(Baonghean.vn) -On May 7, 2010, the “Fishing Village Resettlement Project” in Khe Mu, Thanh Thuy Commune and in Trieu Duong, Thanh Lam Commune (Thanh Chuong) was started with a total adjusted capital of 83 billion VND, implemented by Dai Cat Thanh Joint Stock Company (Hanoi). It has been more than 7 years but still not completed.
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| Four houses built in Khe Mu as a cultural house and kindergarten have become cowsheds. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Around these constructions, trees grow wildly. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| From inside to outside, the buildings are covered in cow dung like a real dung collection site. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Mr. Nguyen Sy Thanh (61 years old) in Hamlet 7, Thanh Thuy Commune - the construction guard in Khe Mu resettlement area said: After a long time of project stagnation, many households, who were the previous land owners, arbitrarily brought machines here to dig ditches, put up barbed wire, and fence off plots of land, which were once zoned as residential land for 120 fishing households. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Some areas of “cultivated land” under the project have been planted with acacia trees by local people for the past 2 years. In some places, the acacia trees are as good as the head of a person. Local people are continuing to plant more acacia trees on many other hill areas. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| People in Khe Mu hamlet, Thanh Thuy commune said: While the project was being neglected, the old landowners and many independent people "reoccupied" the project land to plant trees and raise livestock. Everyone did their own thing, no one intervened. According to them, "it was a pity to see the land fallow for many years, so they just did it as it was". Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Mr. Nguyen Van Thai, Vice Chairman of Thanh Thuy Commune People's Committee, said: "The resettlement project for the fishing village in Khe Mu is unfinished. Although the commune has directed hamlets to propagate to people not to violate the planning land, some households still deliberately fence tea and plant trees. For this situation to happen, the commune also has a part of the responsibility." Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Rows of electric poles stand alone along the roads in the resettlement area, with no idea when electricity will be installed. The road to Khe Mu for people in fishing villages on the Lam River seems increasingly arduous. Photo: Huy Thu |
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