From the roads
The Tan Duc Industrial Park, recently inaugurated in Tan Minh commune, boasts significant advantages, including the crucial contribution of the Tan Minh - Son My road. Once completed, it will shorten the distance to Cai Mep - Thi Vai Port (formerly Ba Ria - Vung Tau province), reducing logistics costs for businesses. Regarding the road, the Son My commune People's Committee has issued 134 land acquisition notices, covering 134 plots/168,706.5 m² .
Of this, land belonging to the Commune People's Committee includes 24 plots/4,539.8 m² ; land belonging to individuals/households includes 76 households/110 plots/164,166.7 m² . However, during the investigation, surveying, and counting process, an additional 11 households were identified. Furthermore, approximately 10 households are from outside the locality ( Hanoi City), making it impossible to invite them for meetings due to the lack of specific contact information. This is a common problem encountered in some projects in the southeastern part of the province, prolonging the land clearance process.
Therefore, the People's Committee of the commune is currently mobilizing households to hand over the land, and so far, 2.76 hectares per kilometer have been handed over. Simultaneously, a decision has been issued to establish a council for appraising specific land prices in the commune, and a contract has been signed with a consulting unit to determine specific land prices. Currently, this consulting unit is preparing the specific land price dossier, from which the compensation levels for households affected by the Tan Minh - Son My road project will be determined…
The construction of the Tan Minh - Son My road is the wish and expectation of the provincial and commune authorities, investors, businesses, and the people in the region. For the people of Son My, it is seen as a major gateway, opening up a whole new space that connects most closely with the dynamic economic region of the South - Southeast, as industrial zones and multi-million dollar projects will soon appear in the commune.
Being a naturally sandy and difficult area, the people here all have a deep-seated dream of a brighter, more convenient, and smoother life, starting with escaping the sinking sand. This has been demonstrated through their enthusiastic collective efforts and contributions of billions of dong to build roads in the commune under the state-led public-private partnership model.
According to a report from the People's Committee of Son My commune, prior to the merger, the People's Committee of Ham Tan district (formerly) had approved the implementation of the rural transportation development plan for 2025 in the three communes of Son My (formerly), Tan Thang (formerly), and Thang Hai (formerly), with a total investment of 12.27 billion VND. Of this, the state budget contributed over 7.97 billion VND, and the people contributed nearly 4.3 billion VND.
Accordingly, the People's Committees of these former communes held meetings with the people, mobilizing them to contribute funds according to the prescribed ratio; and implemented construction to complete 15 roads/3.472 km before June 30, 2025. The total investment cost for these 15 roads is nearly 4.2 billion VND, of which: the state budget supported more than 2.7 billion VND, and the people contributed more than 1.46 billion VND.
We hope the projects will be implemented soon.
The convenience of traveling on the newly constructed concrete roads has caused frustration among residents in villages where the project, included in the 2025 rural transportation development plan, has yet to be implemented. The frustration is unusual, however, along the lines of: "I'm willing to pay, I'll contribute whatever it takes..." which even pleases the local authorities. The truth is, in coastal rural areas like Son My, water is scarce, so while agriculture is diversified with various crops, including forest trees, it's mostly single-crop farming, resulting in low incomes for the local people.
As the average per capita income in the commune is projected to reach 55 million VND/person by 2025, any contributions from the people are met with hesitation from the authorities. "Although income is not yet high, with a spirit of contributing to the common good and wanting convenient transportation, the people in the commune are very enthusiastic about contributing to road construction according to their share. Therefore, the commune has an advantage in mobilizing public support," said Mr. Nguyen Van Ty, Chairman of the People's Committee of Son My commune.
In fact, after the commune merger, voters in Son My commune petitioned for a continued review and implementation of the remaining 13 roads in the project, totaling 5.095 km in length and costing over 8 billion VND, including: state budget support: 5,258,116,331 VND, and people's contributions: 2,831,282,625 VND. The commune has submitted its opinion on the appraisal of the report proposing the investment policy for the provincial projects in the commune. However, to date, the Provincial People's Committee has not yet allocated the support funds to continue implementing the remaining 13 roads.
According to the plan, 13 of these roads will be implemented in 2026, including those that will serve as connections, opening up new and expansive spaces for Son My. These include the project to repair, upgrade, and expand Road 331; the project to asphalt Road No. 15 in Tan Thang commune and Road No. 18 in Son My commune; the project to asphalt Road No. 9 in Son My commune (the section from National Highway 55 to the end of the residential area); the coastal road project from Phuoc Hoi to Son My (National Highway 55); the Son My Secondary School project; the Tan Thang Secondary School project; the Tan Thang 1 Primary School project; the Tan Thang 2 Primary School project, etc.
This is also the time when Son My commune, along with relevant departments and agencies, resolves obstacles and urges investors to accelerate the progress of investment and construction of the following industrial zones: Son My 1, Son My 2 (phase 1); and the projects: Son My 1 BOT thermal power plant, Son My 2 thermal power plant, and Son My LNG terminal.
In this context, land clearance is crucial for these projects to proceed on schedule, creating "frontages" that each household in the commune can benefit from. It's noteworthy that with the current compensation policy, some projects have already set compensation rates, and residents have agreed and received the money. Only a small number of households, who were eligible for compensation 5-10 years ago and only now receive their money, are at a disadvantage, and have filed complaints due to the significant discrepancies.
Mr. Mai Quang, Head of Hamlet 3 – a hamlet with a large land area within the projects and also home to the two groups of people eligible for compensation as mentioned above – said: “The people in Hamlet 3 are very eager for the projects to be implemented soon so that their children, who are working in other industrial areas, can return home and work near their families. Nearly 20 households, however, are still dissatisfied with the previous compensation rates and have submitted a petition. The general sentiment is that the people are currently very excited about the upcoming projects.”
Source: https://baolamdong.vn/nhung-mat-tien-o-son-my-412978.html
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