I hope Dinh Huong village is no longer deserted!
Dinh Huong village (Tam Dinh commune - Tuong Duong district) is located precariously on the mountainside, facing the Nam Non river, surrounded by forests and mountains on three sides. The whole village has more than 100 households, most of whom are poor. Young men go to pan for gold, work in the fields, women pick wild vegetables for meals, children roam around the village...
(NAO) -Dinh Huong village (Tam Dinh commune - Tuong Duong district) is located precariously on the mountainside, facing the Nam Non river, surrounded by forests and mountains on three sides. The whole village has more than 100 households, most of whom are poor. Young men go to pan for gold, work in the fields, women pick wild vegetables for meals, children roam around the village...
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Along with the lack of food and clothing, recently the number of students in the village dropping out of school has increased. This school year, at least 20 secondary school students have dropped out of school because the road to school is too difficult. Some of the luckier students have their parents send them to secondary school in Khe Bo, but because they are still young and have to stay at a boarding school, their studies are affected. Ms. Lo Thi Kim, whose son, Lo Manh Dung, is in secondary school, sadly said: "When he was in primary school, he was always an honor student. This year, he is in 6th grade. The school is all the way in Khe Bo, so every week he has to take a few days off to go home. He is no longer an honor student..."
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More than a year ago, when we heard that Dinh Huong would be one of five villages that had to be relocated because it was located in the reservoir of Khe Bo hydropower plant, all efforts to change our lives almost came to a standstill.
In a short time, thanks to the Khe Bo hydropower project, a concrete bridge will cross the river, and a road along the other side of the river will also be opened. Tuong Duong district, together with the hydropower project management board, is planning a resettlement area according to the on-site relocation plan, gradually consulting with the people, publicizing the items to be compensated, the value of compensation, signing commitments with the compensation documents... Mr. Vi Hoi - Vice Chairman of the district added: We are trying to help all people subject to relocation to soon stabilize their lives when they move to their new place. The important thing is to preserve the identity and soul of the Thai ethnic people in this area.
Article and photo: My Ha
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