Ensuring livelihood for people whose land is recovered to implement projects

The preparation of pre-feasibility reports for BOT projects in Ho Chi Minh City needs to pay attention to ensuring the rights and legitimate interests of affected people, especially the issue of compensation for cases of land revocation.

On the afternoon of December 20, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City held a conference to contribute opinions on 5 investment projects to upgrade, expand and modernize existing road works applying the build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract type according to Resolution No. 98/2023/QH15 of the National Assembly .

Conference scene.

At the conference, delegates heard representatives of the City Department of Transport report on the legal basis, process and progress of building pre-feasibility reports for 5 BOT traffic projects including: upgrading and expanding National Highway 13, section from Binh Trieu Bridge to the border of Binh Duong province; upgrading and expanding National Highway 1, section from Kinh Duong Vuong to the border of Long An province; upgrading and expanding National Highway 22, section from An Suong intersection to Ring Road 3; upgrading the North-South axis, section from Nguyen Van Linh Street to Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway; building Binh Tien Bridge and Road, section from Pham Van Chi Street to Nguyen Van Linh Street.

The conference heard many practical contributions from delegates. Mr. Phan Van Phung - Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of District 8 said that in the district there is the Binh Tien Bridge and Road Project passing through Ward 6 and Ward 14, this is a project that is considered very important for the district as well as the Southwest area of ​​Saigon. The government and people of District 8 hope that the project will be implemented soon.

Mr. Phung said that in order to facilitate the dissemination and mobilization of people affected by the project to accept the handover of the site, the investor must ensure that people are informed of the construction progress, start and end times, as well as changes in the plan. At the same time, meetings must be held regularly to listen to people's opinions and answer questions.

Mr. Tran Minh Tho contributed comments at the conference.

Meanwhile, Mr. Tran Minh Tho - former Head of the Resettlement Compensation Department, Department of Natural Resources and Environment of the city, commented that the compensation level in the National Highway 13 Resettlement Project is very large but the plan has not been specifically shown. He raised the question: it is necessary to clarify which regulations and methods are applied on resettlement, is the number correct? Will the implementation process increase the price? How will it be handled at that time? For the resettlement part, it is necessary to divide it into independent projects, this is a fundamental solution to speed up and shorten the implementation time. In addition, it is necessary to unify and have clear criteria. "Re-evaluate and discuss with the locality, we must ensure that people's lives are equal to or better than their old place of residence," Mr. Tho commented.

Ms. Dinh Thi My Nhi - Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Trung My Tay Ward, District 12 said that the city needs to pay attention to the ability to integrate and upgrade current and future infrastructure to suit the project's requirements, avoiding lack of synchronization and waste. In addition, there must be a reasonable traffic plan when implementing the project, avoiding congestion, traffic jams... affecting the general traffic of the entire route and the area.

"It is recommended that the city have a close monitoring mechanism from authorities at all levels for the project implementation process, avoiding risks of corruption, waste or non-transparent work as well as ensuring the project's progress and implementation schedule," Ms. Nhi wishes.

Mr. Nguyen Minh Tri (Hiep Binh Phuoc Ward, Thu Duc City) said that in Hiep Binh Phuoc Ward, it is expected that there will be over 800 households to be cleared, of which over 200 households will be subject to complete clearance to implement the National Highway 13 expansion project. Therefore, he suggested that the Ho Chi Minh City government should have a resettlement policy and job creation to help people stabilize their lives soon.

Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport Tran Quang Lam discussed more about the projects.

The project to expand National Highway 13 under the BOT form, when completed and put into use with toll collection, Mr. Tri suggested that the city should have a policy to support reducing or exempting road and bridge fees for people living along the clearance route.

Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport Tran Quang Lam informed that it is expected to submit to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council for approval of the investment policy for these projects in the first session of 2025. The city has prepared the conditions to implement the projects, including balancing the medium-term capital for the period 2026-2030 for these projects. After the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council approved the investment policy, the units quickly deployed the project implementation steps.

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