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Agricultural land on Ly Son Island is very rare. To have an area of land to grow onions and garlic - famous products of the whole country - Ly Son people have had to reform many generations to create a sustainable livelihood. Therefore, when reclaiming to build a residential area, it will destroy the sustainable livelihood of the people and damage the garlic growing industry in Ly Son.
In 2022, the People's Committee of Quang Ngai province issued a Decision approving the investment policy of the Dong Rung Residential Area project in Ly Son island district, with an area of 204,252.5m2 , a total investment of more than 662.6 billion VND, of which more than 554 billion VND is the preliminary cost of project implementation and nearly 108 billion VND is the preliminary cost of compensation, resettlement support, and site clearance.
Dong Rung residential area has 148 houses located on the main road, including 328 townhouses and 65 villas. This is the first residential project in Ly Son island district.
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Project implementation area of Dong Rung residential area, Ly Son island district, Quang Ngai province |
By July 2022, the People's Committee of Quang Ngai province issued a Decision approving the preliminary assessment results on the capacity and experience of investors registering to implement the Dong Rung Residential Area project.
According to this decision, only one investor registered to implement the project, which is the investor consortium consisting of Hop Nghia Investment Corporation - Tan Thai Binh Duong Urban Development and Construction Investment Joint Stock Company and Van Quynh Joint Stock Company. The leading member of this consortium is Hop Nghia Investment Company.
The operation period of the Dong Rung Residential Area investment project is 49 years, from the date of the decision on land allocation and lease; the project implementation progress is 5 years.
The People's Committee of Ly Son district has issued a notice to recover more than 204,252.5m2 of land, of which agricultural land is 178,270.4m2 of 474 households, the rest is rural residential land (23 households, affected area 1,088.7m2 ), land for perennial crops (1 household, affected area 1.7m2 ), land area managed by organizations is 24,891.7m2 )
However, when the compensation and support levels were applied according to the price frame regulated by the State, the people of Ly Son island district reacted because they thought the prices were too low, not commensurate with the market price and affected people's livelihoods.
Ms. Ngo Thi Tru (Dong An Vinh village, Ly Son district) said: "My family has 480m2 in the recovered area, the compensation price and other support is only 500,000 VND/ m2 , I think it is too cheap, my family only has that much land to grow onions and garlic, 1 year we grow 3 onion crops, 1 garlic crop, now that the land is recovered, there is no land to grow".
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Mr. Pham Huu Hien has land in the recovery project, however the compensation price is low compared to reality so he does not agree to hand over the land. |
Mr. Pham Huu Hien (Dong An Vinh village, Ly Son district) has 1,100m2 of land, when it was recovered, there were 300m2 of land left. He said: "I agree with the policy of the district and province, but the compensation price is low compared to reality. Now people are asking to buy my land for more than 1.2 million/ m2 , but I won't sell it because if I sell it, how will I live? On this land, each crop of onions and garlic, after deducting expenses, the profit is 40 million VND/sao".
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In this area, people grow onions and garlic, which are the main source of income for households on Ly Son Island. |
Ms. Pham Thi Huong, Chairwoman of the People's Committee of Ly Son island district, said that after working with households in the Dong Rung residential area project area, the people agreed with the project implementation policy, but they reflected that the land price was low compared to the market price. The compensation price according to the State land price frame and the costs of supporting people in the project area is 500,000 VND/ m2 , this price is not commensurate, so the people do not agree to hand over the land.
Ms. Huong said: “For the Dong Rung residential area project, the district is reporting to the province to request a land price adjustment coefficient according to the reality of Ly Son. The compensation price and other support are 500,000 VND/ m2 , so we have to adjust it twice, to 1-1.2 million VND, commensurate with the people's request. Currently, the district's departments are studying the regulations and then reporting to the Committee for comments."
However, there are also many opinions that reclaiming a large area of agricultural land, most of which is garlic land, will potentially lead to many consequences. Because agricultural land on Ly Son Island is very rare, to have this land area to grow onions and garlic - a famous product of the whole country - Ly Son people have had to reform for many generations to create a sustainable livelihood. Therefore, reclaiming this area to build a residential area will destroy the sustainable livelihood of the people and damage the garlic growing profession in Ly Son.
Furthermore, the development of residential areas, subdivision of plots to build townhouses, villas... not only causes "urbanization" and destroys the landscape of Ly Son island but also risks overloading the local infrastructure, especially water resources and waste treatment.
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