Struggling to find a solution to the problem of people losing their homes and land because they are far from their hometowns.
The leaders of the Quỳnh Lưu District People's Committee acknowledged the delay in definitively resolving the case of residents in An Hòa commune losing their homes and land after returning from working away from home. They also stated that the district and commune authorities are struggling to find a solution due to a lack of established mechanisms.
Struggling to deal with the consequences.
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dinh, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district, said that the district had received the document.report verifying land originThis report is from citizen Tran Ba Dinh, from the People's Committee of An Hoa commune. However, many details in this report remain unclear.
"After receiving the report, we requested the commune to continue verifying it because there were some inconsistencies and ambiguities," Mr. Dinh said, adding that the district will only proceed with the next steps when the An Hoa Commune People's Committee provides a report clarifying the land plot belonging to Mr. Tran Ba Dinh.
Explanation for the delay in resolving the issue despite citizens having submitted numerous requests.a complaint from many years agoAccording to Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thang, Deputy Head of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Quynh Luu District, the reason is partly due to the complex nature of the case and the lack of a mechanism for handling it. "We are also struggling because there is no clear mechanism to deal with it, not because we are creating difficulties for citizens," Mr. Thang said, adding that he has been assigned to monitor this case for many years.
According to Mr. Thang, the An Hoa Commune People's Committee's decision to reclaim Mr. Dinh's land to expand the kindergarten's premises stemmed from pressure to implement the new rural development program and from the opinions of voters. The purpose of the land clearance was good, but the method was hasty.
"After receiving Mr. Tran Ba Dinh's complaint, we held several meetings, but when discussing how to remedy the situation, we encountered obstacles related to mechanisms and authority," Mr. Thang said, adding that initially, the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district planned to handle the matter according to the guidelines in Decision No. 28 of the People's Committee of Nghe An province.
“The district has already dealt with the consequences of some cases where communes exchanged land with people according to Decision No. 28. Accordingly, a verification and inspection team will be formed to draw conclusions and then exchange land for the people. However, Mr. Dinh's case is problematic. The land exchange is not yet complete; the land exchange agreement was signed by the commune with the person Mr. Dinh asked to look after the land, not with the land owner. In addition, it was only a temporary exchange to an adjacent plot of land while waiting to find another location, and the specific destination has not been determined. Therefore, when we received Mr. Dinh's request for compensation land for resettlement, there was no mechanism to resolve it, so we were also confused,” Mr. Thang recounted, adding that after receiving instructions from the district authorities...Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee at the citizen reception session.In August 2023, the district and the People's Committee of An Hoa commune also held several meetings to find solutions to the problem.
Accordingly, the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district plans to develop a project, issue a decision to reclaim the land, and then compensate Mr. Dinh with resettlement land. "To resolve this in this way, the Provincial People's Council must issue a Resolution allowing the land reclamation, then submit the plan to the Provincial People's Committee for approval. Only then can the land be reclaimed and Mr. Dinh compensated and resettled. But the problem here is what kind of project to develop for land reclamation that the Provincial People's Council can approve," Mr. Thang said.
According to Mr. Thang, initially, Quynh Luu district considered establishing a project to expand the kindergarten in order to reclaim Mr. Dinh's land for compensation, but this was later rejected because the land is currently located within the traffic safety corridor.
“It was impossible to expand the kindergarten into the traffic safety corridor. So, we continued discussing the possibility of creating a land clearance project to expand the road. We also sent documents to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the Department of Transport for their opinions. But this project couldn't be implemented either because the responsibility for managing the road belongs to the Department of Transport, and besides, there was no mechanism in place and no identified funding source,” Mr. Thang recounted, adding that the matter had reached a deadlock.
The People's Committee of Quynh Luu district then had to consider the option of returning the land that the People's Committee of An Hoa commune had reclaimed from Mr. Tran Ba Dinh.
“In principle, whoever commits the act must bear the consequences. If the commune wrongly reclaimed the land, it must return it. Previously, I also proposed a solution of compensation, but the An Hoa Commune People's Committee said it was difficult because they lacked the funds. Therefore, the final solution was to return the reclaimed land. However, when the district came down to inspect the records to return the land, some details were unclear and lacked legal basis. So the District People's Committee issued a document requesting the commune to re-verify the origin of the land plot. But the commune was slow to process it, just waiting for the district,” said Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thang.
It's still not over.
Following numerous written requests from the District People's Committee,October 16thThe People's Committee of An Hoa commune has issued a document reporting the results of verifying the origin of this land plot. Accordingly, the People's Committee of An Hoa commune confirmed that in 1996, they allocated a 100m2 land plot to Mr. Dinh, after collecting 2 million VND which was deposited into the budget…
Regarding the handling of the case where the An Hoa Commune People's Committee reports that Mr. Dinh's land plot has a legal origin, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thang said that the district is requesting the Commune People's Committee to resolve two issues. These are: determining the value of Mr. Dinh's property that has been demolished; and negotiating compensation with Mr. Dinh. If no agreement is reached, the district will guide Mr. Dinh to file a lawsuit in court.
“The second issue is to clearly determine whether the previous expansion of the kindergarten affected Mr. Dinh's land plot. That is, is Mr. Dinh's 100 square meters of land currently located inside the kindergarten grounds or outside the fence? If it is outside the fence, then the boundaries must be restored and re-established to return it to Mr. Dinh. If it is already within the school grounds and cannot be cleared to return it to Mr. Dinh, then a report must be submitted to the Provincial People's Committee requesting a mechanism for state compensation in cash,” Mr. Thang said.
Previously, as Nghe An Newspaper reported...many articles reflectingDue to his parents' separation and remarriage, Mr. Tran Ba Dinh (55 years old) lived with his maternal grandparents since birth. In 1996, after leaving the military and returning to his hometown, he found his maternal grandparents had passed away. With no one to rely on, Mr. Dinh spent 2 million VND to buy a 100m2 plot of land from the An Hoa Commune People's Committee to live on and work as a barber. Not long after, due to difficulties in his work, Mr. Dinh went to the South to work, leaving the house and land to his cousin, Mr. Vo Ngoc Hung, to look after. In 2017, without notifying Mr. Dinh, the An Hoa Commune People's Committee still demanded that Mr. Hung demolish the house and reclaim the land to expand the kindergarten's grounds. At that time, there was an agreement between Mr. Hung and the Commune People's Committee to "exchange land to another location."
However, the local authorities did not grant the land as agreed. In 2019, upon returning to his hometown after many years, Mr. Dinh was shocked to find that his house was gone and his land had been confiscated. Since then, he has written dozens of complaint letters, but they remain unresolved.
