders were reviewing measurement survey to prepare the cadastral map dossier

to submit agencies for approval (demarcation, measurement in accordance with the HH’s

confirmed land area etc). Upon the approval decision based on cadastral dossier, the

PMU will conduct measurement and DMS for this non-flooded area. The inventory and

compensation payment are expected to be completed in Quarter 1/2015.

IV.2.2. Establishment of compensation plan

35. The compensation and assistance options were prepared on the basis of project policy

framework which was approved by ADB and under related Decisions of Quang Nam PPC. The

losses and damages on trees, structures, and assets would be compensated in cash, equal to the

value of the affected assets. The households eligible for resettlement would be compensated

“land-for-land” together with various assistances to restore their living standards. In addition,

since AHs were the ethnic minority ones, the compensation and assistance options had been

adopted under the policies for ethnic minority people in accordance with project policy framework

and Vietnam Government’s regulations.

36. By the monitoring time, compensation plans have been conducted as follows:

• Completed plans:

o Compensation plan for resettlement area: completed

o Compensation plan for the main work items, auxiliary work items, access road to

resettlement area: completed;

1 Process and component for implementing DMS which was presented in detailed in Independent

Monitoring Report No.7 by VICA



o Compensation plan for affected households of Vinh village in reservoir area:

completed.

• Incompleted plans:

o For reservoir non flooded land area of households in Pa Rum B village has been

being identified land use status which waste much time. It is expected to be

completed in late Quarter 1/2015.

37. The inventory and DMS and establishment of compensation plan have been carried out in

compliance with the project’s procedures/process. Some households having complaint about their

affected assets have been re-checked their affected assets and established detailed

compensation and assistance plan by the SB4HPMU in coordination with LFDC and other

stakeholders.

IV.3. Unit Price and Compensation Pricing

38. Compensation unit price applied for households affected by the project is the unit price

annually promulgated by Quang Nam PPC. Basing on the basis, compensation pricing for

affected assets of households was implemented based on the regulated unit price.

39. By the monitoring time, the compensation pricing has been basically completed. For non-

flooded land area of Pa Rum B village, the latest unit price in 2015 - at the time of preparing

compensation plan will be applied.

40. Compensation plan approved by Nam Giang DPC is presented in detailed summary table

of compensation, assistance and resettlement value in accordance with each work item for each

affected asset such as houses, land, trees, crops and various assistances of each affected

household.

IV.4. Compensation and assistance payment

41. By the monitoring time, compensation and assistance payment for affected households

has been basically completed. Detail will be presented in the below table:

Table 2: Summary of compensation payment and assistance of SB4HP

No. Work items No. of PC’s Decision

No. of

HHs

Affected land area

Compensation and assistance amount paid to

HHs *

1

Construction and operation road of Song Bung 4 hydropower plant

3486/QĐ-UBND dated October 24, 2008

-

741,935,000

2

Road to Parum B resettlement area

4079/QĐ-UBND dated December 09, 2008

-

3,644,443,380

1278/QĐ-UBND dated August 06, 2009

- 199,990,000

3

Power line 110kV - supplying power for construction (pole foundation)

1274/QĐ-UBND April 20, 2009

22 0.88

300,919,920

4 Management and operation area

1275/QĐ-UBND April 20, 2009

- - 396,105,535



5

Branch of power line 35KV – supplying power for construction (pole foundation)

3407/QĐ-UBND October 07, 2009

- -

23,562,160

6

Road to Pa Pang resettlement area


- - 766,781,883

98a/QĐ-UBND dated July 16, 2010

17,654,177

7 Road to Parum B resettlement area (supplementation)

178/QĐ-TNMT dated October 27, 2009

- -

56,602,500

8 Main dam area 3622/QĐ-UBND dated October 27, 2009

09 68.13 925,869,174

9 Auxiliary area I 3670/QĐ-UBND dated October 29, 2009

35 29.12

3,192.318,466

10 Right of way of power line 110KV


- - 3,815,158,735

11 Right of way of power line 35KV


- - 202,593,680

12 Auxiliary area at labor camp

279/QĐ-UBND dated March 18, 2010

61 34,77

8,532,402,000

13 Auxiliary works II (Area exploited by gunpowder )


07 5,60

1,102,972,900

14

Road to Parum B resettlement area (Additional assistance for HHs affected by slope)

1086/QĐ-UBND dated August 13, 2010

- -

21,360,000

15

Road to Parum B resettlement area (Additional assistance for severely affected HHs)

1026/QĐ-UBND dated July 27, 2010

- -

51,790,000

16

Right of way of power line 110KV supplying power for construction (section of avoiding Thanh My substation 500KV)


- -

109,462,010

17

Water pipe – supplying water for management and operation area


- -

75,000,000

18 Power line 110KV -supplying power (arising cases)


- -

43,874,000

19 Pa Pang resettlement area

1528/QĐ-UBND November 25, 2010

25 45.99 12,579,793,167

20 Reservoir flooded area, phase I – dumping site

1529/QĐ-UNBD dated November 25, 2010

- - 2,600,769,000



21 Right of way of quarry (Auxiliary area I)


- -

8,943,784,900

22 National road 14D-bypass road


- - 670,155,025

23

Road to PaRum B resettlement area (additional assistance)


- -

24,870,000

24

Power line 35KV -supplying power for resettlement areas (Pole foundation + corridor of power line)

11/QĐ-UBND dated January 01, 2011

- -

799,838,415

25

Compensation, assistance and resettlement to conduct site clearance in reservoir flooded area, phase 1 (four HHs in Vinh hamlet, Ta Bhing commune)


04 24.69

6,837,851,300

26 Road to PaĐhí resettlement area


- - 4,392,872,941

27

Compensation, assistance and construction of houses and ancillary works for HHs in hamlet 2

807/QĐ-UBND dated June 01, 2011

- -

9,151,656,000

28

Main power line 35KV -supplying power for resettlement areas


- -

68,187,000

29

Compensation, assistance and resettlement for HHs in hamlet 2 (the old hamlet), Zuoih commune who are displaced to hamlet 2, Ta Poo commune


106 598.56

99,930,918,167

30

Site clearance, compensation, assistance and resettlement in the center of Zuoih commune

1624/QĐ-UBND dated September 21, 2011

18 4.46

1,448,637,914

31

Compensation, assistance and resettlement in the reservoir flooded area and PaĐhí resettlement area


76 242.05

53,279,621,623

32 Paddy area and road running to Pa Pang hamlet


- -

2,601,975,813



33

Branches of power transmission line 35 KV running to resettlement areas


- -

299,208,475

34

Reservoir flooded area and resettlement areas of Parum A and Parum B


49 265.46

44,289,971,883

35

Assistance of reclaiming terrace field land, building Guoi house in hamlet 2 (old) and Pa Pang hamlet

502/QĐ-UBND dated April 27, 2012

- -

1,883,555,653

36

Reservoir flooded area in Pa Dhí hamlet (supplementing three Kinh HHs)


- -

987,954,035

37

Reservoir flooded area and un-flooded area in PaRum B hamlet


76 266.87

55,876,149,688

38 Ta Ul hamlet (reservoir flood area)

1987/QĐ-UBND dated September 05, 2012

25 236.79

12,902,251,980

39

Assistance of reclaiming terrace field land, building Guoi house and worship in accordance with custom of PaRum A, Pa Rum B and Pa Đhí hamlets

655/QĐ-UBND dated May 28, 2013

- -

7,192,783,500

Other payment

40

Compensation for trees and crops in the corridor of Power transmission line 110KV (Nam Giang Rubber Company)

20a/QĐ-TĐSB4-P5 March 31, 2010

- -

38,330,850

41 Water pipe (Nguyen Tien Dinh – Ta Thi Thong)

PC 06T06 dated June 02, 2011

- -

15,000,000

42 Three tombs in the Auxiliary area No.1

PC 94T07 dated July 13, 2011

- - 3,850,000

44 Reservoir flooded area in Vinh hamlet , phase 2

131 396.31

51,768,450,000

Total

678 2,252.43 402,809,232,849

Source: SB4HPMU, December 2014

The amount excluded the cost for site clearance (2%)



42. The compensation payment was implemented in accordance with procedures (with

participation of local authority, Land Fund Development Center, PMU, Agribank, policemen and

HHs).

43. Assistances for resettled households due to reservoir flooded area must follow

regulations in the Project Policy framework and those as stated in REMDP also. These amounts

were added up into a total sum that was paid in installments for several times. Assistances will be

applied basing on the following summary table:

Table 3: Summary of compensation and assistances of SB4HP for resettled AHs which

were paid off as of December 2014



No. Type No. of AHs/Total amount

Parum A Village Parum B Village PDhi Village Village 2 Pa Pang Village Vinh Village

No.

of HHs

Amount No.

of HHs

Amount No.

of HHs

Amount No.

of HHs

Amount No.

of HHs

Amount No. of H

Hs

Amount The first phase of compensation

payment for the reservoir flooded

area (64 households)

I Compensation

31,017,238,390

1 Compensation for land

49

9.946.464.504

71 9,985,922,345

71 9,808,862,809

58 27,925,907,090

25

2,625,715,000

6,641,500,820

21,285,431,400

1 Compensation for houses and structures (affected by reservoir flooded area and RSs)

49

553,602,673

71 1,488,016,615

71 2,174,891,887

58 943,497,730

25

97,750,000

277,112,922

1 Compensation for trees and crops (affected by reservoir flooded area and RSs)

49

3,471,712,521

71 8,569,681,700

71 8,241,167,600

58 19,654,027,400

25

2,602,175,300

9,454,694,068

1 Compensation for graves

49

35,500,000 71 75,114,000

71 23,000,000

58 95,000,000

25

1,000,000

0

II Assistance

25,137,870,172

1 Assistance for job change

15,402,004,185

15,249,552,99

8

12,303,905,26

3

41,602,542,647

2,794,539,600

2 Health care assistance

49

71

71

9,310,000

58

7,490,000

25

2,700,000

4

3 Assistance for house moving

49

71

71

284,000,000

58

232,000,000

25 8,000,000

4 Bonus for on-time hand over of agriculture land

49

225,000,000

71

274,000,000

71

327,000,000

58

305,000,000

25 41,000,000

5 Bonus for on-time moving of production land, business shops, houses. residential land

49 240,000,000

360,000,000

71 355,000,000

58 290,000,000



6 Incentive for self-relocation of HHs

800,000

1,400,000

400,000

7 Assistance for organization of ceremony of moving village’s community house and reclamation of production land

49

1,936,939,500

71

2,591,554,500

71

2,664,289,500

58

8 Assistance for splitting into 02 HHs

3

276,036,198

9 Assistance for study tour

49

24.500.000 71

35.500.000 71

35,500,000

58

29,000,000

1,000,000

10 Assistance for exhuming and moving the graves

71

26

10,000,000

35

14,000,000

400,000

11 Assistance for moving graves

38

26

16,100,000

35

63,000,000

700,000

12 Compensation and assistance for building new house

49

7,545,765,007

71

10,728,973,01

9

71

10,843,270,88

3

58

8,842,791,109

1,848,432,429

13 Assistance for food security during the transitional period (assisting once for resettled HHs losing all affected land) *

49

3,725,004,121*

71

5,063,973,260

**

71

4,350,000,000

58

3,465,000,000

759,600,000

14 Assistance with firing 71 221,432,400

176,382,360

7,254,000

15 Assistance with access to electricity grid line

71

18,452,700

58

88,191,180

4,662,000

16 Income restoration program (agriculture extension. ethnic HHs, vulnerable HHs…)

49

3,057,979,920

71

4,193,829,750

71

4,306,028,081

58

5,125,969,080

25

1,508,428,640

196,350,480

Total 46,139,972,431 58,580,618,187 55,993,011,123 108,861,198,596

53 12,579,793,167 6,837,851,300 56,155,108,562***

Source: SB4HPMU, IMC, December 2014. * and ** : The total amount consists of assistance for food during transitional period, firing, access to electricity grid line, assistance for study tours, assistance for healthcare, incentive

for moving house etc.

*** : excluding the cost for site clearance (2%)



44. In July 2014, PMU coordinated with stakeholders to conduct compensation payment for

the work items of reservoir flooded area from dam to Khe Vinh (the second and third phases) to

62 HHs in Vinh village, Ta Poo commune with total amount of VND 41,673,791,000.

45. Procedures of compensation and assistance payments are implemented publicly and

transparently, with the coordination of SB4PMU staff and local staff as well as AHs. Project

relevant documents are delivered to AHs, both husband and wife are able to sign in the

compensation payment minutes and both are owners of saving accounts to which compensation

amount is deposited.

46. In general, compensation and assistance payments for AHs was made without much

difficulty during the compensation payment thanks to successful consultation and advanced

negotiation with AHs. Until the monitoring time, independent monitoring consultant has not

acknowledged any problem during compensation payment process for affected households.

IV.5. Site Clearance

47. All work items’ sites were cleared and handed-over to contractors. Site clearance

basically encountered no difficulties because there has been the agreement of all stakeholders.

At present, the Project is speeding up the completion and construction contractors are also

quickly executing construction of works to meet the scheduled progress.

Table 4: Site clearance progress for work items under Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project

No. Work item Progress

I Powerhouse, voltage regulation house,

operation house, quarry, ancillary works

items, etc.

Completed

II Reservoir area

1 Access road to resettlement site Completed

4 14D flood-over road Completed

5 Pa Pang, Village 2, Pa Dhi, Pa Rum A, Pa

Rum B resettlement sites Completed

7 Reservoir flooded area in Village 2, Pa

Dhi, Pa Rum A, Pa Rum B Completed

8 Administrative Quarter in Zuoih commune Completed

15 Reservoir in Vinh valley Completed

16

Non-flooded area of Pa Rum B village

Compensation is expected to be paid in 1st

quarter 2015.

Site clearance hasn’t been carried out yet.

Source: Independent Monitoring Consultant and Project Management Board, December 2014

48. At the time of monitoring, site clearance for all categories of the project has been

substantially completed (See the above table for details). At the time of monitoring, site clearance

for almost work items of the project has been done. The AHs and PMB prepared Commitment not

to encroach the cleared site in order to help Song Bung 4 PMB hand-over land to contractors

timely for their clearing of reservoir, ensuring that the project’s reservoir will be inundated in

August 2014.

49. Beside advantages, site clearance also faced many difficulties and was implemented

behind the approved schedule: utilization of forest products was prolonged due to rainy season in

the central region; inventory and determination of current status of land faced a lot of challenges



because of large area of the project site; conversion of forest use purpose took a lot of time as

the newly issued policies had to be submitted to and reviewed by departments at various levels

for approval; the capacity of local officers is limited; assessment of current status of land in

reservoir area of households in Vinh village and DMS of over-flooded land of households in Pa

Rum B village had to be submitted for approval of People’s Committee of Nam Giang district

before IOL, etc.

IV.6. Construction of resettlement sites

50. The resettlement sites were constructed to relocate 4 villages of 2 communes to the new

residential area replacing the old villages which will be flooded by reservoir. The 4 villages

including PaDhi, Pa Rum A, Pa Rum B of Zuoih commune; village No. 2 (new village) of Ta Poo

commune.

51. The project has constructed the Zuoih administrative office in Cong Don village and 3

RSs in the commune, including:

• PaDhi RS with 67 households;

• Pa Rum A RS with 48 households;

• Pa Rum B RS with 64 households;

52. Pa Pang RS (Ta Poo commune) for 53 resettled HHs from former Village No. 2 has been

completed under the project.

53. In resettlement sites, expected cultivation land area to be allocated to RHs include: (i)

400m2 of residential land; (ii) 600m2 of garden land; (iii) agricultural production land: 1.5 ha of

terrain land and about 8-10ha of agro-forestry land (forest land allocated for village community).

Besides, it was estimated that the rice cultivation land area in project villages will be reclaimed

with a total of about 10ha, of which, Pa Pang village has about 6ha, Village No. 2 have about 4ha

respectively.

54. RS construction plan was prepared upon the agreement with AHs.

55. All work items designed in association with RS, including concrete road, bridge, Guol

house, water tank, school, health care station etc were built, handed over by the PMU and put

into operation since October 2014 (proven via the Minute of hand-over of work items to local

authority).

56. The construction of administrative area in Zuoih commune has been completed and

handed over for operation. It includes administrative office for People Committee of Zuoih

commune along with the commune health station and schools.

57. Most of the AHs in villages of Pa Rum A, Pa Rum B, PaDhi utilized frames of their old

houses to build new houses for saving cost. In contrast, all households in village No.2

constructed their houses by new materials. Allocation of resettlement lots was achieved by

random drawing or based on the agreement of the AHs on the position of land lots.

58. In general, construction progress of resettlement sites met the schedule agreed by ADB’s

mission through periodical field trips. As construction progress of resettlement sites is subject to

overall schedule of the project, completion time of resettlement sites was adjusted to be in line

with actual progress of the project. In fact, resettlement of local people was finalized at the end of

2013.



Table 5: Pending issues of resettlement sites settled since the 11th

monitoring mission, June

2014

Pending issues

Taken measures

Settled by

Completion

time

1. Land use right

certificate (LURC)

There are 03 HHs pending

for issuance of LURC

Completed Quarter

4/2014

2. Drainage and water

supply system in

resettlement sites

Households contributed

money to buy drainage

pipes/sewers to replace

broken ones to bring

domestic water to water

tanks. Water pipes which

had been blocked by

stormy weather were

cleaned and cleared.

Completed Completed

Source: Independent monitoring consultant, July 2014

59. Outstanding issues from the flood in late 2013 such as erosion of slope on internal road in

Pa Dhi village, sunk road causing cracks in wall of kindergarten school in many location;

damages of bridge in Pa Rum A, landslide at the slope of suspended bridge in Pa Rum B, landslide

of slope obstructing the access to RSs in Pa Rum B and Pa Dhi etc were fixed and addressed by PMU

and handed over to local authority. By monitoring time, there was no record on such outstanding

issues in the RSs.

IV.7. Income Restoration and Livelihood Development for APs

IV.7.1. Changes in social awareness, production capacity and capital utilization of affected

HHs living in the reservoir flooded area

Positive changes

60. Technical assistance on growing and caring crops for forest plantation (loong boong, gio)

to all resettled HHs (in Village 2, Pa Rum A, Pa Rum B and Pa Dhi villages) initially helped people

in these villages better sustain their livelihoods thank to suitability of these activities toward the

soil conditions and production practices of those AHs.

61. Some HHs in Village 2 having better conditions (with pond for fish raising) did raise fish

and earn positive results. Though the production was not large enough for selling out, this could

somehow help to improve the nutrition in their daily meals, especially for their children. It is known

that the resettled villages are all far from the commune markets, meaning it is difficult for these

AHs to have fresh food on daily basis. Therefore the results gained from this activity should be

recognized.

62. Non-agriculture livelihood: there appeared some non-agriculture livelihood activities in

some villages such as Pa Pang, Pa Rum B such as transportation and small grocery shops.

However, the percentage of HHs engaged to this activity is very small (only 1-2 HHs per village).

63. Attendance in the project training enabled some HHs to be more active in selecting some

cash-crops for plantation to generate more income (pineapple).

64. Some HHs are able to replicate and effectively apply the training models such as raising

pigs in pigsty and not grazing outside; buying breeders of cow, pig, duck for more livestock

activity, buying seedling for forest plantation (for example: 35 HHs in village 2 together bought



2,750 huynh dan trees from Le Giang company in Gia Lai to grow in the community forest area

planned and assigned by the Project).

Non-positive changes

65. Like the previous monitoring, by this monitoring time, the production cycles of some crops

from previous livelihood models, which were recommended for AHs, ended so the Consultant

were able to collect no images from the field about the development of such crops. Thus, it is

difficult to determine whether there is any positive change in the crop production activity of AHs.

On the other hand, livestock activity saw no positive changes.

66. Content of some agricultural production models is not completely appropriate, leading to

low sustainability. After completion of CHF project, only model of bean production has been

maintained. However, as mentioned in the previous reports, planting bean on slope land in the

affected villages is not reasonable in our opinion. The reasons are: Although models of growing

beans could quickly generate income for APs, their sustainability is not high given the fact that

these cash-crops are grown in slope land where there are direct impacts of soil erosion, water

runoff which fast reduce the soil fertility and crop yield in following crop seasons.

67. The time for implementation of livelihood improvement overlapping that for resettlement of

affected people and construction of work items in RSs under SB4HP is not suitable. Accordingly,

affected people in 4 resettled villages only focused on moving their houses, assets and building

resettlement houses and thus, paid little attention to caring the provided models of cow, pig,

ducks.

68. The proportion of dead poultry and cattle to the total number of domestic animals

provided by the project which is over 80% in all villages is extremely high (according to all

interviewed households). Moreover, the number of cows provided by the project to AHs in Pa

Rum B village were dead and then their pathogen drifted with the stream, making the cows of the

households in Pa Pang village die and infecting the cows of other households (according to Mr.

B’Nuoc Chop, the village head). Breeding models of the project haven’t been promoted.

69. In addition to limited awareness of cattle breeding development of local people (habit of

cattle grazing), insufficient area of residential land and garden for construction of breeding

facilities are one of the reasons why most of the households maintain livestock grazing.

70. Veterinarians trained by the project monitor breeding activities of AHs in the villages

irregularly, resulting in local epidemics not timely detected.

71. Sustainability of the project’s veterinary cabinet supply is not high. Specifically, by the

time of monitoring, there isn’t any kind of medicine added into the cabinet and thus this activity is

useless for AHs to treat diseases for poultry and cattle (according to observation of monitoring

team and opinions of Blinh Nhan, A lang Bot in village No. 2; Hoih Son; A Viet Thoi in Pa Rum A

village, etc.).

72. On the cultivated land area for rice production, local people harvest only one crop due to

difficult conditions of terrain and water. In addition, since rice production is a new type of

livelihood for local people, not all AHs could succeed in this activity although JFPR project

conducted training in rice production technique and water operation process many times.

IV.7.2. Project’s effect in the downstream area

73. The downstream area of the project is in Dai Loc district, Quang Nam province. However,

both A Vuong and Song Bung Hydropower systems discharge water into this area thus,

identification of impacts caused by each Hydropower project is quite difficult due to the overlap

effect. The downstream area only conducted livelihood restoration activity because there is no

household lost assets or displaced. The project has identified specific areas affected by it to

provide assistance, including: Pa Dau village II, Thanh My town, Dai Son commune, Dai Loc



district and some study tour models were organized for Dai Loc District’s officials, Quang Nam

province. The implemented activities are summarized in the table below:



Table 6: Activities have been implemented in the downstream area under Song Bung 4 Hydropower project from 2009 to 2013

Pà Toih Tà Pơơ village (old TaBhing village)

Pa Dấu 2 village, Thanh My town Dai Son and Dai Loc communes

Year Livelihood models

Number of HHs

Number of provided seeding and breeding

Purposes Number of HHs

Number of provided seedings and breedings

Purposes Number of HHs

Number of provided seedings and breedings

Purposes

2009 Voting agricultural extension officers and veterinarians

4 Assistance in implementing livelihood restoration

4 Assistance in implementing livelihood restoration

2010 Demonstration model of raising black bean

7 Is to identify which seeding are suitable, and which technical levels need being introduced to enhance awareness of people of sustainable cultivation on slope land and to meet target requirement when implementing the model.

2011

Model of raising sow

5 5 (sows) Is to introduce new livestock and animal care methods and contribute to improving as well as increasing income for HHs. As of February 2013, Pa Dau 2 village had total number of 20





pigs (including three sows and 17 breeding).

Model of raising cow

8 8 (one bull and seven cows)

Is to introduce new livestock and animal care methods and contribute to improving as well as increasing income for HHs. As of February 2013, Pa Dau 2 village had total number of 13 cattles (including 12 cows and one bull).

17 17(four cows and 13 buffalos)

Model of growing grass for cattle

2 100m2 Is to provide food source for livestock and transfer from free grazing method to semi-grazing method and control disease

Communication campaign for enhancing awareness of people of community’s health

Is to enhance awareness of people of HIV/AIDS, worming for children, washing bed nets, preparing nutritious meals and cleaning house as well as public area.





Model of raising geese

6 54 Is to prepare new livestock knowledge. However, some HHs used geese for eating so now there are only 42 out of 54 geese being still aliving.

Model of rice bank –turning

Is to assist HHs in implementing model of growing bean in order for them to have a stable food source in case bean’s price is low, and through the model, people can reserve bean then sell out by the time of increasing price. The first quantity of bean is one ton. As of February 2013, there were five HHs who sent bean to rice store and many HHs supported the model.

Model of growing pineapple

10000 Is to increase income for HHs in villages. Generally, this model has brought success for HHs.

Model of growing banana

5 Self-growing

Is to increase income for HHs in villages. Generally, this model has brought success for HHs.





Training on traffic safety

Enhance knowledge about traffic for people

Enhance knowledge about traffic for people

2012

Model of study tour in Dai Son commune, Dai Loc district and Dong Giang district

Is to learn about experience in managing medicine box, treatment method, using medicine, model of raising sows in Hoi Khach Dong and experience in treatment from one female veterinarian in Tan Doi village. And to learn about experience in implementing activities of village’s veterinary network and experience in operation of the village’s veterinary network .

Provide safety breeding goose

60 Is to demonstrate technique of raising goose in accordance with safe and effective method, change from traditional raising method to semi- grazing method and actively prevent diseases

Fish pond assistance

4 Four fish ponds + breeding

Pond assistance for raising fish and breeding for HHs to take advantage of their experience and skill to increase income and restore living standards





Wells assistance

12 12 Is to help HHs access to clean water. The project provided pumping engine and water tank for HHs.

Source: Nam Giang district’s JFPR, Report on the implementation of livelihood models and Socioeconomic report in Dai Son and Dai Loc communes, 2014



74. In general, livelihood models assistance for households living in the downstream area has

brought positive effectiveness. Model of livestock has gained certain result, especially model of

raising cow. By the monitoring time, some models had been well developed. Models of growing

rice and bean also well developed. Veterinarians in villages were trained on enhancing veterinary

experience and capacity in order for them to treat common diseases such as (diarrhea and

Pasteurellosis). Training on non-agricultural models such as training on enhancing awareness of

people of sanitation was improved.

IV.8. Gender, Ethnic Minorities and Healthcare Considerations

IV.8.1. Gender issues

75. According to Mrs. Tran Thi Chien Thang, Deputy Chairman of Nam Giang District

Women’s Union, the Project did consult, provide information and communicate to ethnic

community and women in concerned villages.

76. The district Women’s Union, in coordination with commune Women’s Union,

communicated on prevention of woman trafficking in all communes in the district. In 2013, there

were 8 women trafficked in Ca Dy commune (3 women), Ta Bhing (3 women), Cha Val (2

women) while Zuoih and Ta Poo communes in the Project saw no human trafficking case. The

traffickers, who were not the local people and had no relation to the Project, were eventually

arrested.

IV.8.1.1. Reservoir area

77. Participating in resettlement activity: there have been 188 out of 412 women participating

in community consultation meetings in all affected villages. In Zuoih and Tà Pơơ communes,

Communes’ Development Boards were established with participation of communal Women’s

Union. Especially, Development and Resettlement Groups were established in four resettled

villages and Pa Pang village in which number of women participating in these groups includes:

one community facilitator; one agricultural extension staff and one veterinarian. In addition,

women also participated in medical team and women’s union in villages.

78. Participating in conducting training classes on:

• Agriculture: (i) Participating in livelihood models: growing vegetable, rice and black

bean ; raising chicken, geese, cow, sow and fish. In addition, women also participated in

growing grass for cattle.

• Non-agriculture : i) participating in ‘literacy classes’ in the resettled villages and Pa Pang

village with 192 people who registered in attending three times/week/five months ; (ii)

Participating in capacity building classes such as, study tour at the resettled villages

under Son La Hydropower project in Son La province, communication campaign of

enhancing awareness of community health; training on enhancing capacity for health

programme in villages and enhancing capacity for officer of health in villages. (iii)

providing health facilities such as, medical box, medicine, bin and other infrastructures.

IV.8.1.2. Gender issues in the downstream area

79. In Pa Toih village, two community facilitators were employed (including one woman) to

support livelihood activities.

80. Participating in conducting training classes:

• Agriculture: (i) participating in livelihood models: growing black bean ; raising chicken,

geese, cow and sow. In addition, women also participated in some livelihood models

such as : growing banana and pineapple.



• Non-agriculture:(i) communication campaign of enhancing awareness of community

health; training on enhancing capacity for health programme in villages and enhancing

capacity for officer of health in villages. (iii) providing health facilities such as, medical

box, medicine, bin and other infrastructures; (iii) participating in model of rice bank-

turning in Pa Dau 2 village. In addition, women also participated in developing model of

traditional brocade weave in order to enhance living condition for women in Pa Dau 2

village, Thanh My town.

81. In general, women in the project’s area have been encouraged to participate in the

livelihood models to enhance awareness and to access to a new livestock and production

orientation. Women in the resettled villages have gradually participated in social work and

management (Pa Rum A village with the village’s head is woman). Villages’ head and people

living in related villages confirmed that the project has sufficiently conducted consultation

activities with participation of community including: women, villages’ head, households, elder and

directly affected people as well as indirectly affected people.

IV.8.2. Ethnic minority considerations

82. It was said by Mrs. Tran Thi Chien Thang - Deputy Chairman of Nam Giang District

Women’s Union, the Project did satisfactorily pay compensation to local people; adequately assist

affected ethnic people and women in terms of cash, seedlings, materials and training on

livelihood development.

83. Mr. Mac Truong – officer of the District Division of Ethnic Minorities said that the project

livelihood activities were all designed based on the thorough consultation with the ethnic people

in the concerned villages. However, the coordination between his division to the project is not as

expected. Though Nam Giang District Ethnic Committee is one of the members of RMIU, they

has no participation in the project implementation given the coordination among the divisions in

RMIU which is only in formalism. Thus, their voice has no weight to the Project regarding the

conservation and promotion of local custom, especially in terms of construction of houses in RSs,

in which many Kinh workers illicitly charged higher than market price when doing construction

(local people build their houses by themselves); as well as of people’s management of

compensation money and construction of Guol house in concerened villages. In addition, the

representative of the Ethnic Division also supposed this as the local authority toward local people

despite the limitations in coordination among the divisions. Nevertheless, Mr. Truong also

recognized that the Project succeeded in minimizing the potential risks during the resettlement.

84. Mr. Nguyen Cong Binh, Director of Nam Giang LFDC commented on the ethnic issues as

follows: i) regarding the good points: the Project paid close attention to needs of local people, let

them choose the location for resettlement sites, build houses by themselves as well as allow

them to select the locations for schools and health care stations. The Project also provided

consultation to people regarding these matters. ii) On the other hand, regarding the drawbacks,

given the fact that local people have rights to decide about matters, it resulted in some problems

such as few students in comparison with the scale of school; the inconvenient topographical

conditions of RS in Pa Dhi village (Zuoih commune) though the people chose it by themselves.

This location is 3.7 km long, which is both inconvenient and not to the eyes given the traditional

standards for a village. In addition, despite the adequate public consultation, there are some

details not grasped by ethnic people, which led to their grievances. For this matter, the Consultant

found that, many schools in Pa Rum A, Pa Rum B, village 2, Pa Dhi village are of such scale

because of the direction from Nam Giang District Party Committee and Quang Nam Provincial

People’s Committee, who want to develop the infrastructure in anticipation for needs in future and

better facilitate the study of local students. Besides, the location of RS also followed the selection

of local people through the consultation and it is also difficult to allocate the resettlement sites

given the complex topography and limited land fund.



85. Concerning the infrastructure in the RSs, the village leader of Pa Dhi village, Zuoih

commune recognized the adequate provision of electricity, road, school, health stations and

domestic water. The local people have settled down and generally satisfied with improved

spiritual and physical living conditions. However, as the water pipelines are made of plastic, it is

easy to be broken given the topographical conditions of the villages, resulting in regular water

shortage. Mrs. Blieng Bel, Blieng Trinh, and A Lang Luon in Pa Rum A village said that there are

about 10 HHs lacking water due to broken water pipelines, which were caused by the storm and

landslide. In addition, some HHs even broke the pipelines to take water to their houses when

needed. It was also found by the Consultant that one of the reasons for water shortage in many

households is they didn’t follow the procedures trained by the project. On the other hand, villagers

also play the ape of the others or seek the water sources near their houses to use. It is also the

main reasons for the rapid degrade and damages of the water source provided by the project.

86. It was reflected by the people in Pa Dhi village, regarding the cemetery, it is locate on the

other side of the reservoir why they are not provided with the boats, they got stuck when there is

a person who passes away while Co Tu traditions and customs do not allow bringing the dead

person along the access road to their field to the cemetery. However, the Consultant learned that

the location of each village’s cemetery is selected by the villagers, thus, there was no plan to

cross the reservoir to reach Pa Dhi’s cemetery. On the other hand, the needs for boat will not be

satisfied as it is related to the reservoir security and protection. In general, it is the custom of Co

Tu people that the graves will be deserted after the dead is buried, such opinions were not

reasonable.

IV.8.3. Healthcare and other considerations

87. Health stations have been built and come into operation to meet local people’s health

care demands. New medical equipment and facilities will provide better health care services to

local people. Schools have also been built, which help local students to save more time to go to

school than before.

88. Most of households live in the traditional way: raising cattle around their houses, domestic

animals are kept under the house floor, etc. which has more or less impacts on their health.

89. Although community supervision group has its members in charge of healthcare, public

hygiene and health care have not been taken into consideration in the affected villages. Training

classes on public hygiene and health care have been organized for people however effectiveness

brought by the classes is not high due to local people’s habit.

90. In general, the status of health care and medical conditions of AHs has been improved

since the project was implemented. This will gradually improve the health of local people in the

near future. Since the moving in RS, there has been no epidemic influencing the health of

communities in villages.

IV.9. Complaints and Grievance Redress

91. Grievances have been settled in line with the procedures prescribed in REMDP. All

questions/complaints on quantity and types of affected assets had been publicly tackled by Nam

Giang RMIU in combination with PMU, CPCs and AHs. The appraised results had been recorded

and certified by all the stakeholders, and DMS results had been revised correctly before making

the compensation pricing.



Table 7: Some grievances received by IMC by the 11th

monitoring time, July 2014

N

o.

Claimer Addr

ess

Grievance content Receiver Solution Feedback/Satisfaction

1 A Lang Danh

(representing

her husband

named Cor

Ne)

Vinh,

hamle

t, Ta

Poo

Compensation for

cultivated land in the

flooded area in Vinh

hamlet

Nam Giang

LFDC ; SB4 PMU

No compensation is made as the land area

belongs to Song Thanh Reserves and is

untouched by the household since 1998.

Satisfy without any

complaint/feedback

2 A Lang Benh Haml

et 2,

Ta

Poo

Compensation for the

production land in

former village 2

Nam Giang

LFDC ; SB4 PMU,

Ta Poo CPC

No compensation is made as the household

still cultivates on the previous area.

Satisfy without any

complaint/feedback

3 Zo Zam At,

Brao Hoan,

Po Loong

Bay, Zo Zam

Hieu, Po

Loong Tum,

Brao Mip

Haml

et 2,

Ta

Poo

Compensation for land

area on the Southern

bank of Bung River

Nam Giang

LFDC ; SB4 PMU,

Ta Poo CPC

No compensation is made as the household

still cultivates on the previous area.

Satisfy without any

complaint/feedback

4 Cor Noi Vinh,

hamle

t, Ta

Poo


near Khe Giua

Nam Giang

LFDC ; SB4 PMU,

Ta Poo CPC

No compensation is made given the

Announcement No. 85/TB – Nam Giang

DPC by the District Chairman A Lang Mai

regarding the land in Khe Giua of HHs in

Vinh hamlet

Satisfy without any

complaint/feedback

5 Cor Duc Vinh,

hamle

t, Ta

Poo


in Khe Giua

Nam Giang

LFDC ; SB4 PMU,

Ta Poo CPC

No compensation is made given the

Announcement No. 85/TB – Nam Giang

DPC by the District Chairman A Lang Mai

regarding the land in Khe Giua of HHs in

Vinh hamlet

Satisfy without any

complaint/feedback



6 A Lang Dong Vinh,

hamle

t, Ta

Poo

Compensation amount

reduced compared

with the inventory

released in 2010

There were some land lots in Khe Giua,

which are entitled to no compensation in

accordance with the Announcement

No.85/TB-UBND by Nam Giang DPC. Some

other policies were also revised. Thus, the

paid compensation amount is reduced.

Satisfy without any

complaint/feedback

7 22 HHs in Pa

Pang village

Pa

Păng

and

Tà

Pơơ

villag

es

Compensation for

70ha of land cultivated

by HHs in Village 2

LFDC of Nam

Giang district ;

Song Bung 4

PMU, Ta Poo CPC

It has established one monitoring team to

check status of people’s land use in village 2

and Pa Pang village and result of the checking

was also reported. Currently, LFDC

recommended that it is necessary to provide an

assistance amount to HHs who have affected

land in Pa Pang village.

Recommendation on

providing an assistance

amount for these HHs

having the affected land

area in Pa Pang village is

waiting for approval.

8 Blup Nhieu Thôn

Tà Ul,

xã

Cha

Val

Compensated for land

plot No. 17, cadastral

map No. 2; Land plot

No. 11 and 12,

cadastral map No. 3

LFDC of Nam

Giang district ;

Song Bung 4

PMU, Cha Val

CPC

Organized meeting on 03 March 2014 to verify

land use origin of the HH.

Satisfy without any

complaint/feedback

Source: SB4HP PMU and Nam Giang district’s LFDC, 12/2014.



Summarize the main content of Announcement No. 85/TB-UBND by Nam Giang DPC on handling remaining issues of Song Bung 4 HPP

Announcement No. 85-TB/UBND dated August 15, 2014 by Nam Giang DPC which was announced by Chairman –A Lang Mai at the meeting

of handling remaining issues for HHs affected by Song Bung 4 HPP:

� Consented to considering compensation and assistance for affected land plots in Khe Giua area and HH of Mr. Blup Nheu in accordance

with regulation and coordinated with the client, related agencies and Ta Poo CPC in handling situation of Mr. Nguyen Hoa Ninh HH.

� For unflooded land area in Prum B, because affected HHs could not cultivate on the former land area, the client and local authorities

consented to compensating for the affected HHs, conducted zoning measurement (zoning dossier has not been completed), and continued

urging the client and LFDC to review and complete the dossier and establish compensation plan in accordance with the regulation.

According to verification of Nam Giang district’s LFDC and Topographic Map of Quang Nam Provincial Environment Monitoring and Analysis Centre, it

is identified that affected land area is productive forestry land but trees growing on the land are mainly natural trees such as: Flagellariaceae, Bambusa

procera, Arrenga sacchariferasp, Baccaurea sapida, Mangifera and Lausium domestium Corr …and there is no planted trees as other land plots

cultivated by local people. Thus, the land recommended to be being used by HHs is unreasonable.

According to Item 3, Article 10 of Decision No. 23/QĐ-UB dated September 30 2010 on regulating cases not being compensated, specifically: annual

crop land and aquaculture land will not be used for 12 consecutive months, perennial crop land will not be used for 18 consecutive months, and forestry

land will not be used for 24 consecutive months.

Through field monitoring missions, reports of District’s Appraisal Council and Quang Nam Provincial Environment Monitoring and Analysis Centre,

zoning dossier has not been completed to hand over to LFDC thus, the LFDC does not have a basis to establish compensation plan. As a result,

compensation payment for these HHs has not been conducted.

� According to the regulation, HHs in Khe Giua will not be compensated for their affected land. However, according to ADB’s policy, it needs

to avoid affecting HHs’ livelihood so that Independent Monitoring Consultant recommended that the client should consider reasonable

assistance plan for these HHs due to losing income source from forestry auxiliary products.

Source : Song Bung 4 PMU and Nam Giang district’s LFDC, December 2014

92. Due to good information dissemination, there have been few grievances from people. During the project implementation process (since 2009),

DCARB has received more than 50 people’s grievance letters with main contents focusing on unit price, errors in the DMS and recommendation on

assistance policy. The grievance letters have been resolved in accordance with regulation and there has been no grievance letter extended the time of



resolving and affected the project implementation process. (After receiving grievance letter, DCARB/LFDC together with HHs verified assets through

measuring and re-checking assets as mentioned in the grievance letter under the witness of local authority’s representatives. If asset is missed out, it will

be supplemented in compensation plan, if asset is not missed out as mentioned in the grievance letter, it will not be compensated. All of the grievances

have been feed backed /answered by Nam Giang district’s LFDC through official note).

IV.10. Coordination among Stakeholders

93. Coordination among stakeholders in the implementation of compensation and resettlement has been established, as described in REMDP.

94. In general, close cooperation between SB4HPMU, Quang Nam PPC, Nam Giang DPC and CPCs had been done and in compliance with their

assigned functions and tasks in REMDP. District’s Land Fund Development Centre is the core agencies with the task of collecting, summarizing and

preparing annual report then submitting to chairman of DCARB for signing. In case, it needs to coordinate with PMU in conducting DMS and establishing

compensation plan or handling grievance of affected HHs, the District’s LFDC will organize meeting to assign its staffs to participate in resolving. There

are some shortcomings to be resolved including (i) delay in inventory, measurements for compensation for HHs in Pa Rum B village with non-flooded

area ; (ii) revise the decision and progress of planting forest to make up for the area affected by the Project etc.

IV.11. SB4HPMU Internal Monitoring

95. Internal monitoring activities of SB4HPMU were conducted on the monthly and quarterly basis through monthly and quarterly reports submitted to

ADB from EVN.

96. The Project information/data filing and documentation had been done well by SB4HPMU. The information of project activities is always fully

updated. Besides, the SB4HPMU makes favourable conditions for ADB’s consultants and IMC to access and collect required data in timely manner.

SB4HPMU submits monthly and quarterly reports to EVN for reviewing and forwarding to ADB.



V. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

V.1. Conclusions

V.1.1. Resettlement and Compensation

97. SB4HPMU and stakeholders have implemented well the project information

dissemination, which helped local households understand the project clearly.

98. DMS, compensation option preparation, compensation payment and resettlement are

strictly complied by SB4HPMU and stakeholders in line with procedures specified in REMDP.

These activities were usually behind the schedule due to the inventory, compensation option

preparation and submission took times for appraisal.

99. There is no difficulty in site clearance thanks to the negotiation with local people about not

occupying the acquired land areas. The existing item of non-flooded area in Pa Rum B Village

where the people couldn’t come back for production is being resolved. However, there are some

problems as people claimed for land in the area planned as the forest land. .

100. RS construction schedule was revised to be consistent with the actual construction

progress upon the agreement with ADB Mission. Basically, the progress keeps the schedule. At

present, people in the resettlement villages have finished constructing houses for living and

moved to settle down.

101. Grievances of local people had been timely and satisfactorily resolved.

102. Issue of land use right certificates (including residential land, production land) for

households in resettled villages was submitted to DPC for approval and LURCs were issued to

each household, which was finished in late October.

V.1.2. Livelihood restoration, gender, ethnic minority development, healthcare service

103. Livelihood restoration and living rehabilitation activities for AHs had been implemented by

JFPR and achieved some progress.

104. The focus of livelihood assistance activities was on agro-forestry, besides, non-agriculture

activities like vocational training, driving, etc. have also been implemented.

105. Most of AHs pay no attention to future livelihood development after Project completion

and without assistance from project staff. As aforesaid, this is due to the Co Tu community living

features of relying on available local sources. The locals think that the compensation they receive

can help them lead the lives in a long period of time without other activities. Local people think

they can survive by exploiting the resource instead of planning for future. With the compensation

amounts which are much greater than what AHs had before, most of them feel satisfied and think

that their families can survive for long time based on that amount without any other activities due

to limited educational level. Most of the AHs believe they are under prioritized subsidy policy by

GoV in food supplies, healthcare and education services. Thus, livelihood development for the

future is not of great impact on their current daily lives.

106. Gender equity and ethnic minority activities had been effectively integrated into the

project activities. Training topics for women only focused on raising their awareness of social and

healthcare issues. The strengthening on household expenditure management capacity (which

could increase the position of Co Tu women in their families) has not yet been satisfactorily

mentioned.

107. The construction of Guol house and worship in accordance with traditional customs has

been implemented in accordance with traditional customs of Co Tu people. Health stations and



schools have been basically built and come into operation. Healthcare and medical services had

initially implemented at all project villages/ communes by members of village resettlement groups.

108. Local communities have set up a water resource maintenance team (checking the

pipeline, dredging water sources) to ensure quality of domestic water for local people.

V.2. Recommendations

V.2.1. Compensation and resettlement

109. Regarding information dissemination: Currently, the project has been completed and put

into use thus, during the operational process of the project, protection measures used for the

project as well as arising issues related to the reservoir should be disseminated to people.

110. Compensation payment for non-flooded area of households in Pa Rum B village should

be completed promptly.

111. To deal with the rainy season at the end of the year, PMU is requested to continue to

cooperate with local authorities and households to prepare a more effective anti-flood plan.

112. To avoid violation in DMS and compensation plan preparation like the case found by the

functional agency at grassroots level in 2011, it is recommended that the PMU should review and

more strictly monitor this activity in the project area.

113. For household living in Khe Giua, Vinh village that are not compensated in accordance

with Official Announcement No. 85/TB-UBND dated August 25, 2014 by Nam Giang district

people’s committee, it is recommended that the client should consider to provide additional

assistance for these HHs due to losing income source from forestry auxiliary products.

114. It is recommended that Ta Poo CPC quickly establish plan of handing over land to HHs

affected by Song Bung 4 Hydropower project to be the basis for establishing income restoration

assistance plan for these HHs. In addition, for HHs in Pa Pang village, it is recommended to

consider providing additional assistance for them due to losing income source from forestry

auxiliary products under land’s area being used by people in village No. 2 (exception of 1.5ha of

land handed over to one household in village No. 2).

V.2.2. Livelihood activities:

115. The time for implementation of income restoration activities should be after the local

people settle down in the RS.

116. Development of demonstrations and selection of seedlings:

• Models of cultivating on slope land or growing drought-tolerant crops (various types of

bean) on slope land with biological shield. The crops which are expectedly selected to be

biological shield must be drought-tolerant ones with a well-developed root system and

land holding capacity to minimize soil erosion and washout, or model of planting banana

on slopes.

• Model of breeding productive goat and meat goat in some villages such as Pa Rum A, Pa

Rum B and Pa Dhi.

117. Diversification of livelihood activities:

Opening of shops selling agricultural materials: result of livelihood activities shows that models of

growing rice and bean and breeding sow achieved initial success. Hence, in order to scale-up

these models in the affected villages, CHF and stakeholders should consider encouraging and

instructing some Co Tu households who possess good educational background to open shops

selling agricultural materials. This will provide both supply of agricultural materials (fertilizer,

feedstuffs, etc.) and job opportunities and source of income generation for these households.



118. Training and study tours:

• Consider opening training courses in livestock and farming ;

• Hold more training classes with method of “Farmer to farmer training”;

• Study tours to the places where Co Tu farmers do business well within and outside the

province should be conducted;

• Training on household expenditure management for women in affected villages should

also be conducted.

119. Vocational training: Nam Giang is one of the 62 poor districts of the country which benefit

from 30A program of the Government. Therefore, with the budget for assistance of vocational

training, Livelihood Assistance Board of Quang Nam province and Nam Giang district should

consider cooperating with Division of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affair of Nam Giang district,

Labor, Department War Invalids and Social Affair of Quang Nam province and the enterprises

which want to recruit labors for export, especially recruiting young labors in the project area to

send them to foreign markets for working; or cooperating with the enterprises in the province to

recruit labors to work in factories managed by such enterprises.

120. It is necessary to integrate livelihood activities such as cultivating short-day crops on

slopes with land protection measures by implementing demonstration (instead of stopping at

dissemination level like what the district livelihood board have been implementing)

121. The sustainability of supply of cabinet of veterinary after the project completion should be

taken into account.

122. Labors trained to be drivers should receive assistance to find jobs in the district.

V.2.3. Gender, ethnic minorities, health and medical services

123. It is necessary to provide training in household budget management for efficient

management of compensation payment.

124. It is essential to encourage people to share their experience in efficient management and

utilization of money and ensure consolidation in families and the community of Co Tu people.

125. It is recommended to promote the livelihood improvement models via farming

development activities and service supply which suit the capacity of local ethnic people.

126. Conflicts related to land dispute, compensation rate, customs and habits, especially

funerals and graves of local people should be considered, prevented and resolved satisfactorily.

The Project should work with the commune authority and officers in villages and coordinate

among the commune, villages and District division of Ethnic Minorities to address the grievances

raised by the local people etc.

127. It is necessary to enhance the participation of women in particular and Co Tu ethnic group

in general in community activities and their idea sharing/contribution in meetings leaded by village

heads or women’s union. Suitable incentive actions (physically and mentally) should be taken.

128. It is essential to enhance key farmers (Co Tu group), especially women, those want to

enrich and have communication skills to share production experiences to other households in the

community. They should be provided assistance in implementation of suitable livelihood

development activities and encouraged to share information with other households in the

village/commune.

129. Training courses on gender equality should be held at all villages (for both men and

women). Periodic contests on gender equality should be organized among the project affected

villages and communes. Rewards should be given to those with good achievements.



130. Continue to increase women’s awareness on gender equality, reproductive health by

establishing gender equality club, organizing competitions.

ANNEXES

Annex 1: List of interviewed staff and households

Annex 2: The compensation payment minutes for households in Vinh village, 2nd and

3rd phase (only hardcoppy)

Annex 3: Grievance and redressing situation as of March/2015

Annex 4: Some photos of field trip



Annex 5: List of interviewed officers and households

List of interviewed officers

No. Full name Position

1 Nguyen Minh Van Manager of Environment – Resettlement Department, Song Bung 4 PMB

2 Tran Ngoc Ha Deputy Manager of Environment – Resettlement Department, Song Bung

4 PMB

4 Nguyen Van Hung Staff of Environment – Resettlement Department, Song Bung 4 PMB

5 Tran Ngoc Linh Staff of Environment – Resettlement Department, Song Bung 4 PMB

6 Phan Thi Cam Tu Staff of Environment – Resettlement Department, Song Bung 4 PMB

7 To Ngol Kia Chairman of Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

8 Po Long Dung Vice-Chairman of Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

9 Ka Rieng Dieu Chief Police of Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

10 Bnuoch A Chop Head of Village No. 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

11 A Rat Enh Head of Pa Pang village, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang district, Quang

Nam

12 Bnuoch Cuong Head of PaDhi village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

13 Po Loong Dieu Vice-chairman of Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

14 Bling Vui Officer in Zuoih commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

15 A Lang A Eo Head of Pa Rum A village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang

Nam

16 A Lang Uu Vice head of Pa Rum B village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district,

Quang Nam

17 B Nuoch Tol Secretary of Pa Rum B village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district,

Quang Nam

18 Nguyen Ngoc Diep ADB Consultant

19 Nguyen Tai Lieu Chairman of Dai Son commune, Dai Loc, Quang Nam

20 Tran Thi Hong Van Chairman of Women’s Union in Dai Son commune, Dai Loc, Quang Nam

List of interviewed households

Full name Address

A Lang Thoi Pa Rum B village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

A Lang Ton Pa Rum B village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

A Lang Ua Pa Rum B village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

A Viet That Pa Rum B village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

A Viet Lia Pa Rum B village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

Bo Nuoch Ciu Pa Rum B village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

Bo Nuoch Boi Pa Rum B village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

Bling Hung Pa Rum B village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

Po Loong Nghi Pa Rum B village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

B Nuoc Hoa Pa Rum A village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

BH Nuoch Ep Pa Rum A village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam



Full name Address

BLinh Nhuot Pa Rum A village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

A Lang Chuoi Pa Rum A village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

A Lang Crieu Pa Rum A village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

A Lang Dinh Pa Rum A village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

To Ngol Kreng Pa Dhi village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

To Ngol Locc Pa Dhi village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

To Ngol Moi Pa Dhi village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

To Ngol Noh Pa Dhi village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

To Ngol Non Pa Dhi village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

Po Loong Dan Pa Dhi village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

Po Loong Hoa Pa Dhi village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

Po Loong Nhanh Pa Dhi village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

Po Loong Nieng Pa Dhi village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

Po Loong Pao Pa Dhi village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

Coor A Roi Pa Dhi village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

Coor B Hon Pa Dhi village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

Coor Ban Pa Dhi village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

Coor C Roi Pa Dhi village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

Coor Co Rot Pa Dhi village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam

A lung Trinh Vinh village, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Rat Kech Vinh village, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Rat Vinh Vinh village, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Lang Tiep Vinh village, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

B Linh O Vinh village, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

B Lup A Lo Vinh village, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

B Lup Thi Vinh village, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A lung Trinh Vinh village, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Rat Kech Vinh village, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Lang Bung Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

Zo Ram Hat Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Lang A Rom Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A lang A Rep Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A lang A Su Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A lang ABreh Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A lang Benh Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A lang Bien Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A lang Dung Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam



Full name Address

A lang Mec Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

Pham Van Lap Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Lang Nho Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Lang Pia Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Lang Pap Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Lang Zo Ram Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Lang Dim Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Lang Bot Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Lang Nhop Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Lang Rkienh Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

Bo Nuoch Chanh Village 2, Ta Poo commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Viet Dau Pa Pang village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

Hoih Kem Pa Pang village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Rat Vep Pa Pang village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

Hoih Quy Pa Pang village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

Hoih Son Pa Pang village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

Hoih At Pa Pang village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Viet Phung Pa Pang village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Viet Pun Pa Pang village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam

A Viet Dau Pa Pang village, Zuoih commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam



Annex 6: The compensation payment minutes for households in Vinh village,

2nd and 3rd phase (only hardcoppy)



Annex 7: Grievance and redressing situation as of March/2015

1/ Village

Households having land in Khe Giua area have claimed the compensation and the

Commune’s People’s Committee has confirmed the origin of such land area in the former Prao

village which was merged in Vinh village now. These land areas were used for production,

farming before 2008 without disputes among related HHs.

Based on the Minutes of field survey prepared by Agriculture and Rural Development,

Forest Management, Natural Resources & Environment sectors, Center for Land Development, ,

Project Management Unit of Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project, the Provincial Center for Natural

Resources and Environment Engineering and Ta poo commune authorities together with the

monitoring mission at Khe Giua area on 09/8/2013, 30/8/2013 and 17/12/2013, HHs’ land lots on

the maps No. 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 are evaluated to be the natural forest, with bushes, without the

signal of cultivated production.

According to the minutes of the meeting dated 17.06.2014, since 1975, the local people

have relocated in Vinh village but they often returned to the old places to take care of trees

planted by their ancestors and built camps for breeding cattle. However, according to some local

people’s ideas, it is customary that once moving to other places, local villagers would not come

back. On the other hand, this area is covered with big trees, and indeterminable time of

cultivation. Only some lots are covered with Loong Bong, Ta Vat trees, big trees and bushes and

some camps which have been built for 3-4 years. Some HHs claimed that they are the

descendants of old Prao villagers and inherited land from their ancestors but their land has not

been measured. These HHs include: Ho A Rat Van, A Lang Ro, A Lang Huoi, B Lup Penh, Po

Loong Nhon,.... The land area claimed by such HHs is located quite far from their existing living

places, with difficulties in travelling, so it is impossible for local people to walk and cultivate

regularly in such a large area (some HHs having 10 ha). According to the map extracted by the

Provincial Center for Natural Resources and Environment Engineering, such land area is the

productive forest land, but the current status of the plants checked includes natural plants such as

water Rattan, Bambusa balcooa, Ta Val, Strawberry, carambola, Loong Boong,etc. As a result,

HHs’ proposals on such land area are not appropriate.

According to the Item 3, Article 10, the decision 23 / QD- UBND dated 30/9/2010 of Quang

Nam PPC, the following land acquisition cases are not compensated: land for annual crops,

aquaculture, land for producing salt which is not used in a period of twelve consecutive months

(12 months); perennial crop land which is not used in a period of consecutive eighteen months

(18 months); forest land which is not used for a period of consecutive twenty four months (24

months).

Through field surveys and reports No. 07/BC-HDTD dated 26/12/2013 of the District’s

Appraisal Board; Report No. 156/TTKT-BCDD dated 31/12/2013 of Quang Nam provincial Center

for Natural Resources and Environment Engineering, the Center for Natural Resources and

Environment Engineering is the independent Consultant firm to conduct zoning documents for

Project Management Unit of Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project but it cannot complete the zoning

documents to hand over to the Center for Land Development. Consequently, the Center for Land

Development has no basis for preparing compensation options.

The Center for Land Development has reported this issue to the District’s People’s

Committee (DPC) and the DPC has issued the Announcement No. 85/TB-UBND dated 15/8/2014

on the conclusion of Mr. A Lang Mai – Chairman of the DPC in the meeting of solving issues

relating compensation and site clearance for construction projects in the district’s area, in August

2014, with the contents: Agree to not consider the compensation and allowances for acquired

land lots in Khe Giua area.



The Center for Land Development has cooperated with the Client and Ta Po CPC to

organize a meeting to explain HHs about the conclusion of the Chairmain of DPC. However, to

date, HHs of B Lup Thi, Coor Nhung, A Lung Tre, A Lang Mlech still propose related stakeholder

to consider the compensation.

2/ Pa Pang village

On 08/10/2014, the Center for Land Development received complaints from 23 HHs living

in Pa Pang village on continuing proposal for compensation for the around 70 ha of land area

cultivated by local people living in village 2.

Regarding this issue, the DPC has issued the Decision No. 936/QD-UBND dated

28/3/2014 on establishing the Review team to check the status of productive land used by local

people living in village 2, Pa Pang village, Ta Poo commune. The team is led by the Deputy-head

of District’s Division of Natural Resources and Environment. At present, the team is conducting

the measurement to collect and consolidate data for reporting and proposing the solutions.

3/ The land area above the flooded area in Village 2

Some HHs in Village 2 proposed the compensation for the land area above the flooded

area.

For the cases of unflooded land area in the former Village 2 on the North Bank of Song

Bung river, in the past, it was confirmed by stakeholders that this land area is the unused

mountainous and hilly land which is planned to be the protective forest. The resettlement area is

about 5.8km far from the productive area. The Client has agreed to build the road to local people

to go back for production so no compensation payment is made.

So far, complaints have been basically solved and only some have been left. The Center

for Land Development will cooperate with the Client and local authorities to continue explaining

and disseminating policies on compensation and allowances to local people.



Annex 8: Some photos of field trip

Consultation with heads of Agriculture Division in Nam Giang District



Work with leader in Zuoih commune

Work with staff of health care station in Zuoih commune

School in Zuoih commune center



School in Zuoih commune

Work in Pa Dhi commune



Fish tank in Pa Rum A village

Interview people in Pa Dhi village



Main dam of SB4HP

Land behind a household in Pa Dhi village



Main dam of SB4HP

People build their house in Pa Rum B village



Bridge in Pa Rum B

Warning board for reservoir discharge in Dai Son Commune, Dai Loc, Quang Nam



Growing pineapple – livelihood of people in Ra Rum A village

Knitting the fishing net in Pa Pang village



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