Mr. Son: 1 household illegally encroaches on land, 30 households have no farmland for production.

(Baonghean.vn) – The delay in resolving the land encroachment issue involving Mr. Nguyen Van Ky (Hamlet 1 – Lang Son – Anh Son) has prevented 30 households with rice fields in the Dong Cay area from cultivating their land for nearly a year.

The commune is slow to resolve issues related to encroachment on public land.

According to Mr. Le Viet Tung (Hamlet 2 – Lang Son Commune), he has long filed complaints regarding Mr. Nguyen Van Ky (residing in Hamlet 1) for illegally encroaching on public land along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, causing blockage of the drainage ditch. However, to date, the relevant authorities have not resolved the issue completely, and Mr. Ky has built a solid fence encroaching on the land, causing distress to Mr. Tung's family.

Mr. Hoang Van Tam, a land cadastral officer of Lang Son commune, acknowledged that the plot of land currently used by Mr. Nguyen Van Ky was transferred from Mr. La Quang Tao, as shown in the land tax records as 438m².², and has not been granted a land use certificate. On August 4, 2015, the People's Committee of Lang Son commune suspended the construction of the fence by Mr. Nguyen Van Ky. Accurate measurements show that the area of ​​the fence Mr. Ky built illegally is 93.3 m².²Mr. Ky himself admitted and signed the violation report.

The survey map shows that Mr. Nguyen Van Ky has encroached on the ditch area of ​​93.3 m².2.

On March 5, 2016, Mr. Hoang Van Tam, then Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Lang Son Commune, wrote a commitment letter to Mr. Le Viet Tung to resolve his complaint against Mr. Nguyen Van Ky regarding the illegal encroachment on the irrigation ditch. The commitment letter stated: "To ensure proper drainage so that the people of Hamlet 1 can plant their crops according to the planned schedule, the People's Committee of the commune commits to resolving Mr. Le Viet Tung's complaint and addressing the illegally constructed fence of Mr. Ky's family in Hamlet 1 no later than May 30, 2016."

The commitment also clearly states that if the Commune People's Committee fails to resolve the issue within the specified timeframe, it will be held responsible to Mr. Tung's family and will allow Mr. Tung's family to fill in the ditch. Conversely, if Mr. Tung fills in the ditch on his own initiative during that period, he will be held legally responsible.

The fence that Mr. Ky built illegally encroaches on the land. And the drainage ditch was filled in by Mr. Tung, preventing water from draining.

To date, Mr. Ky's family is still illegally encroaching on the land without having their structures removed, while Mr. Tung's family has filled in the irrigation ditch, causing water to stagnate in the Don Cay area, preventing residents from farming.

30 households have no land to cultivate.

Mr. Le Viet Tung's accusation against Mr. Nguyen Van Ky is true, but the authorities have yet to resolve the issue completely. The ditch that Mr. Tung rebuilt has caused water to stagnate, flooding 1 hectare of rice fields in the Don Cay area. From October 2015 until now, 30 households in Hamlet 1 have been unable to cultivate their land.

On July 12, 2016, four households in Hamlet 1, including Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hien, Mr. Nguyen Huu Binh, Mr. Nguyen Huu Thu, and Mr. Chu Van Nam, representing 30 households with rice fields in the Don Cay area, submitted a petition to the authorities. The petition stated that since 2014, the 30 households with land in Don Cay have been cultivating rice twice a year and paying taxes in full. However, from 2014 to the present, the villagers have been unable to cultivate their rice seedlings due to a blocked irrigation ditch at the location where Mr. Ky illegally constructed a fence.

The Don Cay rice fields belonging to 30 households are flooded because the irrigation ditch has been dammed up.

Speaking to us, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hien expressed his frustration: “My family owns 6 sao (approximately 0.6 hectares) of rice fields, 5 of which are located in the Don Cay area. All our income depends on them; our children are still in school, and my wife has passed away. Yet, since the harvest season last October, the fields have been flooded, and the rice seedlings are all ruined by the rain. Since Tet (Lunar New Year), my whole family has had to scramble to buy rice to eat. On July 11, 2016, I and other households here still had to go to the commune to pay the agricultural service fund for the aforementioned rice fields. We haven't been able to cultivate the land for two seasons now, and we don't have rice to eat, so how can we pay the fee?”

The rice seedlings have grown tall, but the villagers are unable to transplant them.

Similarly, the households of Mr. Nguyen Huu Binh and Mr. Chu Van Nam, who also rely on farming in the Don Cay area, are facing a similar situation. Although the rice seedlings have grown to 60 cm tall, they cannot be transplanted. Most households expressed their frustration, stating that if the authorities do not resolve the issue within a short time, many families will face starvation.

The land encroachment case involving Mr. Ky and the prolonged, unresolved complaint from Mr. Tung have negatively impacted the lives of numerous households in Hamlet 1. It is imperative that the authorities at all levels promptly resolve this issue to avoid further public discontent.

NPV