Quynh Luu: Over 98% of petitions on land acquisition and compensation for site clearance have been resolved.

On the afternoon of September 11, Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation Tran Van Mao led a working delegation to work with Quynh Luu district on the implementation of the law on receiving citizens, handling complaints and denunciations related to land acquisition and compensation for site clearance to implement projects in the area. Photo: Thanh Le

From 2016 to June 2018, the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district reclaimed more than 1,796.9m²with 2,367 individual households affected to implement project 60 in the area.

Regarding the settlement of petitions, the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district has received 949 petitions with 606 cases under the authority of the People's Committee of the district, including 79 land disputes and 443 cases with recommendations and reflections. The People's Committee of the district directly received 44 citizens with 25 cases. Up to now, Quynh Luu has resolved 598/606 cases of complaints, denunciations, disputes, recommendations and reflections under its authority, reaching a rate of 98.68%, with 8 cases remaining unresolved.

Reflecting on the shortcomings in the land acquisition and compensation policies, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Ha - Head of the Economic Infrastructure Department, Quynh Luu District People's Committee said: The compensation policy changes frequently, causing difficulties in land acquisition and compensation. Regarding land prices and property prices, they are not consistent and change every year.

Mr. Ha cited the compensation for the Khe Lai Lake project with 400 hectares, but the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development only allocated 20 billion VND per year, with this amount only compensating 10 hectares. After a period of time, the compensation for land and crop assets changed in price between households receiving compensation before and after, causing complaints among households. "There should be a specialized organization to do the work of land acquisition and compensation. Regulations on land acquisition and compensation should be unified nationwide" - Mr. Ha suggested.

Ms. Hoang Thi Thu Trang - Director of the Provincial Civil Judgment Enforcement Department requested Quynh Luu district to clarify the causes, limitations, and obstacles in land recovery and compensation. Photo: Thanh Le

Speaking at the meeting, Director of the Provincial Civil Judgment Enforcement Department Hoang Thi Thu Trang suggested that Quynh Luu district should more clearly assess the causes of existence and difficulties in receiving people, handling petitions, complaints and denunciations related to land recovery and compensation for site clearance in order to propose appropriate solutions as well as make recommendations to the National Assembly, the Government and the province.

Clarifying the content of the concerns of the members of the monitoring delegation, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district Nguyen Van Quy said: The reasons leading to difficulties and limitations in the settlement of complaints and denunciations related to land acquisition and compensation for site clearance are due to previous history, loose land management in some communes, leading to land disputes.

One major factor affecting land acquisition and compensation is that market prices fluctuate frequently, while compensation prices for land acquisition and compensation are lower than market prices, causing difficulties in the implementation process.

Meanwhile, the apparatus that performs the land acquisition and clearance work concurrently affects the quality and efficiency of the implementation process. In addition, the difficulty leading to complaints and denunciations in the land acquisition and clearance work is resources, some projects do not have funds to compensate for land acquisition and clearance.

"In the coming time, the district will further enhance its responsibility in receiving people, handling complaints and denunciations; first of all, the leadership role of the Party Committee and the management and operation of authorities at all levels" - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district, Nguyen Van Quy, said.

Vice Chairman of Quynh Luu District People's Committee Nguyen Van Quy clarified the contents of the monitoring delegation's concern. Photo: Thanh Le

Concluding the meeting, Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation Tran Van Mao highly appreciated the settlement results reaching 98.68%, while the number of petitions and complaints was large, many of which were related to sensitive, difficult and complicated land acquisition and compensation.

Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation Tran Van Mao suggested that in the coming time, the locality should pay attention to strengthening State management in all fields, especially land, investment, construction, and finance; promote propaganda, dissemination and education of law, and raise the sense of responsibility of each cadre, party member and people.

Quynh Luu district also needs to strengthen the inspection of the responsibility for handling complaints and denunciations; review and resolve 8 outstanding cases. Implement the correct procedures, deadlines, and public and transparent compensation prices; strengthen dialogue with citizens in handling complaints and denunciations related to land acquisition, compensation for site clearance, etc.