In the Khau Bi area of Lien Phuong hamlet, 22 H'Mong households were affected by landslides. During the 2024 rainy season, these households had to evacuate to the hamlet's community center several times to ensure their safety.
Mr. Ly Van Phinh shared: “My family has seven members. During our time living in the Khau Bi area, whenever there was heavy and prolonged rain, with the support of the local government, we evacuated to the Lien Phuong hamlet's cultural center to avoid landslides and ensure our safety. Some years we had to evacuate several times, making life difficult and leaving us feeling insecure.”
In light of this situation, Thai Nguyen province assigned the former Dong Hy district as the investor for the construction of the Lien Phuong concentrated resettlement area. The resettlement area was built in a modern style; the internal roads are wide, paved with gravel, and have curbs and drainage ditches on both sides; the electricity grid and water supply systems were also solidly constructed with a total investment of nearly 15 billion VND.
In early 2025, the local government allocated 200 m² of land and 60 million VND to each household. A total of 35 H'Mông ethnic minority households (22 in the Khâu Bí area and 13 in other landslide-prone and remote areas) moved to the resettlement area to build houses and stabilize their lives. Like many other families, Mr. Lý Văn Phình built a spacious house of over 70 m² in the resettlement area, complete with bedrooms, a living area, and a neat kitchen.
Moving to the Lien Phuong resettlement area with its complete infrastructure, people no longer worry about landslides, and their lives and daily activities have become more convenient. Ly Van Binh's family has six members, including four children; the oldest is 13 years old, the youngest is 9 months old, and the three older children are all attending primary and kindergarten.
Mr. Binh shared: “The new place has convenient transportation, and the kindergarten and primary school are only a little over 1 km from our house, so the children can go to school on their own without needing to be driven. The resettlement area is close to the center of the commune, so commuting and shopping are convenient.”
Since moving to the Lien Phuong resettlement area, Mr. Ly Van Phinh's family and other families have returned to their old area to cultivate and care for their planted forests, as this is their main livelihood. Mr. Phinh owns about 10 hectares of acacia forest, aged 1-5 years. The acacia trees can be harvested after 5-6 years, with each hectare yielding an income of about 80 million VND from timber sales. When their household chores are finished, Mr. Phinh and his sons work as hired laborers in the village and commune to care for and harvest the forest, supplementing their income and stabilizing their lives.
In recent years, Thai Nguyen province has invested in building three resettlement areas in Van Lang commune, namely Tam Va, Lien Phuong, and Ban Ten, with synchronized infrastructure to relocate 113 households (including 110 H'Mong ethnic minority households) from landslide-prone areas.
Besides arranging stable housing for the people, the Party Committee and the government of Van Lang commune have also implemented many practical solutions to support people in resettlement areas to develop their economy and gradually stabilize their lives, such as: Organizing many training courses on forest planting, guiding the care and processing of tea to increase productivity and product quality, thereby increasing income and promoting local strengths.
Chairman of the People's Committee of Ha Quang Trong commune said: "The commune has organized many sewing classes for people of working age to become factory workers; organized job fairs, job exchange sessions and invited businesses to recruit laborers."
To date, in the three hamlets of Lien Phuong, Tam Va, and Ban Ten (including households in the three resettlement areas), there are 300 people working as factory workers. In the future, the commune will continue to organize vocational training classes linked to the labor market. This is an important solution to both create jobs and provide stable income for the people.”
Providing breeding cows and chickens to some poor and near-poor households has also contributed positively to creating jobs and increasing income for people in resettlement areas. Van Lang commune will continue to train and improve the knowledge of the people and connect with the Social Policy Bank to meet the needs for loans and create long-term livelihoods for people who have recently moved to live in Lien Phuong, Tam Va, and Ban Ten.
Source: https://nhandan.vn/an-cu-ben-vung-cho-nguoi-dan-vung-sat-lo-post964121.html
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