Quynh Luu: Over 98% of petitions regarding 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 by 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 jurisdiction of the District People's Committee, including 79 land disputes and 443 cases with petitions and reflections. The District People's Committee directly received 44 citizens with 25 cases. Up to now, Quynh Luu has resolved 598/606 cases of complaints, denunciations, disputes, petitions and reflections under its jurisdiction, 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, People's Committee of Quynh Luu district said: The compensation policy changes frequently, causing difficulties in land acquisition and compensation. Regarding land prices and property prices, they are not uniform 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 of money 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. Regulations on land acquisition 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 problems in land recovery and compensation for site clearance. Photo by 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 problems in the work of 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 recovery and compensation for site clearance are due to previous history and lax land management in some communes, leading to land disputes.

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

Meanwhile, the apparatus that handles site clearance work concurrently affects the quality and efficiency of the implementation process. In addition, the difficulty leading to complaints and denunciations in site clearance work is resources, some projects do not have funds to compensate for site 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 related to land acquisition and compensation for site clearance were large, sensitive, difficult and complicated.

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 compensation prices publicly and transparently; strengthen dialogue with citizens in handling complaints and denunciations related to land acquisition, compensation for site clearance, etc.