When will the fishing village households of Hung Long (Hung Nguyen) be resettled?

(Baonghean.vn)- Voters of Hung Long commune, Hung Nguyen district reported that 35/70 households in the fishing village are waiting for the second phase of the resettlement project, but it has not yet been implemented. The Provincial People's Committee is requested to direct relevant agencies to continue implementing it.

The competent authority responded to this issue as follows:

The project on resettlement and arrangement of residents in extremely disadvantaged areas of Hung Nguyen district, period 2008 - 2010 and orientation to 2015, was approved by the Provincial People's Committee in Decision No. 669/QD.UBND-NN dated March 4, 2009, with Hung Nguyen District People's Committee as the investor.

The project's objective is to build infrastructure to relocate residents in landslide disaster areas and extremely difficult areas for 292 households in 5 communes, including: Hung Loi 71 fishing village households, Hung Chau 99 households (70 landslide households, 29 fishing village households), Hung Lam 56 fishing village households, Hung Long 52 households (48 fishing village households, 4 landslide households) and Hung Phu (14 landslide households). The project has a total investment of 28,481 million VND.

Fishermen in Hung Long commune (Hung Nguyen) live temporarily on narrow boats. Photo; document

However, because the project is being implemented during the implementation of Resolution 11/CP and Directive 1792/CP of the Government on cutting public investment, the progress and investment must be extended. The investor has submitted to the Provincial People's Committee for approval to adjust the project into 2 phases in Decision No. 967/QD-UBND.NN dated March 29, 2012 of the Provincial People's Committee. In which, phase 1 has a total investment of 18,607 million VND, with the scale: investing in building technical infrastructure to serve 71 fishing households in Hung Loi commune and 99 households in Hung Chau commune; phase 2 of the project is the remaining communes (including Hung Long commune) will be approved and implemented when there is capital.

To date, phase 1 of the project has been completed and handed over for use (in Hung Chau completed in June 2016, in Hung Loi completed in November 2015). However, due to lack of funding, phase 2 of the project has not been implemented.

The livelihood of Thanh Son fishing village, Hung Long commune (Hung Nguyen). Photo: Document

The proposal of voters of Hung Long commune, Hung Nguyen district to implement phase 2 of the project is completely legitimate. The Provincial People's Committee is considering and approving the phase 2 project and allocating funds for implementation, in order to ensure long-term stability of life for households in the fishing village.

Gia Huy

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