VIE: Power Transmission Investment Program - Tranche 3 · transformer for 500kV Cau Bong Substation...

Social Monitoring Report

Project No. 42039-036

Loan No. 3374

Semiannual Report

January to June 2019 (First Semiannual of 2019)

October 2019

VIE: Power Transmission Investment Program -

Tranche 3

THE FOURTH SEMI-ANNUAL RESETTLEMENT MONITORING REPORT

COVERING THE FOLLOWING SUBPROJECTS:

(i) 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line

(ii) 500kV Duc Hoa Substation and connections

(iii) Installation of the second transformer of 220kV Vung Tau substation

Prepared by Le Duc Huy, external monitor, for the South Power Projects Management Board (SPMB) to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Semi-Annual resettlement monitoring report (Jan-June 2019)

Prepared by Le Duc Huy, external monitor, for the South Power Projects Management Board (SCPMB) to the

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

1 Subprojects of (i) Installation of second transformer for 220kV Tra Vinh Substation (ii) Installation of second transformer for 220kV Uyen Hung Substation (iii) Installation of second transformer for 220kV Vung Tau Substation (iv) Installation of second transformer for 500kV Cau Bong Substation have been completed and put into operation without arising effect. CAP for these subprojects presented in the third monitoring report shows the compliance of the project. Therefore, CAP for the four subprojects will be not presented in the fifth monitoring report.

ELECTRICAL TERMINOLOGY

kV (kilovolt) 1,000 volts

MW (Megawatt) 1,000 kW

MVA (Megavolt-ampere) 1,000 kVA

Transmission System 500 kV, 220 kV, 110 kV lines

Medium Voltage Distribution (MV) 35 kV, 22 kV or 10 kV lines supplying distribution substations

Low Voltage Distribution (LV) 400/230 V distribution and service lines

Load Factor Ratio of average power demand to maximum power demand

Electrical Losses Difference between energy delivered and energy sent out

REMARKS

In this report, "$" refers to US dollars.

This social monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature.

In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.




CONTENTS

CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................... 3

LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................. 4

ANNEXES ........................................................................................................................ 4

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................... 5

1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 8

1.1. General introduction on project .............................................................................. 8

1.1.1. MFF Power Transmission Investment Program ...................................................... 8

1.1.2. Tranche 03 Overview ............................................................................................. 8

1.2. Brief subproject description and impact .................................................................. 9

1.3. External monitoring of RP/DDR .............................................................................13

1.3.1. Objective of external monitoring ............................................................................13

1.3.2. Tasks of the consultant .........................................................................................13

1.3.3. Indicator of external monitoring .............................................................................14

1.3.4. Monitoring methodology ........................................................................................16

2. MONITORING RESULT ........................................................................................16

2.1. Project implementation progress ...........................................................................16

2.2. Overview of implementation progress of RP/DDR .................................................17

2.2.1. Internal monitoring ................................................................................................29

2.2.2. Information disclosure and public consultation ......................................................29

2.2.3. DMS ......................................................................................................................31

2.2.4. Establishment of Compensation plan ....................................................................33

2.2.5. Payment of compensation .....................................................................................34

2.2.6. Relocation and site clearance ...............................................................................41

2.2.7. Income and livelihood restoration program ............................................................43

2.2.8. Grievance settlement ............................................................................................43

2.2.9. Compliance with civil works plan ...........................................................................48

2.2.10. Review of the monitoring indicators ................................................................48

3. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................................49

3.1. Conclusions ..........................................................................................................49

3.2. Recommendation ..................................................................................................51

4. PLAN FOR THE NEXT MONITORING MISSION ..................................................58

5. ANNEX..................................................................................................................59




LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. Summary of the implementation progress of uRP/DDR ........................................... 9

Table 2. Summary of permanently acquired land area in subprojects (Basing on Resettlemet

Plan/Updated Resettlement plan) ............................................................................... 10

Table 3. Number of affected households under various effects in each subproject by the

fourth and fifth monitoring ............................................................................................. 12

Table 4. Total number of households having assets affected by subprojects by the fourth

and fifth monitoring ....................................................................................................... 12

Table 5: Indicators for Verification by External Experts ....................................................... 14

Table 6. Progress of contract award and construction of packages ..................................... 16

Table 7. The implementation status of uRP in subprojects .................................................. 18

Table 8. The implementation status of uRP in subprojects by monitoring mission ............... 27

Table 9. Information on the information dissemination meetings .......................................... 30

Table 10. Results of consultation in the first six months of 2019 .......................................... 30

Table 11. Number of seversely affected households and relocated households of subprojects

..................................................................................................................................... 33

Table 12. Summary of compensation amount and compensation payment progress in

subprojects ................................................................................................................... 35

Table 13. Progress of relocation and resettlement in subprojects ....................................... 41

Table 14. Status of redressing grievance and complaint of people ...................................... 43

Table 15. Remaining issues and recommendation by IMC for each subproject... sentencee 53

ANNEXES

Annex 1. Template of public listing of compensation plan (attached file) ............................. 59

Annex 2. Form of DMS minutes of affected households (attached file) ................................ 62

Annex 3: List of affected households received advance payment by the contractors and the

client .................................................................................................................................... 65

Annex 4: The form of detail compensation plan of households ............................................ 66

Annex 5: List of relocated households of Vung Tau Substation ............................................ 68

Annex 6: List of households recieved compensation amount ............................................... 69

Annex 7: Minute of compensation for construction, commitment minutes for proposing prior

construction of pole foundation, minutes of acceptance and returning the site to the

construction unit under 500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection lines (attached file) ...... 71

Annex 8: Template of grievance by project affected people under 500kV Duc Hoa substation

and connection lines (attached file) ...................................................................................... 72




ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ADB Asian Development Bank

AHs Affected households

APs Affected persons

CPC Commune People’s Committee

DCARC District Compensation, Assistance and Resettlement Committee

DDR Due Diligence Report

DMS Detailed measurement survey

DPC District Peoples Committee

DPs Displaced persons

EA Executing agency

EMC External monitoring consultant

GOV Government of Viet Nam

HHs Households

IA Implementing agency

IOL Inventory of losses

Km Kilometer

kV Kilovolt

LFDC Land Foundation Development Centre

LURC Land use right certificate

MOC Ministry of Construction

MOLISA Ministry of Labor, Invalid and Social Affairs

MONRE Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

m² Square meter

MFF Multi-Tranche Financing Facility

NPT National Power Transmission Corporation

PECC3 Power Engineering Consulting Joint Stock Company 3

PIB Public Information Booklet

PICs Project Implementation Consultants

PMU Project management unit

PPC Provincial People’s Committee

RCS Replacement cost study

REMDP Resettlement Ethnic Minority Development Plan

ROW Right Of Way

RP Resettlement Plan

SPPMB Southern Vietnam Power Project Management Board

SES Socio Economic Survey

SPS Safeguard Policy Statements

SR2 Safeguard Requirements 2 (in SPS)

TA Technical assistance

TL Transmission line




VND Vietnam Dong (Vietnamese Currency)




ELECTRICAL TERMINOLOGY

kV (kilovolt) 1,000 volts

MW (Megawatt) 1,000 kW

MVA (Megavolt-ampere) 1,000 kVA

Transmission System 500 kV, 220 kV, 110 kV lines

Medium Voltage Distribution 35 kV, 22 kV or 10 kV lines supplying distribution

substations (MV)

Low Voltage Distribution (LV) 400/230 V distribution and service lines

Load Factor Ratio of average power demand to maximum power demand

Electrical Losses Difference between energy delivered and energy sent out

REMARKS

In this report, "$" refers to US dollars.

This social monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not

necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be

preliminary in nature.

In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of

or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development

Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.




1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. General introduction on project

1.1.1. MFF Power Transmission Investment Program

1. Electricity Viet Nam (EVN) is developing transmission networks and substations in Viet Nam to support economic growth and ensure access to a reliable supply of electricity throughout the country. The Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam hopes to connect 90% of the population to electricity by 2020, and provide 100% coverage by 2025. The Master Plan for Power Development of Viet Nam No. VII for the 2011-2020 period includes a program for development of transmission lines and substations, provision of meters, and rehabilitation of urban and rural low voltage distribution networks.

2. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is co-financing the Power Transmission Investment Program (PTIP) through a Multi-Tranche Financing Facility (MFF). The PTIP will enhance the capacity of the transmission network to balance power loads in northern, central, and southern Viet Nam. It will (i) expand the electricity transmission infrastructure by constructing and upgrading 500 kilovolt (kV) and 220 kV transmission lines (TLs) and associated substations; (ii) improve the operational effectiveness and efficiency of the NPT; and (iii) support the implementation of the investment program. The expected total number of MFF tranches is 4.

3. The National Power Transmission Corporation (NPT) is the PTIP Executing Agency (EA). The Northern Power Project Management Board (NPMB) is the Implementing Agency (IA) for the subprojects in northern Viet Nam; the Central Power Project Management Board (CPMB) is the IA for the subproject in central Viet Nam; and the Southern Power Project Management Board (SPMB) is the IA for subprojects in southern Viet Nam.

1.1.2. Tranche 03 Overview

4. Tranche 03 consists of 09 subprojects as following:

(i) 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line

(ii) 500kV Duc Hoa substation and connections

(iii) Installation of the second transformer of 220kV Duc Hoa Substation

(iv) Installation of the second transformer of 500kV Cau Bong Substation.

(v) Installation of the second transformer of 220kV Trà Vinh Substation

(vi) Installation of the second transformer of 220kV Uyen Hung Substation

(vii) Installation of the second transformer of 220kV Vung Tau Substation.

(viii) 500kV Chon Thanh Substation

(ix) 500kV Binh Long – Tay Ninh transmission line

5. Owner of project: The National Power Transmission Corporation (NPT) is the executive agency for the 09 subprojects. The Central Power Projects Management Board (CPPMB) is the implementing agency for the two subprojects of 220kV Binh Long – Tay Ninh TL and 500kV Chon Thanh substation and the remaining 07 subprojects will be implemented by The Southern Power Projects Management Board (SPMB). Until now, subprojects of installation of the second transformer of 220kV Duc Hoa substation, installation of the second transformer of 500kV Cau Bong substation, installation of the second transformer of 220kV Tra Vinh substation, installation of the second transformer of 220kV Uyen Hung substation and installation of the second transformer of 220kV Vung Tau substation have been completed construction and put into use in which four subprojects have been completed construction and only the subproject of installation of the second transformer of 220kV Vung Tau substation has been not completed compensation and site clearance. Therefore, this report only mentions to three subprojects implemented by SPMB, including the 500kV Duc




Hoa substation and connection line and 500 kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line and the subproject of installation of the second transformer of 220kV Vung Tau substation.

1.2. Brief subproject description and impact

6. SPMB implements seven subprojects under the Tranche 3 with eight safeguard planning documents approved by ADB in 2015 during the stage of preparing feasibility study (FS). The documents include four resettlement plans under three subprojects [(500kV Duc Hoa substation and its connection line; installation of second transformer in 220 kV Vung Tau substation; 500kV My Tho - Duc Hoa Transmission Line (section passing Long An Province)]; 500kV My Tho - Duc Hoa Transmission Line (section passing Tien Giang Province) and five due diligence reports (DDRs) under four subprojects (220kV Tra Vinh substation, installation of second transformer in 220 kV Uyen Hung substation, installation of second transformer in 500 kV Cau Bong substation and installation of second transformer in 220kV Duc Hoa substation).

7. According to updated Resettlement Plans (uRPs) of 500kV Duc Hoa substation and 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line, section passing Districts of Duc Hoa, Thu Thua, Thanh Hoa and Ben Luc approved by ADB in May 2019 and Due Diligence Reports (DDRs) established for subprojects and approved by ADB in March and May 2015 and information provided by District Construction and Investment Project Management Board of Long An province (Table 1), Land Fund Development and Project Management Unit of districts of Tien Giang and Land Fund Development Center Vung Tau provinces, the scope impact of the subprojects is on the territory of six provinces/cities (including Ho Chi Minh, Long An, Tra Vinh, Binh Duong, Tien Giang and Ba Ria Vung Tau) with 11 districts and 30 communes/wards/towns. The Summary of impacts in subprojects are described in the table 1 below:

Table 1. Summary of the implementation progress of uRP/DDR

Subproject Doument in FS

stage

Document during implementation

Approved is being prepared

500kV Duc Hoa substation RP

uRP

500kV Duc Hoa connection line uRP 500kV My Tho - Duc Hoa Transmission Line (section passing Long An Province)

RP uRP

500kV My Tho - Duc Hoa Transmission Line (section passing Tien Giang Province)

RP uRP

installation of second transformer in 220 kV Vung Tau substation

RP DDR RP/DDR Addendum

220kV Tra Vinh substation DDR DDR

installation of second transformer in 220 kV Uyen Hung substation

DDR DDR

installation of second transformer in 500 kV Cau Bong substation

DDR DDR

installation of second transformer in 220kV Duc Hoa substation

DDR DDR

Table 2. Summary of permanently acquired land area in subprojects (Basing on Resettlemet Plan/Updated Resettlement plan)

No.

Projec/Subproject Location Type of safeguard document

Permanently Affected Area

(m2))

Affected Households

(AH)

Number of Affected Persons

(AH)

Organization Province

Commune/Ward

I 500kV Duc Hoa Substation and connection lines RP 1.740.406,3 3,245 13,346 01

Long An Province 1.740.406,3 1,718 6893 01

1 Duc Hoa substation 142.369,10 31 132 01

Duc Hoa 142.369,10 31 132 01

Hoa Khanh Dong

142.369,10 31 132 01

2 Connection lines 1.544.837 1,527 6453 0

2.1 Duc Hoa 80.774.620 1,034 4136 0

Hoa Khanh Dong

NA NA NA

01

Hoa Khanh Nam NA NA NA 0

Hoa Khanh Tay NA NA NA 0

Duc Hoa town NA NA NA 0

Duc Hoa Thuong

NA NA NA

0

My Hạnh Nam NA NA NA 0

Tan Phu NA NA NA 0

Hau Nghia Town NA NA NA 0

Tan My NA NA NA 0

Huu Thạnh NA NA NA 0

2..2 Ben Luc 53,200.20 493 2317 0

Thạnh Lợi NA NA NA 0

Thạnh HOA NA NA NA 0

Binh Duc NA NA NA 0

Thạnh Duc NA NA NA 0

II Installation of the second Transformer for 500kV Cau Bong Substation

DDR 239.474,17 120 480

1

Ho Chi Minh city 239.474,17 120 480 1

1 Cu Chi 239.474,17 120 480 1

Tan Phu Trung 239.474,17 120 480 1


Prepared by Le Duc Huy, external monitor, for the South Power Projects Management Board (SCPMB) to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)

III 500kV My Tho - Duc Hoa Transmission line Cu Chi 969 4585 9

Tien Giang RP 23.639,40 542 2710 7

Chau Thanh 6.441,50 206 1030 0

Diem Hy 4.595,0 146 730 1

Nhi Binh 1.846,5 72 300 1

Tan Phuoc 17.197,90 336 1680 0

Phuoc Lap 4.930,3 124 620 2

My Phuoc 4.005,3 84 370 1

Hung Thanh 3.445,3 73 310 1

Tan Hoa Dong 4.817,0 76 380 1

Long An RP 914.041,00 427 1875 2

1 Thanh Hoa 195.614,10 69 315 0

Tan Tay 195.614,10 69 315 0

2 Thu Thua 396.170,20 131 620 1

Long Thuan 389.185,2 131 611 0

Tan Lap 3.985 1 5 1

3 Ben Luc 213.441,20 143 686 0

Thanh Loi 213.441,20 143 686 0

4 Duc Hoa 108.815,50 84 395 0

Huu Thanh 91.975.006 71 334 0

Hoa Khanh Dong

16.840.494 13 61 1

Source: According to data provided by Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc districts, Tien Giang province; Construction and Investment Management Board of Thu Thua, Thanh Hoa, Ben

Luc and Duc Hoa districts and the draft of updated resettlement plan of Duc Hoa, Ben Luc, Thanh Hoa and Thu Thua districts.

Subprojects of (i) Installation of second transformer for 220kV Tra Vinh Substation (ii) Installation of second transformer for 220kV Uyen Hung Substation (iii) Installation of second transformer for 220kV Vung Tau Substation (iv) Installation of second transformer for 500kV Cau Bong Substation have been completed and put into operation without arising effect. CAP for these subprojects presented in the third monitoring report shows the compliance of the project. Therefore, CAP for the four subprojects will be not presented in the fourth monitoring report.

8. According to the summary in Table 2, there are 4,4499 households and 13 organizations being affected by land acquisition (not including households being affected by ROW, these households will be updated in monitoring reports when the DMS result is available). The project affects 3,050,050 m² of various types of land and assets on land. The affected quantity has been updated in detail in the monitoring report basing on the implementation progress of the project and compensation and site clearance progress as of the monitoring in 6/2019.

Table 3. Number of affected households under various effects in each subproject by the fourth and fifth monitoring

No.

Subprojects Number of affected

households

Number of severely affected

households

Number of vulnerable households

1 500kV substation and connection line

1.1 500kV substation By the fourth monitoring 31 households and

one organization 26 0

By the fifth monitoring 31 households and one organization

26 0

1.2 Connection line

By the fourth monitoring 1,687 0 0 By the fifth monitoring 1,527 0 0

3 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line

By the fourth monitoring 970 households and


By the fifth monitoring 969 households and


3 Installation of the second transformer of 220kV Vung Tau substation

By the fourth monitoring 92 15 0 By the fifth monitoring 15 0

Table 4. Total number of households having assets affected by subprojects by the fourth and fifth monitoring

1 500kV substation and connection line

1.1 500kV substation By the fourth monitoring 5 By the fifth monitoring 5

1.2 Connection lines By the fourth monitoring NA By the fifth monitoring NA 2 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line

By the fourth monitoring 42 By the fifth monitoring 42

3 Installation of the second transformer of 220kV Vung Tau




substation By the fourth monitoring 15 By the fifth monitoring 15

1.3. External monitoring of RP/uRP/DDR

1.3.1. Objective of external monitoring

9. The main objective of external monitoring is to provide an independent periodic review and assessment of the subproject’s: (i) achievement of resettlement objectives; (ii) changes in living standards and livelihoods of affected persons (APs); (iii) restoration and/or improvement of the economic and social conditions of the APs; (iv) effectiveness and sustainability of entitlements; and (v) the need for further mitigation measures.

10. In the fifth monitoring, the consultant has focused on discussion with SPMB on the overall progress of the project, progress of implementing compensation, site clearance and bid award. Simultaneously, the consultant also reviewed the implementation of remaining issues, recommendations in the first/second, third and fourth monitoring and remaining issues in the implementation of RP/uRP/DDR found in the fifth monitoring. Monitoring activities were carried out from 1st July 2019 to 5th July 2019 and Covering activities from 1-6/2019.

1.3.2. Tasks of the consultant

11. The external monitoring expert has undertaken the following specific tasks as outlined below:

(i) Review the internal monitoring result on the implementation of RP/uRP/DDR

(ii) Review the implementation of RP/uRP/DDR, especially proposed CAP, which has been approved by ADB.

(iii) Verify the process of the detailed measurement survey and determine whether activities are carried out in a participatory and transparent manner.

(iv) Determine the level of participation of affected people in the updating and implementation of RP/uRP/DDR.

(v) Determine whether payment of compensation and allowances are provided at full replacement cost in a timely manner to all affected people as approved in the RP/uRP/DDRs.

(vi) Determine whether public consultations and awareness programs have been conducted as approved in the RP/uRP/DDRs.

(vii) Verify whether the implementation of resettlement activities is well coordinated with the civil works schedule of each subproject.

(viii) Verify the land acquisition and land transfer procedures.

(ix) Verify the level of satisfaction of affected people with the provisions and implementation of the RP/uRP/DDRs.

(x) Assess the adequacy of the Grievance Redress Mechanism (documentation, process, and resolution).

(xi) Determine the effectiveness, impact, and sustainability of entitlements and income restoration programs and the need for further improvement and mitigation measures.




(xii) Assess the capacity of affected people to restore livelihoods and living standards with special attention to be given to severely affected people and vulnerable groups including female headed households and ethnic minorities.

(xiii) Assess whether there are any impacts on the host communities with regards to gender, HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, and human trafficking.

(xiv) Assess whether any resettlement impacts are incurred during construction activities.

(xv) Assess the institutional capacity of NPT and SPMB with regards to the implementation, internal monitoring and reporting resettlement and compensation activities and recommend appropriate measures to enhance identified capacity gaps.

(xvi) Prepare and submit detailed monitoring reports on a semiannual basis. The reports will describe in detail the findings, including (a) progress of RP/uRP/DDRs implementation, including any deviations from the provisions in the RP/uRP/DDRs; (b) identification of issues and recommended solutions for improvement and resolving issues; (c) identification of specific issues related to gender, and other vulnerable groups; (d) reporting on progress of resolving issues and problems identified in previous reports; (e) reporting on good practices on the implementation of RP/uRP/DDR.

(xvii) Preparation and submission of a detailed resettlement monitoring completion monitoring report within 6 months from the time of completing resettlement activities for each subproject.

1.3.3. Indicator of external monitoring

12. The monitoring indicators are presented in the table below:

Table 5: Indicators for Verification by External Experts

Monitoring Indicator Basis for Indicator

Basic information on displaced

persons’ households

(Gender disaggregated data

essential for all aspects)

Location of the project Composition and structure, ages, educational, and

skill levels Gender of household head

Access to health, education, utilities, and other social services

Housing type Land and other resource-owning and resource-

using patterns

Occupations and employment patterns Income sources and levels Agricultural production data (for rural households) Participation in neighborhood or community groups Access to cultural sites and events Valuation of all assets

Restoration of living standards

Were house compensation payments made free of depreciation, fees, or transfer costs to the displaced persons?

Have displaced persons adopted the housing options developed?

Have perceptions of community been restored? Have displaced persons achieved replacement of

key social and cultural elements?




Monitoring Indicator Basis for Indicator

Restoration of livelihoods

(Disaggregate data for

displaced persons moving to

group resettlement sites, self-

relocating displaced persons,

displaced persons with

enterprises affected)

Were compensation payments free of deductions for depreciations, fees, or transfer costs to the displaced persons?

Were compensation payments sufficient to replace lost assets?

Was sufficient replacement land available of suitable standard?

Did income substitution allow for reestablishment of enterprises and production?

Have affected enterprises received sufficient assistance to reestablish themselves?

Have vulnerable groups been provided income-earning opportunities?

Are these opportunities effective and sustainable? Do jobs provided restore pre-project income levels

and living standards?

Levels of displaced persons’

satisfaction

How much do the displaced persons know about resettlement procedures and entitlements?

Do the displaced persons know their entitlements? Do they know whether these have been met? How do the displaced persons assess the extent to

which their own living standards and livelihoods have been restored?

How much do the displaced persons know about grievance procedures and conflict resolution procedures?

Effectiveness of resettlement

planning

Were the displaced persons and their assets correctly enumerated?

Was the time frame and budget sufficient to meet objectives, were there institutional constraints?

Were entitlements too generous? Were vulnerable groups identified and assisted? How did resettlement implementers deal with

unforeseen problems?




1.3.4. Monitoring methodology

13. The consultancy has used the following methods to monitor and evaluate:

- Meeting with the SPMU and ADB on the progress of implementing compensation, assistance and resettlement, especially the subprojects of (i) 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line; and (ii) 500kV Duc Hoa Substation and connection line and (iii) 220kV Vung Tau substation and 110kV connection line.

- Collection of reports on the project implementation progress, compensation and site clearance progress, status of award of contract;

- Review of internal reports on the implementation of RP/uRP/DDR, review of compensation dossier/document and data kept at SPMB.

- Discussion with SPMB on: (i) the general process of the project; (ii) the process of implementing award of contract, compensation and site clearance; (iii) status of implementing remaining issues recommended in the second monitoring; (iv) grievance and status of redressing the grievances (if any);

- Discussion with Construction Investment Management Board and Land Fund Development Unit/ Land Fund Development Center and Project Management Unit on: (i) process of implementing compensation and site clearance; (ii) advantage and disadvantage during the implementation process; (iii) checking of compensation dossier/document and collection of document; (iv) grievance and status of redressing the grievances (if any);

- Field survey at substations of (500kV Duc Hoa and connection line and 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line); discussion with staffs of substations, Construction Investment Management Board and Land Fund Development Unit/ Land Fund Development Center and Project Management Unit on the implementation status of compensation as well as site clearance including general progress, implementation of community consultation, DMS/SES, RCS, establishment of compensation plan, publication of draft of compensation plan and status of updating RP/uRP and implementation of CAP; discussion with leaders of villages and interview with affected households by 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line and 500 Kv Duc Hoa substation and connection line on the disseminated information, opinions of affected persons, the accuracy of DMS data, the participation in the DMS process of affected people, the time of receiving compensation amount and handing over the site in comparison with the time of commencement, compensation unit price and the impact level of livelihood/income, the possibility of relocation of households, status of households under vulnerable groups, archiving of DMS document and project documents of households. 22 households have been interviewed in which there are 17 households under relocation households have received compensation amount without complaints, 02 households under relocation households have not received compensation amount with complaints and 03 households have complained about compensation and site clearance of the project.

2. MONITORING RESULT

2.1. Project implementation progress

14. The implementation progress of subprojects under management of SPMB as of the fifth monitoring is summarized in table below:

Table 6. Progress of contract award and construction of packages

# Name of Contract information Estimated Remarks




packages Contractor/Supplier Name Date

Completion

(months)

Progress of civil

works (%)

1

MTDH-W08 Lot 1: Construction of transmission line 500kV My Tho-Duc Hoa (six communes in two districts of Tien Giang province)

- Joint Venture between Song Da No 11 Joint Stock Company - Installation and Electric Construction Joint Stock Company and Installation Joint Stock Company

17 /2/ 2017

18 55%

Construction activity has been stopped because

uRP of Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc districts of Tien

Giang province has been not approved

2

MTDH-W08 Lot 2: Construction of transmission line 500kV My Tho-Duc Hoa (six communes in four districts of Long An province)

- Joint Venture Power Construction Joint Stock Company No 1 - Viet Nam Electricity Construction Joint Stock Corporation - Pacific Joint Stock Company (Joint Venture PCC1-VNECO-Thai Binh Duong)

20/1/2017

18 55%

The construction activities have

carried out in the poles which the

compensation has been conducted to

affected households

3

500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection lines

-

500kV Duc Hoa substation

- VNECO - - 10%

220kV connection line No.1

- IEC, RECO, INCO

- - 9%

220kV connection line No.2

- VNECO, SD11 - - 15%

500kV Transmission line

- Licogy - - 0%

4

ST-W02: Construction and expansion of substations of 220kV Vung Tau, Tra Vinh, Duc Hoa, Uyen Hung

- LICOGI 16 Electric Construction Joint Stock Company and LICOGI 16 Joint Stock Company

28/12/2016

12 100%

2.2. Overview of implementation progress of RP/uRP/DDR

15. The implementation progress of RP/uRP/DDR as of 6/2019 is summarized as follows:

(i) 500kV Duc Hoa Substation (Duc Hoa district, Long An) and connection lines

(ii) 500kV My Tho-Duc Hoa transmission line (the section in Duc Hoa district);

(iii) 500kV My Tho-Duc Hoa transmission line (the section in Thu Thua district);

(iv) 500kV My Tho-Duc Hoa transmission line (the section in Thach Hoa district);

(v) 500kV My Tho-Duc Hoa transmission line (section passing Ben Luc district).

(vi) 220kV Vung Tau substation and 110kV connection line.

Table 7. The implementation status of uRP in subprojects

No. Subproje

ct

Implementation

Remarks Information

disclosure DMS SES RCS

Prepare Compensation

plan

Disclosure compensati

on plan

Compensation/ assistance payment

Handover of land

1 500kV Duc Hoa substation and connections (the draft of RP was approved by ADB in 6/2015. uRP for 500kV Duc Hoa Substation was approved by ADB in May 2019)

Fourth monitoring

Implemented

- Substation: Completed on 5th June

2017 - 500kV

connection line:

Completed 306/453

households - 220kV

connection line No. 1: Completed

356/508 households - 220kV


24/88 households

Completed the

substation and being implemen

ted connectio

n lines

Implemented

Completed the substation and

being implemented

connection lines

Completed the

substation

- Substation: Conducted

payment to 30/31 households in

which 29 households fully

received compensation amount, one

household received advance payment with the amount of

VND 2 billion - Not yet

implemented connection lines

- Substation: 30/31

households/organizations

handed over the site

- Connection line: Not yet handed over

the site

Fifth monitoring

Implemented

- Substation: completed

on 5/6/2017 - 500kV

connection line:

completed 452/455

households - 220kV

Completed the

substation and being implemen

ted connectio

n lines

Implemented

Completed the substation. For

connection lines, compensation

plan of households is

being submitted for approval and

the DMS has been carried out.

Completed the

substation. It has been

carried out meeting to publicize

compensation plan for

connection

Subproject: completed compensation payment for 32/32 households/organizations Connection lines: not yet implemented compensation

- Subproject: 32/32

households/organizations

have handed over the site - Connection lines: not yet handed over

the site



No. Subproje

ct

Implementation

Remarks Information



plan


on plan


Handover of land

connection line No. 1: completed 497/508

households - 220kV


80/82 households

It is expected to be approved in

8/2019

lines in 6/2019

payment due to not yet approved compensation plan

because it has been not

conducted compensation

payment to households.

2 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line (draft RP was approved by ADB in 6/2015. uRP for districts of Duc Hoa, Thu Thua, Thanh Hoa and Ben Luc has been approved by ADB in May 2019)

The fourth monitoring

Conducted meeting to

disseminate information in all communes

Implemented in all

communes of Chau Thanh

district for 206 HHs

(15/8/2018), Tan Phuoc district for 336 HHs

(30/8/2018), Thạnh Hoa

district for 67 HHs

(30/10/2017), Thu Thua district for

131 HHs (01 organization) (15/7/2017),

Implemented

Implemented

- Long An: compensation plan has been approved in

districts including Thu Thua, Thanh

Hoa and Duc Hoa. In Ben Luc

district, It has been not

established compensation

plan. - In Tien Giang: it

has been completed DMS, being applied unit

price, not yet established

compensation plan in project

districts including

- Long An: It has been publicized

compensation plan in

districts of Thu Thua, Thanh Hoa

and Duc Hoa

- Not yet publicized

compensation plan in Ben Luc district

because it has been

not established

the plan. - Tien

- Long An: It has been conducted compensation payment for a

number of affected households in Thu Thua, Thanh Hoa districts. In Ben

Luc and Duc Hoa district, it has been

not conducted compensation

payment. It has been conducted a part of advance payment for 38

households being affected by pole

foundation in which it has conducted

advance payment to 32 out of 146

All of the 294 households,

which received compensation

amount in Long An

province, have handed over

the site. All 58

households which received

advance payment for

districts of Ben Luc, Duc Hoa

(Long An province),

Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc

(Tien Giang province) in



No. Subproje

ct

Implementation

Remarks Information



plan


on plan


Handover of land

Duc Hoa for 84 HHs

(20/7/2017) and Ben Luc (10/9/2017

for 114 HHs out of 146 HHs. It is

being continued to carrying out

DMS for 129 HHs)

Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc

Giang: not yet

publicized compensatio

n plan in districts

affected households in Ben Luc district and 6 out of 84 affected households in Duc

Hoa district. - Tien Giang: It has

been not conducted

compensation payment because it

has been not established

compensation plan in districts.

However, as mentioned in the

previous reports, it has been

conducted advance payment for 15

affected households by pole foundation. (Chau Thanh 11 Ahs out of 218 Ahs, Tan

Phuoc 4 Ahs out of 357 Ahs). The

advance amount of each household is

based on DMS minutes and it

applied preliminary price of households

by construction

four districts have handed over the site.



No. Subproje

ct

Implementation

Remarks Information



plan


on plan


Handover of land

unit. After that, when

compensation plan is approved, the construction unit will refer to actual

compensation amount of

households in accordance with

the approved compensation plan

to pay back the advance amount.

Because the advance amount is

based on the preliminary

compensation plan, the advance

amount is relatively equivalent to the

actual compensation

amount in accordance with

the policy framework of the

project. The advance

payment has been stopped since the fourth monitoring

time, no additional advance payment



No. Subproje

ct

Implementation

Remarks Information



plan


on plan


Handover of land

has been done in the fifth monitoring

time.

Fifth monitoring

Implemented in all

communes

Implemented in all

communes of Thanh Hoa

district (30/10/2017),

Thu Thua (15/7/2017),

Duc Hoa (20/7/2017) and Ben Luc (10/9/2017). Districts of Tien Giang including:

Chau Thanh on

15/8/2018, Tan Phuoc

on 30/8/2018. However, it is currently re-

submitted the price unit

plan, it will be re-reviewed

the DMS result. It is

expected to be completed

in Chau Thanh ditsrict

Implemented

Implemented

- Long An: compensation plan has been approved for all districts, including Thu Thua, Thanh Hoa, Duc Hoa and Ben Luc.

- Tien Giang: It is being carried out review of DMS result and compensation plan has been established. It is expected to submit the compensation plan in October 2019

- Long An: it has been publicized compensation plan in all project districts, including Thu Thua, Thanh Hoa, Duc Hoa and Ben Luc. - Tien Giang: the compensation plan is expected to be publicized in September and October 2019

- Long An: Thu Thua district: it has been conducted compensation payment for 131 affected households in January 2019. And one organization is being completed dossier to receive compensation amount. It is tentively pay the compensation for the organization in quater 4, 2019. Thanh Hoa district: It has been conducted compensation payment for 56/69 households in 2018. 13 households approved in the compensation plan have complained that the compensation unit price is low and

All 4704/1,001 households

have received compensation

amount at 500kV My Tho

– Duc Hoa transmission

line and 500kV Duc Hoa

substation All 53 households

received advance payment

have handed over the site. The time of

land handover in each district are as follow: In Long An: Thu Thua

1/2019; Thanh Hoa 12/2018;

Duc Hoa 3/2019; Ben Luc 7/2019.

For household received advance payment:



No. Subproje

ct

Implementation

Remarks Information



plan


on plan


Handover of land

before 20/8/2019 and in Tan

Phuoc district before

30/9/2019.

complained about effect due to construction. The households have not agreed to receive compensation. Duc Hoa district: It has been conducted compensation payment for 39/84 households in March 2019 in which Huu Thanh commune conducted compensation payment for 13/13 affected households, Hoa Khanh Dong commune conducted compensation payment for 21/71 affected households. The remaining households have not received compensation because there are 50 households having complaint

In Tien Giang: Chau Thanh

and Tan Phuoc 6/2017.

Tin Long An: Ben Luc and

Duc Hoa 5/2019.



No. Subproje

ct

Implementation

Remarks Information



plan


on plan


Handover of land

about unit price, 11 households having complaint about the adjustment of land or about 10 households living far from thier hometown therefore, they cannot come to receive compensation. Ben Luc district: conducted compensation payment for 87/143 affected households in July 2019. The remaining households have not received compensation due to having complaint about unit price. - Tien Giang province: not yet conducted compensation payment because it is in the process of establishing compensation plan in districts.



No. Subproje

ct

Implementation

Remarks Information



plan


on plan


Handover of land

However, as mentioned in two monitoring reports 2018, the construction unit has conducted advance payment for 15 households affected by pole foundation (11 out of 218 households in Chau Thanh, 4 out of 357 households in Tan Phuoc). The advance amount of each household is based on the DMS minutes and applying p preliminary unit price by construction unit. After that, when the compensation plan is approved, the construction unit will refer to the actual compensation amount of households in accordance with the approved compensation plan



No. Subproje

ct

Implementation

Remarks Information



plan


on plan


Handover of land

to acquire the advance amount. By the fifth monitoring time (7/2019), there is no arising affected household which receive advance payment due to being affected by pole foundation.



Table 8. The implementation status of uRP in subprojects by monitoring mission

Subproject DMS SES RCS Compensation plan Disclose

Compensation plan Payment Handover

500kV Duc Hoa substation and connections

fouth monito

ring

fith monitori

ng

fouth monitori

ng

fith monito

ring

fouth monitori

ng

fith monito

ring

fouth monitorin

g

fith monitori

ng

fouth monitorin

g

fith monitorin

g

fouth monitori

ng

fith monitorin

g

fouth monitori

ng

fith monitorin

g

Substation Completed

Completed

Completed

Completed

Completed

Completed

Completed

Completed

Completed

Completed

30/31 32/32 30/31 32/32

500kV connection line

306/453

452/455 being implemented

Completed

Completed

Completed

being implemen

ted

being submitte

d for approval

being implemen

ted

meeting to

publicize compensation plan

not yet impleme

nted

not yet implemen

ted not yet not yet 220kV

connection line No. 1

356/508

497/508 being implemented

Completed

Completed

Completed

220kV connection line No. 2

24/88 80/82 being implemented

Completed

Completed

Completed

Total AHs 1,049 1,045

500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line

Chau Thanh Implemented

DMS need to

be checked

Completed

Completed

Completed

Completed

Not ye prepared

Being prepare

d

is expected

to be publicized in 8/2019

is expected

to be publicized in 8/2019

advance payment for 11/218 AHs

in the process

of establishi

ng



Tan Phuoc Implemented

Not ye prepared


compensation plan

Thanh Hoa Implemented

approved compensation plan

approved

compensation plan

not yet publicized

publicized compensation plan

conducted

conducted 56/69 AH

Thu Thua Implemented

conducted 131 AH

Duc Hoa Implemented


conducted 39/84 AH

Ben Luc

114/…. being continued to be carried out DMS

Not yet prepared

Not yet prepared


conducted 87/143 AH

2.2.1. Internal monitoring

16. The resettlement consultant has assisted SPMB in conducting quarterly internal monitoring. As of 7/2019, there have been nine quarterly internal monitoring reports, including seven quarterly reports and two semi-annual reports submitted to ADB for approval and three reports (quarter 3, 4/2017 and quarter 1/2018) have been prepared by staffs of SPMB and submitted late in 5/2018 because it has been not recruited resettlement specialist to change for position of Mr. Nguyen Cong Hiep. These internal monitoring reports have been prepared using all of the prescribed forms and with detailed information. These reports were prepared mainly in table format, so it is easy to fill in information, and a lot of detailed data were provided. The reports provided to SPMB and ADB with much information on the status of RP/DDR implementation. The internal monitoring reports could be used to support efforts by the Project for management and coordination. Internal monitoring reports of quarter 2, 3 and quarter 4/2017 and quarter 1/2018 have been not timely prepared and submitted so that it has been not timely reflected the progress of updating and implementing the compliance with RP/DDR in subprojects.

17. The internal monitoring reports of quarter 2, 3 and 4, 2018 and Quarter 1, 2019 have been timely prepared and submitted which timely reflects the progress of updating and implementing the compliance with RP/DDR.

18. Compensation and assistance dossiers/document have been being collected/gathered and put into management/archiving by SPMB, and Project Construction and Investment Management Board of districts/Land Fund Development and Project Management Unit of districts.

19. Checking of compensation dossiers in SPMB, Project Construction and Investment Management Board of Duc Hoa, Ben Luc, Thu Thua, Thanh Hoa districts of Long An province and Land Fund Development and Project Management Unit of Tan Phuoc and Chau Thanh districts of Tien Giang province, it shows that it has been well complied with the management and archiving of compensation dossier. Internal discussion and coordination between Project Construction Investment Management Unit/Project Management Unit with SPMB to speed up the implementation progress of RP/uRP of 500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection line and 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line.

2.2.2. Information disclosure and public consultation

20. During the project preparation process: SPMB and consultant establishing resettlement plan/due diligence monitoring report have organized consultation meetings with affected people in seven subprojects at CPC’s headquarter. Contents of the meetings include dissemination of general information on the project such as the scale, scope, technical design, compensation and site clearance policy including the law of Vietnam on compensation and site clearance, policies of ADB and the project policy framework, impact scope of land acquisition and resettlement of the project, grievance redressing mechanism as well as monitoring of the implementation of resettlement plan/ due diligence monitoring report.

21. In the implementation process: during the process of implementing resettlement plan/due diligence monitoring report, the consultation meetings are organized with project affected households to inform about the policies on compensation and site clearance of the project, positive and negative impacts on people, benefit from the project, grievance redressing mechanism and details of affected assets. Besides, affected households are also directly participated in the DMS process and recorded their feedback on detailed compensation plan.

22. As of the fifth monitoring, the time for organizing information dissemination meetings in the implementation process of two subprojects is as follows: 1) Thu Thua district on 19/3/2017, 15/7/2017 and 18/5/2018; 2) Thanh Hoa district: 3/8/2018 and 3/9/2018; 3) Duc Hoa district: 25/9/2018 and 29/8/2018; 4) Ben Luc district: 26-28/2/2019. Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc districts only carried out information dissemination on the scale and scope of the project in 2017. The contents and results of information dissemination meeting in Thu Thua,




Thanh Hoa and Duc Hoa districts (substation) have been presented in the previous monitoring report. The information dissemination meetings have been conducted during the monitoring report including the time, participants and results of these consultation meetings are showed in the table 9 below.

23. Comparing to the fourth monitoring for period of 12/2018, as of 6/2019, there have been more four information dissemination meetings organized in Ben Luc district, under the subproject of 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line and 10 meetings in 10 communes under connection line under the subproject of 500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection line, Duc Hoa district. The time, participants and results of the consultation meetings are presented in Table 9 and 10 below:

Table 9. Information on the information dissemination meetings

District Date of Consultation Number of participants

Total Male Female

Ben Luc 25-/28/2/2019 286 181 105

Duc Hoa 15/1/2019 11 17 5

15-25/4/2019 765 546 219

Total 1,073 744 329

Table 10. Results of consultation in the first six months of 2019

No. Subprojects Main topic Main feedbacks from people

1

500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection line (connection lines)

Disclosed project information Disclosed project compensation policy including support and compensation price

People in Huu Thanh commune affirmed that they received information on the project, compensation and site clearance policy, and grievance redressing mechanism of the project. Affected people hope that they can understand more about compensation level for effect caused by the project, process of DMS and establishment of compensation plan of the project, impacts caused by the project on living of people. Representatives of SPPMB, Project Construction Investment Management Unit of Duc Hoa district has recorded and specifically explained to households.

People in Hoa Khanh Dong commune proposed to change the construction schedule to the time after Tet holiday in order for people to harvest crop season SPPMB agreed and carried out construction in 4/2019, after Tet holiday.

2


Disclosed on information on the scope of the project Disclosed project compensation policy including support and compensation price

People in Thanh Loi commune required to be provided detailed information on the process and procedure of DMS and compensation and site clearance. Some households required to be compensated for removal of their house outside the project’s scope. Representatives of SPPMB, Project Construction




No. Subprojects Main topic Main feedbacks from people

Announced on the land acquisition Provided information on the process of DMS and establishment of compensation plan

Investment Management Unit/ Land Fund Development and Project Management Unit has recorded feedbacks of people and specifically explained to households in the meetings. and specifically explained about compensation policy and entittlements of affected persons and explained about the process of compensation and site clearance to households attending meetings.

3

Hoa Khanh Dong, Duc Hoa Thuong, My Hạnh Nam, Hoa Khanh Nam, Hoa Khanh Tay, Tan Phu, Tan My, Huu Thanh, and Hau Nghia town

Disseminate the latest information on the scope of project, compensation policy, including compensation and assistance unit price of the project. Announce about land acquisition plan Provide information on the process of DMS and establishment of compensation plan

Provide information on the project policy

Representative of SPMB has announced about the time of land acquisition and site clearance, compensation and site clearance dossier, and DMS form Some people had comments on the process and steps of implementing site clearance in the locality.

Contents of the land acquisition announcement specify information on the project, affected households, land plot and area expected to be acquired and reason for acquisition of land. The Form of land acquisition of households and announcement on posting compensation plan are presented in Annex 1.

2.2.3. DMS

24. As of the fifth monitoring, five uRPs of the two subprojects have been approved, including uRP of 500kV Duc Hoa substation; the RP has been not updated for connection lines because it has been not carried out 100% DMS; four uRPs of four districts of Thu Thua, Thanh Hoa, Duc Hoa and Ben Luc under the subproject of 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line were approved by ADB in 5/2019. The DMS implementation progress in the two subprojects is as follows:

(i) 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line: it has been completed DMS in 12

communes of Long An and Tien Giang provinces. As of the fifth monitoring, there

have been 969 households and one organization being carried out DMS by the

subproject. Project Construction Investment Management Unit/Land Fund

Development Center and Project Management Unit of districts has conducted

community consultation and information dissemination, informed about the DMS plan

in all communes. The DMS process has been lasted longer because some

households are absent from their locality and the coordination between unit in charge

of cadastral measurement and Project Construction Investment Management

Unit/Land Fund Development and Project Management Unit of districts is not closely

and it has been not determined head of household.

(ii) 500kV Duc Hoa Substation and connection line: it has been being implemented DMS,

(i) 500kV Substation has been completed DMS; (ii) 500kV double transmission lines

connecting from 500kV Substation to 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line has




been completed DMS for 452/455 households; (iii) 220kV transmission line No. 1 has

been completed DMS for 497/508 households and 220kV transmission line No. 2 has

been carried out DMS for 80/82 households. It is expected to be completed DMS for

the transmission lines in quarter 2 of 2019.

(iii) 220kV Vung Tau substation: DMS has been completed. The implementation of DMS

has been complied with regulation of the Law and RP. Households have been

announced about the DMS plan, participated in the DMS process and confirmed that

the DMS results are adequate and accurate. Households signed in the DMS minutes.

There are 20 households being affected by 110kV transmission line and carried out

DMS and compensation plan has been approved for the households. Seven

households which have land and assets on land under 110kV transmission line in

Ward 11 being missed during the DMS process have been carried out DMS,

including:

Le Van Khoi

Nguyen Van Chinh

Nguyen Huu Thanh

Truong Trong Han

Dinh Ba Canh

Vo Van Hoa

Vu Thi Chau

25. The implementation of DMS has been being well complied by Project Construction Investment Management Unit/Land Fund Development and Project Management Unit. All affected households are informed in advance about the DMS plan. Households are delivered a form to list total area of land plots by themselves, area of types of house, structure on land, number of types of tree, family members and information on vulnerable groups. And then Project Construction Investment Management Unit/Land Fund Development Center and Project Management Unit collected the form of all households before conducting DMS in the site. During the DMS in site, head of households/representatives of households are also participated in the process to determine boundary and types of affected asset and confirm affected quantity.

26. After checking the DMS minutes, it can see that, the DMS minutes is numbered, specified name of works/subprojects, household and participant of the DMS group. The minutes also specify number of labors directly participating in production of agriculture and number of person in household and determine if household is under preferential treatment policy.

27. However, total land area being owned and used by household is not shown in the DMS minutes and it is also not determined the proportion of land acquisition area for the project. Project Construction Investment Management Unit/Land Fund Development and Project Management Unit of districts has established a separate list to determine the total land area and the proportion of land acquisition area which are not included in the DMS minutes because it needs to be verified and determined by cadastral official and CPCs. However, the list of severly affected households and vulnerable affected households have been showed in the uRPs.

28. According to the DMS results in subprojects, total number of severely affected households is 65 households in which 26 households having more than 10% of total productive land affected (500kV Duc Hoa substation with 26 households; 500kV Duc Hoa transmission line with no household being affected more than 10% of production land) and




40 households being relocated. Because there is one household which is not only relocated but also has land affected more than 10%, the total number of affected households is 65. Number of seversely affected households and relocated households is presented in Table 11 below. See Annex 2 for the attached DMS minutes.

Table 11. Number of seversely affected households and relocated households of subprojects

No. Subproject

Severely affected HH losing more than 10% of landholding

Severely affected HH

being Relocated HH

Vulnerable HH Total

I 500 kV My Tho-Duc Hoa TL

1 Tien Giang Province N/A N/A N/A N/A

1.1 Chau Thanh District N/A N/A N/A

N/A

1.2 Tan Phuoc District N/A N/A N/A 2 Long An Province 0 39 0 39

2.1 Thanh Hoa District 0 3 0 3 2.2 Thu Thua District 0 19 0 19 2.3 Ben Luc District 0 3 0 3 2.4 Duc Hoa District 0 14 0 14 II 500 kV Duc Hoa SS and connection lines

1 Substation Component

26 1 0 26

1.1 Duc Hoa District 26 1 0 261

2 Connection Lines Component

N/A N/A N/A N/A

2.1 Duc Hoa District N/A N/A N/A N/A 2.2 Ben Luc District N/A N/A N/A N/A

Total 26 40 0 65

Source: uRP of (i) 500kV Duc Hoa substation (Duc Hoa district, Long An) and (ii) 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line (section in Duc Hoa district); (iii) 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line (section in Thu Thua); (iv) 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line (section in Thanh Hoa district); (v) 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line (section passing Ben Luc district).

2.2.4. Establishment of Compensation plan

29. LFDC/PMUs are being established compensation plan according to five approved resettlement plans out of seven toal acquired uRP of two subprojects (500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection line; 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line) five uRPs have been updated and approved by ADB, exception of uRPs of Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc districts, Tien Giang province. The progress and status of preparing the compensation plan in two subprojects are summarized by each subproject as below:

(i) 500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection line: only 500kV Duc Hoa substation has

been prepared compensation plan and submitted the plan to Duc Hoa DPC for

approval on 7th May 2018. However, the assistance for job changing and creation is

only equivalent to 0.4 times of compensation price for agriculture land of the same

type for all AHs with affected agriculture land, not distinguishing marginal impacts or

sigfinicant impacts (according to Decision No. 4314/QĐ-UBND dated 23/11/2019 by

Long An PPC) meanwhile it is equivalent to 1.5 times according to approved RP for

1 1 HH is both relocated HH and severely affected household losing more than 10% of their productive

landholding.




severely affected households and 0.4 times for insignificantly affected households.

See Annex 4 on the detailed compensation option for households.

It has been established compensation plan for both 500kV transmission line, 220kV

transmission line No. 01 and 220kV transmission line No. 2 and it is being appraised

for households who completed DMS. All of the three transmission lines have been

conducted replacement cost survey. According to Project Construction Investment

Management Unit/Project management Unit and land fund development unit, DMS is

expected to be completed in quarter 3 of 2019.

(ii) 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line: in Long An province, Project

Construction Investment Management Unit of districts of Thu Thua, Thanh Hoa, Ben

Luc and Duc Hoa and Ben Luc. Specifically, compensation plan was approved on

11/5/2018 for Thu Thua district, on 3/9/2018 for Thanh Hoa district, on 19/102018 for

Duc Hoa district and on 10/122018 for Ben Luc district. In Tien Giang province, the

DMS, application of unit price and establishment of compensation plan have been

completed by Project management Unit and land fund development unit of Chau

Thanh and Tan Phuoc. And the plan has been submitted for approval. Specifically,

compensation plan of Chau Thanh district was started to establish on 3/102018 and

compensation plan of Tan Phuoc district was started to establish on 15/10/2018.

However, the option of unit price is being re-submitted for approval, it will be reviewed

the DMS result. It is expected to be completed before 20/8/2019 for Chau Thanh

district and before 30/9/2019 for Tan Phuoc district.

(iii) 220kV Vung Tau substation: completed compensation plan for 69/69 household.

DCARC has conducted payment to 69/69 HHs. The compensation plan has been

approved by Vung Tau City’s PC for 110kV transmission line and LFDC has

conducted payment to 17/20 HHs. The remaining three households have not received

compensation and local authority has not determined landowner because the land

has been transferred to many households.

Currently, seven households which have assets being missed during the DMS

process under 110kV transmission line, have been conducted DMS; however,

compensation plan has been not established for them because land position map

with signature of households is not available.

Thus, total number of households affected by 220kV Vung Tau substation and

connection line is 92.

2.2.5. Payment of compensation

30. The compensation payment has been conducted for the 3 subprojects. As of the fifth monitoring, 392 households in the approved compensation plan have been conducted compensation payment. The compensation unit price has been calculated and approved and applied based on the market price and complied with resettlement policy of the project. In addition, it has been conducted advance payment to 47 households in the unapproved compensation plan. However, the progress of compensation payment in each subproject is different. Specific amount of households conducted compensation payment is presented in the Table 12 below:

Table 12. Summary of compensation amount and compensation payment progress in subprojects

No.

Subprojects

Number of

affected

households

Number of

households

conducted

compensation

payment

Details of compensation amount (VND)

Date of payment

Remarks Total

compensation amount by subprojects

Compensation for land

Compensation for structure

Compensation for tree and

crop Assistance

II 500kV Duc Hoa substatio

n and connectio

n line

63 HHs, 1 organization

63 HHs, 1

organization

61,500,059,512

56,549,346,249 266,493 441,245,975 3,005,465,440

1 500kV Duc Hoa substatio

n

31 households/

1 organization

31 househ

olds

60,262,551,512 56,549,346,249 266,493 441,245,975 3,005,465,4

40 12/2018-

Household of Ho Thi Ban has reached agreement with the

remaining households to receive compensation amount (the

agreement minutes is attached in Annex 9); therefore, 32/32

households/organization affected and organization by the 500kV

Duc Hoa substation have received compensation amount.

Number of actually affected households is not different from

the total number of affected households in the uRP. However, the actual compensation amount is more than the total amount in

the uRP and the difference in the amount is not much. The reason

is that there is additional compensation for cases which have assets missed in the DMS process; therefore, it has been



adjusted and additionally compensated. The total

compensation amount in uRP is VND 57,257,086,221.60

45.864.661.800. The actual compensation amount is VND

60,262,551,512 2 Connecti

on lines 32

1,237,508,000

- - - -

5/2019 Advance payment for pole foundation affected households

Duc Hoa district

11

401,500,000

- - - -

5/2019 Advance payment

Ben Luc district 21 836,008,000 - - - -

5/2019 Advance payment

500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa connectio

n line

968 HHs, one

organization 294

26,195,014,411

1 11128011560 549057000

3542963600 15659840

For districts with uRP approved, including Duc Hoa, Thanh Hoa, Thu Thua and Ben Luc, number

of actually affected households is larger two households than

number of affected households in uRP. Because compensation

payment has been not carried out for all households, it cannot compare total compensation

amount to the total compensation amount in uRP. For districts of Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc,

compensation plan has been not approved; therefore, it cannot be

compared the actual compensation amount and

number of affected HHs to the RP. (uRP of the two districts has

been not established). Thu Thua

district 130

househ130 27,301,066,000 13,331,043,000 9,927,417,000 549,057,000 3,493,549,0

00 Phase 1:

18-One household, which have not

received compensation amount is



olds, 1 organiz

ation

19/6/2018 for 130

HHs The additional phases for cases with error in the DMS have been implemented in 7,9,10,11 and 12/2018 for the cases of additional compensation

Mr. Nguyen Dinh So with his wife named Thai Thi Dung. The

household has land permanently affected by pole foundation.

Currently, the household has not agreed to receive compensation for restoration of affected land

due to construction activity. According to opinion of the

household, the pole foundation is constructed on the field plot with

total area of 11,000 m2. The construction of pole foundation has affected 575m2; however,

during the construction process, the excavated soil has caused

alum earth for a half of total area of the field with about of 5,000m2.

The household has received advance payment of VND 23

million from the construction unit. According to opinion of the

household, total cost for treatment of alum is about VND 30 million. Total remaining land

area for growing rice has productivity of 800kg/labor and total number of five labors will

create a yield of 5,000 kg. Total value of damage to rice land area

is about VND 24 million. Therefore, the household requires to be additionally

compensated with the amount of VND 60 million without acquiring the advance payment VND 23

million he has received by advance payment before.



Currently, DCARC only agrees to compensate to the household with value of VN 40 million,

including treatment of alum and affected rice and does not agree

to additionally compensate to household with value of VND 60 million without paying back the advance payment with value of 23 mililion/household that the households received before.

DCARC has been persuading the household to agree with the

compensation level proposed by DCARC.

According to the opinion of external monitoring, DCARC

needs to agree with household about compensation value in accordance with the value of

treatment of alum and the value of affected rice basing on the

market price. Thanh

Hoa district

69 56

55,314,534,678

51,932,958,040

266,493,848

401,689,550

2,706,393,240

14/11-6/12/201

8 and Quarter 2/2019

13 households have not received compensation amount and

complained that the compensation unit price is low

and there is effect arising due to construction. For example, after construction of pole foundation

the remaining area of the field is contaminated with alum which

causes difficulty in cultivation and low productivity.



Duc Hoa district

84 39 10,208,799,411 NA- NA - NA - NA - 2/2019 Payment to 39 affected households. The remaining

households have not received compensation amount.

Ben Luc 143 87

29,922,498,101

14-15/2019

and 23/5/201

9

56 households have not received compensation amount because

they complained that the compensation unit price is low

Chau Thanh

206 11 235,000,000 - - - - 2- 5/2017

Advance payment conducted for households affected by pole

foundation Tan

Phuoc 336 4 120,000,000 - - - - 2-

5/2017 Advance payment conducted for

households affected by pole foundation

III 220kV Vung Tau substatio

n and connectio

n line

92 82 32,440,427,016 29,976,691,680 1,067,162,515 991,345,378 405,227,443 Quarter 3/2017

Remaining three households affected by the connection line

have not received compensation, including Doan Van Ngo, Pham Trong Quyen, and Nguyen Van Kien in Ward 11, Vung Tau. The

reason is that the three households are related to land transfer with many households

and currently, the landowner has been not determined.

The seven households, having assets missed during the DMS process, have been completed

DMS. Currently, it is being waited for establishing compensation plan and applying unit price.

The actual compensation amount is more than the total amount in

the RP due to increase of number



of affected households from 73 to 92. The total compensation amount in the RP is VND

25,305,530,789

2.2.6. Relocation and site clearance

31. 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line: According to data provided by districts (not including Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc districts), total number of relocated households by 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line is 39 in which 15 households in Thu Thua district have relocated and handed over the site and the remaining households have not relocated due to reasons presented in the Table 13 below.

32. 500kV Duc Hoa Substation: Total number of relocated households is one household. The household has received compensation and handed over the site.

33. 220kV Vung Tau substation and connection line: According to the DMS data, in the subproject of 220kV Vung Tau substation, 15 relocated households in the construction site of 220kV substation have received compensation from 2014 to 2016 and been applied compensation, assistance and resettlement policy in compliance with the policy framework of the project. All the 15 households have been handed over resettlement land or self arranged resettlement land and relocated in 2016. The new resettlement site is in ward 10, Vung Tau city and the old site is in ward 11, Vung Tau city. Through field survey and interview with household of Mrs. Pham Thi Ton who was handed over resettlement land B1, hill 2, ward 10, it can be realized that the resettlement land is near residential area and road with full technical and social infrastructures (mentioned in the third periodical monitoring report, 6/2018).

Table 13. Progress of relocation and resettlement in subprojects

2 List of households relocated/received resettlement assistance in Annex 5

No.

Subprojects Number of relocated

households2

Status of compensation

Status of handing over the site

1 500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection line

01 Received

compensation Handed over the site and stabilized

living

2 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa

transmission line

Thu Thua district 19 relocated households

Received compensation amount

13 households newly built house on the remaining land, four households built house outside commune and handed over the site, two households are building house and will hand over the site in 8/2019, including Le Hoang Dam and Nguyen Van Cu

Thanh Hoa 03 relocation households

Received compensation

amount

Relocated and handed over the site

Duc Hoa 14 Not yet received compensation amount due to

having complaint that the

compensation unit price is low and the households

require to be compensated for arising affect due

Not yet received compensation amount and not yet handed over the site




to construction. For example,

After construction of pole

foundation, the remaining area of

field is contaminated with

alumwhich is difficult to cultivate

and cause low productivity.

Ben Luc 03 01 household received

compensation for asset but not yet

received allowance for

relocation

02 households have not agreed

to receive compensation

amount

Household of Nguyen Quoc Hung: received compensation for asset but

not yet received allowance for relocation. Currently, the household

has been building house on land bought from his mother. It is expected

to complete house when receiving allowance for relocation. The

household hope to receive allowance for relocation soon to complete

construction of house and remove to new house in 8/2019. The household

has not handed over the site and being not under the poor household.

Household of Nguyen Van Rinh has not agreed to receive compensation

because he complained that the compensation unit price is low. It is

expected that after receiving compensation, the household will buy land in other place in the commune to

construct house because the remaining house is not large enough to

newly construct house. The household has not handed over the site and being not under the poor

household.

Household of Nguyen Hoang Anh – the son of Nguyen Van Rinh: the

household is currently living in house built on agriculture land of Mr. Rinh.

The household has not agreed to receive compensation because he

complained that the compensation unit price is low and it is difficult to buy

another house. The household has not handed over the site and being not

under the poor household.

Chau Thanh It is expected to be 18

It has been not approved

compensation plan, therefore, it has been not yet

newly constructed

It has been not approved compensation plan




2.2.7. Income and livelihood restoration program

34. The affected people are subject to livelihood restoration program including, severely affected households (relocated households and AHs losing 10% and more of total productive land) and vulnerables households.

35. Up to the fifth monitoring in July 2019, all two subprojects have 40 households identified to be relocated (Table 13), 26 households identified to be severely affected with 10% loss of production land under the impact of subproject Duc Hoa 500 kV substation, Duc Hoa District and no affected households belong to the vulnerable group. As of 6/2019, there have been five approved livelihood restoration programs, including Duc Hoa, Thu Thua, Thanh Hoa, Ben Luc under 500kV transmission line and Duc Hoa substation. It is expected to conduct survey on the need of livelihood assistance of households in 3/2019 after households stabilize their living by the internal social safeguard expert of SPPMB. The independent monitoring consultants will continue to observe and monitor this issue in the coming monitorings.

2.2.8. Grievance settlement

36. Grievances, inquiries and current status of grievances redress in subprojects are shown in Table 14 below:

Table 14. Status of redressing grievance and complaint of people

No. Subproject Complaint and

grievance Handling status

Opinions of independent monitoring

1 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line

Thu Thua district

Household of Dinh Van So – Thai Thi Dung: still not yet agreed to receive allowance for restoring alum contaminated soil. The household has received advance amount of

Thu Thua District Project Construction Investment Management Unit has continued to coordinate with Long Thuan CPC to persuade households many times. Currently, it is still persuading households to receive compensation.

Thu Thua District Project Construction Investment Management Unit needs to continue to strictly coordinate with Long Thuan CPC to work with construction

house and handed over the

site

Tan Phuoc

Being re-

reviewed the

DMS result

It has been not approved

compensation plan, therefore, it has been not yet

newly constructed house and

handed over the site

It has been not approved compensation plan

3 220kV Vung Tau substation and connection line

15 Conducted compensation payment to 15

affected households

Newly built houses and handed over the site




VND 23 million and requires to be additionally compensated with the amount of VND 60 million

unit and households to propose the most suitable compensation level to be accepted by household

Thanh Hoa

13 households complain about the low compensation unit price

Thanh Hoa District Project Construction Investment Management Unit has invited households to attend meeting many times to explain to them to receive compensation, however, the households have not received

Thanh Hoa District Project Construction Investment Management Unit needs to coordinate with Tan Tay CPC to provide more information on the project policy on compensation for affected households

Household of Mr. An has complaint about the effect due to construction. The construction unit has agreed with the household to compensate with the amount of VND 25 million for construction of 600m2 of pole foundation on field land. However, the construction activity has cause status of alum on 3,000m2 of field land. Therefore, the household requires to be compensated for two crop seasons each year with the amount of VND 10 million/labor * three labors/year from 2017 to the present time.

Thanh Hoa District Project Construction Investment Management Unit has invited households to attend meeting many times to explain to them to receive compensation, however, the households have not received

Thanh Hoa District Project Construction Investment Management Unit needs to review the arising effect due to construction and require the construction unit to agree with households on the suitable compensation level in accordance with the actual effect of households.

Duc Hoa district

50 households in Huu Thanh commune have not received compensation amount due to: 1) complaint about the low compensation unit price (about 40 households); 2) Complaint about adjustment of land position for example,

Project Construction Investment Management and Land Fund Development Unit of Duc Hoa district is reviewing and checking to adjust compensation plan. Regarding the case of complaining about unit price, it will explain and persuade households to receive compensation. For some cases of living far from their hometown,

Project Construction Investment Management and Land Fund Development Unit of Duc Hoa district needs to complete the adjustment compensation plan soon to conduct payment to




house of households is near stone road but in the plan, it is recorded to be near earth road (11 HHs) and 3) living far from hometown (5 HHs)

it will continue to invite household to come to receive compensation.

households; continues to explain and propagandize households to receive compensation and invite households living far from hometown to come and receive compensation to hand over the site to the project.

Hoa Khanh Dong commune: there are two cases that have not received compensation, including households of Mr. Noi and Mrs. Thao because. The reason is that, during the construction period, the construction activities have encroached into their land with a large area that not being compensated. Therefore, The households request to review the affected area to adjustcompensation plan if it is necessary.

Project Construction Investment Management and Land Fund Development Unit of Duc Hoa district is reviewing to adjust the plan

Project Construction Investment Management and Land Fund Development Unit of Duc Hoa district needs to review and adjust the compensation plan soon in order for households to receive compensation and hand over the site to the project.

Ben Luc district

57 households have not received compensation due to complaining that the unit price is low

Project Construction Investment Management and Land Fund Development Unit of Ben Luc district is explaining about the project policy and propagandizing households to receive compensation

Project Construction Investment Management and Land Fund Development Unit of Ben Luc district continues to explain policy and ropagandize households in order for them to understand and receive compensation and hand over the site to the project

Household of Nguyen Hoang Anh: is resettlement household building house on the agriculture land of his mother. Currently, the

Development Unit of Ben Luc district is explaining about the project policy and propagandizing households to receive compensation

Management and Land Fund Development Unit of district continues to explain policy and ropagandize




household has not agreed to receive compensation because he complains that the compensation amount of VND 80,000,000 is low. There are four members in the household, including husband, wife and two children. Both wife and husband being hired for doing agriculture for other households with salary about VND 4-5 million/person/month. The elder child is 12 years old and the smaller child is 10 years old and both of them are pupils. The household is not under poor household. The household states that they donot know where to remove after handing over the site because the compensation amount is not enough to buy new land to construct house.

households in order for them to understand and receive compensation and hand over the site to the project

Household of Nguyen Van Rinh: is the resettlement household and have not agreed to receive compensation due to low compensation unit price. There are three members in the household, including husband, wife and a child. Both wife and husband being hired for doing agriculture other households with salary about VND 4-5 million/person/month. And their child is attending school. The household is not under the poor group. It is expected to buy other

Development Unit of Ben Luc district is explaining about the project policy and propagandizing households to receive compensation

Management and Land Fund Development Unit of district continues to explain policy and propagandize households in order for them to understand and receive compensation and hand over the site to the project




land to construct house.

2 220kV Vung Tau substation and connection line

07 households affected by 110kV connection line and substation have been carried out DMS but not received compensation due to not completing cadastral map with full signature of households. The households also complained about the reason for not receiving compensation.

SPMB issued Official Letter No. 0427/SPMB-ĐB dated 16/1/2019 to Digital Photo Painting and Measuring Enterprise on proposal of completion of cadastral map under the subproject of 220kV Vung Tau substation and connection line. However, until now, signature of adjacent households has been not fully supplemented, the enterprise cannot complete the map.

Ward PC 11 has considered the use of land for the seven households and also transferred dossiers to the Department of Environmental and Natural Resource of Vung Tau city for consideration. However, the Department of Environmental and Natural Resource of Vung Tau city requires to have full signature of adjacent households. Ward PC 11 has publicly posted and announced to households; however, none of the households come to sign.

According to the process, after gaining signature of adjacent households, the cadastral map will be transferred to Land Registration Office to certify, and then it will be transferred to the Department of Environment and Natural resource of Vung Tau city to consider. If it is accepted, it will be established compensation plan and submitted for approval.

The Vung Tau Land Fund Development Center states that in case of expiry of notice at the Ward and households still donnot come to sign, it will be established dossier to transfer to the Department of Environmental and Natural resource of the City for consideration and establishment of compensation plan.

The Land Fund Development Center of Vung Tau city needs to continue announcing and inviting adjacent households to supplement their signature. In case that households cannot come due to force majeure reason, it needs to work with Department of Environment and Natural resource of Vung Tau city to find resolution.




2.2.9. Compliance with civil works plan

37. As of the fifth monitoring, all packages have been awarded. Although the compensation payment to is in good progress in comparison with the fourth monitoring and some project districts have conducted compensation payment to affected households, the progess of land acquisition and compensation at the subproject of 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa is still slower than the progress of award, construction and handing over the site for construction, specifically:

(i) 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line: Currently, in Long An province, only Thu

Thua district has conducted compensation payment to 100% affected households

and it has been handed over all the site to the project. The remaining households

have not completed compensation payment, therefore, it has been not completed

handing over the site to the project. Specifically, in Thanh Hoa district, it has

conducted compensation payment to 90% affected households, Ben Luc district has

conducted compensation payment to 60% affected households, Duc Hoa district has

conducted compensation payment to 40% affected households. In Tien Giang

province, Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc districts have not conducted compensation

payment. The contractor only reached agreement with households to conduct

advance payment for 15 households affected by pole foundation in order for them to

hand over the site to facilitate construction unit in prior construction (in Chau Thanh

district, 11 households out of 206 affected households received advance payment

and; in Tan Phuoc district, four out of 336 affected households received advance

payment) from 2017. The advance payment has been stopped. As of the fifth

monitoring, no arising household receives advance payment before compensation

plan is approved. The list of households received advance payment is presented in

Annex 3.

(ii) 500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection line: completed compensation payment to

all 32 affected households/organizations under substation and handed over the site to

the construction unit.

(iii) The subproject of 220kV Vung Tau substation has been basically completed

compensation and site clearance based on the construction progress.

Compensation and resettlement for affected households, which have not received

compensation, will continue to be monitored to ensure the compliance with the

approved policy framework and updated resettlement plan.

2.2.10. Review of the monitoring indicators

(i) Basic information on displaced persons’ households

- Some basic information on relocation has been collected (position of the project, component of households, age, education level, skill and gender of householders).

- Households access to services of health, education and other social services; participate in community groups.

- Assistance for stabilizing life has been not carried out for households identified in the RP.

(ii) Restoration of living standards




- Compensation for house is not included depreciation and transportation costs.

- Relocation households accept resettlement option.

- Awareness of community is better improved.

- Relocation households well adapt with receiving community because they are relocated in the same city and nearby wards.

(iii) Restoration of livelihoods

- Compensation for house is not included depreciation.

- Compensation amount is enough for replacement of similar assets (the same type, size and level of use).

- Replacement land area is fully equipped with technical and social infrastructures.

- Job opportunities in new place will facilitate households in improving their living standards to be equal or better living standards of the post-project stage.

(iv) Levels of displaced persons’ satisfaction

- Relocation households are fully disseminated information on the process and entitlement of resettlement.

- Relocation households assess that their life is now stabilized and better than before. And households have been disseminated information on the independent complaint process.

(v) Effectiveness of resettlement planning

- Relocation households confirm that their affected assets are accurately and fully measured and inventoried (DMS).

- Reviewing of households under vulnerable groups in accordance with the project’s policy.

3. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

3.1. Conclusions

38. The compensation and site clearance have been completed for subproject of 500kV Duc Hoa substation. All of the affected households have received compensation without complaint.

39. Regarding the subproject of 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line: SPMB and Project Construction Investment Management Unit/ Land Fund Development and Project Management Unit of districts are speeding the progress. Currently, only two districts of Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc of Tien Giang province have not conducted compensation payment due to not yet compteted compensation plan. The remaining districts have conducted from 40-100% compensation payment to affected households. The implementation progess of compensation and site clearance in districts has complied with social safeguard policy of ADB and policy framework and uRP of the project such as: project information dissemination meetings, meetings to announce the DMS plan, land acquisition plan, transparent and public DMS, public posting of compensation plan at CPC’s headquarter, once time compensation payment under the witnessing of the stakeholders and people. People are kept DMS minutes and sign on the compensation payment list.

40. As of the fifth monitoring, the construction progress reached 100% in subproject of 220kV Vung Tau substation and 110kV connection line, 55% in the subproject of 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line and about 10% for subproject of 500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection line.




41. Comparing to the fourth monitoring, some remaining issues need to be handled as follows:

It has been conducted compensation payment in Ben Luc district. By the fourth monitoring time, the compensation plan of Ben Luc district has been not approved; therefore, It has been not carried out compensation payment to households. Only advance payment was conducted for households affected by pole foundation.

- The districts of Thanh Hoa, Duc Hoa and Ben Luc under the subproject of 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line: it has been conducted compensation payment to affected households. Households, which received advance payment from the construction unit, have received compensation amount as the approved plan and also implemented reimbursement for the construction unit.

- Some complaints about compensation and site clearance of households have been handled. Households agreed to receive compensation amount without any more complaint such as household of Le Hoang Dam, Thu Thua district, household of Duong Van Tam, Thach Hoa district under the subproject of 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line and household of Mrs. Ho Thi Ban, Duc Hoa district, under the subproject of 500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection line.

42. However, the fifth monitoring results shows that there are still some remaining issues and complaints in the compensation and site clearance including:

(i) In the subproject of 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line, the progress of DMS,

establishment of compensation plan and land acquisition is still slow in comparison

with the progress of biding award and requirement of handing over the site for

construction, especially in Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc districts, Tien Giang province.

(ii) The compensation plan established for 500kV Duc Hoa substation is only calculated

the assistance for changing occupation equivalent to 0.4 time of compensation price

for agriculture land of the same type for all households having agriculture land

affected by the project in accordance with Decision No. 4314/QĐ-UBND dated

23/11/2018 by Long An PPC which has been not complied with RP/uRP. According to

the requirements of RPF/uRP, it will be provided assistance for job transition

equivalent to 1.5 times for severely affected households and 0.4 time for marginally

affected households.

(iii) In the districts of Thanh Hoa, Thu Thua and Ben Luc under the subproject of 500kV

My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line, some households have not agreed to receive

compensation because they complained that the compensation unit price is low or

they are not satisfied with the compensation for arising effect (Soil contaminated alum

due to construction of pole foundation).

(iv) 19/39 households, which have to relocate, have not removed to the new place and

not handed over the site to the project: two households are building house in Thu

Thua, 14 households in Duc Hoa district and three households in Ben Luc district

have not received compensation due to complaining about the low unit price.

(v) As of the fifth monitoring, 15 households, which received advance payment for effect

by pole foundation in Chau Thanh district (11 households) and Tan Phuoc (4

households) in Tien Giang province, have not received the remaining compensation.

The list of households affected by five pole foundations in Chau Thanh district has

been not provided by the contractor because the contractor proactively carried out

advance payment to affected households. The consultant will continue updating in the

next monitoring report. In addition, in 5/2019, in Duc Hoa and Ben Luc districts, the




construction unit proactively carried out advance payment for 32 households affected

by pole foundation under 500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection lines to be

handed over the site for construction.

(vi) The updated RP reports in Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc disricts under the subproject

of 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line is very slow in comparison with the

progress of award of bid and the requirement of handing over the site to serve

construction. As of 30/6/2019, there have been only five updated RPs being approved

by ADB, including: (i) uRP of 500kV Duc Hoa substation (the substation) and, (ii) uRP

of 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line (Duc Hoa district). (iii) uRP of 500kV

My Tho – Duc Hoa (Thanh Hoa District), (iv) uRP of 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa (Thu

Thua District) and (v) uRP of 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa (Ben Luc District). uRP for

Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc districts have been not established and submitted to

ADB for approval.

3.2. Recommendation

43. On the base of the implementation result of the compliance with RP/DDR/uRP and some issues found in the fifth monitoring, the independent monitoring consultant have some recommendations as follows:

(i) It needs to speed up the implementation progress of uRP for districts of Chau Thanh

and Tan Phuoc, Tien Giang province and uRP for connection lines of the subproject

of 500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection lines. After uRP of the two districts is

approved, it needs to monitor the reimbursement status of advance payment of

affected households in comparison with the advance payment minutes between the

contractor and households. For districts of Thu Thua, Thanh Hoa, Duc Hoa and Ben

Luc, it has been carried out the remaining amount for households which received

advance payment. It also needs to monitor the reimbursement status of advance

payment of affected households due to effect by construction of pole foundation

because in the fact that the advance payment is agreed between the construction unit

and affected households. After compensation plan is approved, affected households

will receive compensation payment in accordance with the approved plan and self

implement reimbursement to the construction unit.

(ii) Recommend SPMB to require the construction unit to stop advance payment to

affected households by connection lines under the subproject of 500kV Duc Hoa

substation and connection lines until the uRP of connection lines is approved by ADB.

After compensation plan is approved, it needs to be compared and referred the

compensation amount and entitlement of households which received advance

payment with the approved compensation plan to assess the suitability between

advance payment and handed over site.

(iii) For cases which have not agreed to receive compensation, it needs to propagandize

and explain to households for them to agree to receive compensation.

(iv) For arising effect due to alum infection to productive land of households after

construction, DCARC needs to agree with households about compensation value in

accordance with the value of alum treatment and the value of affected rice area at

market price.




(v) Carry out assistance for changing occupation and creating job for households being

severely affected by 500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection line equilavent to 1.5

times for the agriculture land of the same type in accordance with RP/uRP of the

project. The established compensation plan is only calculated the assistance

equivalent to 0.4 time of compensation price for agriculture land of the same type.

(vi) Speed up the progress of implementing income restoration programs for 65 severely

affected households, including 26 severely affected households (losing more than

10% productive land) and 40 relocated households (including one households which

is both relocated and lost more than 10% productive land) determined in accordance

with uRP of 500kV Duc Hoa substation and 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission

line

(vii) .Although there is not any more advance payment activities in the period of fifth

monitoring but the consultant still give recommendation on not continue implementing

advance payment to households when constructing pole foundations in Chau Thanh

and Tan Phuoc districts, Tien Giang province under the subproject of 500kV My Tho

– Duc Hoa transmission line.

(viii) Continue to carry out social-economic survey and community consultation to

serve the updating of RP for Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc districts under 500kV My

Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line and update RP for connection lines under the

subproject of 500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection lines to submit to ADB for

consideration and acceptance before conducting compensation payment to the

project affected households.

44. All the findings and recommendations by IMC per subproject are provided in the in Table 15 below.

Table 15. Remaining issues and recommendation by IMC for each subproject

# Remaining issues need

to be handled when implementing RP/DDR

Subprojects Status

Proposal of action after discussing with SPPMB about the monitoring result

Remarks

Action Responsibility Date of

completion

1 - uRP for the substation was approved by ADB in 5/2019.

- However, assistance of changing occupation and creating job has been not complied with RPF/uRP.

- The updated RPs for connection lines have been not completed by SPMB and not approved by ADB.

500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection line

- It has been being carried out DMS, (i) 500kV substation has been completed DMS; (ii) 500kV double lines connecting from 500kV substation to 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line has been completed about 99% DMS; (iii) 220kV transmission line No. 1 has been completed about 97% DMS and 220kV transmission line No. 2 is being implemented about 97% DMS. It is expected to be completed DMS for the three transmission lines in Quarter 3/2019.

- Only 500kV Duc Hoa substation has been established compensation plan and approved by Duc Hoa DPC.

- 500kV double lines, 220kV transmission line No. 1 and 220kV transmission line No. 2 have been established compensation plan and

The established and approved compensation plan for the substation needs to be fully calculated the assistance for changing occupation and creating job in accordance with RPF/uRP; (ii)

Speed up the progress of updating RP for connection lines to submit to ADB for consideration and acceptance before conducting compensation

payment for remaining affected households. For affected households which have been conducted compensation payment by the station, after uRP is approved, it needs to be checked and reviewed compensation policy for the households. Stop advance payment before uRP is approved and established for the connection line under the 500kV Duc Hoa

SPMB/DCARB of Duc Hoa

In Quarter 3/2019

uRP for

connection line will be

completed in Quarter 3/2019.

Check the compensation

payment to households

which received advance payment when the

compensation plan is

approved. It is expected to be in Quarter

4/2019.





Subprojects Status


Remarks Action Responsibility

Date of completion

the plan is being aappraised. However, construction units continue to implement advance payment for 32 affected households to construct before carrying out compensation payment.

- Compensation payment: It has been conducted payment to 100% substation affected households in accordance with the project’s policy. For transmission line, it has been conducted 100% payment in Thu Thua district, 90% in Thanh Hoa, 60% in Ben Luc district and 40% in Duc Hoa district. It has been not conducted compensation and assistance payment to affected households in Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc, however, it has conducted advance payment to 15 households, including 11 households in Chau

substation. After compensation plan is approved, it needs to assess the compensation level and entitlement comparing to the approved compensation plan.





Subprojects Status



Date of completion

Thanh and four households in Tan Phuoc.

2

-Compensation plan for substation of Duc Hoa DPC has been completed and submitted to ADB. However, assistance of changing occupation and creating job has been not complied with RPF/uRP - The updating of RP for Tan Phuoc and Chau Thanh district has been not completed by SPMB and not accepted by ADB Not yet established and approved compensation plan in accordance with the project’s policy. It is only conducted advance payment to households to receive the site for construction in Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc District.


- It has been being carried out DMS for 12/12 communes of two provinces of Long An and Tien Giang. Project Construction Investment Management Unit/Land Fund Development and Project Management Unit has organized community consultation meeting to disclosure information and announce about the DMS plan in all communes. As of the monitoring, it has been recorded that 11/12 communes have been completed DMS for all pole foundations and right of way of route.

- It has been approved compensation plan in districts of Thu Thua, Thanh Hoa and Duc Hoa and Ben Luc. It has been not approved compensation plan in

Compensation plan has been established and approved for 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line (not include Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc District). It needs to be fully calculated assistance for occupational training and job creation in accordance with updated resettlement plan/ resettlement framework. Recommend SPMB/DCARB of Chau Thanh, Tan Phuoc District to update RP by district and province for those districts to submit to ADB for consideration and acceptance before conducting compensation payment for affected households. For affected households which have been conducted compensation payment, after uRP is approved, it

SPMB/DCARB

In Quarter 3/2019

uRP for Chau

Thanh and Tan Phuoc districts will

be completed in Quarter

3/2019





Subprojects Status



Date of completion

Chau Thanh and Tan Phuoc districts.

- It has been conducted compensation payment to all affected households in Thu Thua, Thanh Hoa, Duc Hoa and Ben Luc districts.

- The construction unit has conducted advance payment to 15 households affected by pole foundation, including 11 households in Chau Thanh district, 4 households in Tan Phuoc. The calculation of advance payment is implemented based on DMS result and applying preliminary price. After compensation plan is approved, the construction unit will base on the approved compensation value to acquire the advance payment.

needs to be checked and reviewed compensation policy for the households. It needs to establish compensation plan in accordance with the project’s policy. For households which received advance payment to hand over the site, it needs to follow up the process of referring and acquiring advance payment of contractor to ensure that households will receive compensation value in accordance with compensation plan and policy framework of the project.

Complaints on low compensation price, affected land area in fact in comparision to land acquisition in the

Project Construction Investment Management and Land Fund Development Board of districts has ropagandize

SPPMB need to continue to combine with Project Construction Investment Management and Land Fund Development Board

SPPMB and Districts Construction and Investment Project Management Board

Quarter 3/2019





Subprojects Status



Date of completion

compensation plan, ircorrected identification of affected land location

households to receive money, explain policy and adjust the compensation plan.

of districts and communal’s PC to explain the project policy and ropagandize households to receive money. For households have differents between affected land arean in fact compared to the affected land area in the compensation plan and the hoseholds with ircorrected identification of land location, it is necessary to check again to adjust the compensation plan to suitable to the fact of affected land of households.

4. PLAN FOR THE NEXT MONITORING MISSION

Review the progress of resolving all the shortcomings and findings will be monitor in the next monitoring report.

Update the project implementation progress and the implementation progress of RP/DDR.

The sixth periodical monitoring is expected to be conducted in 12/2019.

Preparation of the draft of sixth periodical monitoring report is expected to be in 1/2020.




5. ANNEX

Annex 1. Template of public listing of compensation plan (attached file)




Annex 2. Form of DMS minutes of affected households (attached file)




Annex 3: List of affected households received advance payment by the contractors and the client

This information has been removed as it falls within exceptions to disclosure specified in

exception (x) Information that, if disclosed, would or would be likely to endanger the life,

health, safety, or security of any individual, or safety or security of ADB assets, or to

prejudice the defense or national security of a member) of ADB’s Access to Information

Policy 2018.




Annex 4: The form of detail compensation plan of households

Compensation rate applied to the 500kV Duc Hoa SS and connection lines

Compensation rate for Land

Approved based on the results of the independent valuation for land for subproject conducted in july 2018 by Southern Information and Valuation Joint Stock Company. The aims of the survey is to provide a market price on land in the project area. The valuation results have been submitted to the appraisal council including representatives of Long An Provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Finance, Department of Tax and Department of Construction to appraise the specific land prices which is applied for compensation for the affected land under the subproject. The appraisal result was then approved by Long An PPC in Decision No. 2529/QD-UBND dated 30 July 2018 by Long An PPC on approval of specific land prices for the construction of the 500 kV Duc Hoa SS and connection lines owned by SPMB in Hoa Khanh Dong Commune. The proposed land prices for compensation, site clearance in Hoa Khanh Dong commune are in the table below this table.

Compensation rate for house and other assets

Based on current market prices of materials and labour without depreciation nor deductions for salvaged building materials. Compensation rates for affected structures are calculated based on construction price index which announced by Long An Provincial Department on a monthly, quarterly and annually basis and include labor costs;

Compensation rate for crops and trees

Annual crops equivalent to current market value of crops at the time of compensation. For cash crops, the compensation unit price is calculated by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development based on the actual yield of the crop for three consecutive years and the market price; For perennial crops and trees, cash compensation at replacement cost is equivalent to current market value given the type, age and productive value at the time of compensation. Timber trees based on diameter at breast height at current market value.




Compensation price for land

Types of land

Compensation price for land in

accordance with Decision No. 60 of

Long An PPC (VND/m2)

Surveyed price

(VND/m2)

Applied compensation price (VND/m2)

Residential land in rural area Land position adjacent to N2 road (150m from Hoa Khanh intersection) – 50m to 100m

150,000 1,828,710 1,828,710

Inside position 110,000 487,000 487,000 Field land Area adjacent to N2 road (150m from Hoa Khanh intersection) – within 50m adjacent to road)

108,000 5,603,000 5,603,000

Area adjacent to N2 road (150m from Hoa Khanh intersection) –50m to 100m

90,000 1,669,000 1,669,000

Inside position 55,000 755,000 755,000 Crop land 55,000 755,000 755,000 Garden land 55,000 755,000 755,000




Annex 5: List of relocated households of Vung Tau Substation





Policy 2018.

Annex 6: List of households recieved compensation amount

I. 500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection line

This information has been removed as it falls within exceptions to disclosure specified in exception (x) Information that, if disclosed, would or would

be likely to endanger the life, health, safety, or security of any individual, or safety or security of ADB assets, or to prejudice the defense or national

security of a member) of ADB’s Access to Information Policy 2018.

II. 500kV My Tho – Duc Hoa transmission line

1. Thu Thua district

This information has been removed as it falls within exceptions to disclosure specified in exception (x) Information that, if disclosed, would or would be

likely to endanger the life, health, safety, or security of any individual, or safety or security of ADB assets, or to prejudice the defense or national security

of a member) of ADB’s Access to Information Policy 2018.

2. Duc Hoa district




3. Thanh Hoa district




4. Ben Luc district

Annex 7: Minute of compensation for construction, commitment minutes for proposing prior construction of pole foundation, minutes of acceptance and returning the site to the construction unit under 500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection lines

(attached file)




Annex 8: Template of grievance by project affected people under 500kV Duc Hoa substation and connection lines (attached file)




Annex 9. List of interviewed households





Policy 2018.

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