Implement resettlement areas on an urban scale.

In Dong Nai province, there are many key projects and works currently underway or about to be implemented. Upon completion and commissioning, these will open up strong development opportunities for the province. However, this also means immense pressure on the resettlement of people whose land is being acquired.

Residents build houses in the Long Duc resettlement area, Binh An commune. Photo: Hoang Loc

Developing large-scale resettlement areas ensures sufficient land for timely housing arrangements for residents while contributing to the formation of civilized and modern urban areas.

Resettlement has not kept pace with demand.

For many years, the province and its (former) districts and cities have implemented the policy of relocating people to areas where land is reclaimed, ensuring their legitimate rights and creating favorable conditions for projects to proceed on schedule. However, in practice, not all projects involve simultaneous land reclamation and resettlement.

For each project, once a plan is approved, the authorities will review the needs, and then the locality will find suitable land for resettlement areas. This approach has led to some projects falling into a situation where "land acquisition comes first - resettlement follows later." In some projects, people have handed over the land but the resettlement infrastructure is still lacking; in other projects, land for resettlement is available but is far from the land acquisition site, so people do not want to move there; in exceptional cases, even at the time of implementation, people still do not know where they will be resettled.

According to the Provincial People's Committee, from now until 2030, the province plans to implement the construction of 89 resettlement area projects with more than 47,000 land plots. The total cost for implementation is over 10 trillion VND.

This situation has led to delays in land clearance, causing key projects to fall behind schedule; and resulting in public dissatisfaction, complaints, and lawsuits.

Provincial Party Committee member and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ho Van Ha stated that: In recent times, land clearance has been a major "bottleneck" for many projects. This has led to other consequences such as low disbursement of public investment capital and projects being delayed in completion according to plan. One of the reasons, according to the provincial leadership's assessment, is that localities have not been proactive in investing in the construction of resettlement areas, so when it is necessary to arrange new housing for people to reclaim land, many difficulties arise.

Recognizing this issue, the Provincial People's Committee has directed localities to review and forecast needs so that the province can develop an investment plan for resettlement areas from now until 2030. The main objective of the plan is to create land reserves to meet the needs of implementing the province's socio -economic development projects; at the same time, to serve the land clearance work for key national and local projects; to help the province and communes and wards no longer be passive in mobilizing land handover, ensuring timely housing arrangements and avoiding prolonged temporary housing for people; to build technical and social infrastructure systems in resettlement areas in a civilized, modern, and synchronized manner; and to create a basis for relevant agencies and units to be more proactive in planning, preparing land reserves, and allocating capital for the construction of resettlement areas...

Create resettlement cities.

Resettlement is a humane policy of the Party and the State towards those whose residential land has been confiscated after compensation has been received. This is not simply about providing a place to live, but about creating a new living space for people after land confiscation.

Resettlement area in Phuoc An commune. Photo: Hoang Loc

Comrade Nguyen Tuan Anh, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, commented: Although the 2024 Land Law and new decrees and circulars have resolved many obstacles, compensation, support, and resettlement work is still progressing slowly. This not only affects the disbursement of public investment capital but also directly impacts the lives, livelihoods, and stability of people whose land is being acquired; at the same time, it reduces the economic efficiency of the project, affects the capital utilization plan, and the investor's capital recovery time.

According to Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh, to overcome current limitations, it is necessary to review and allocate land for the construction of synchronized and modern resettlement areas, ensuring complete infrastructure and essential services so that people can quickly stabilize their lives. Along with that, a flexible resettlement policy should be applied, allowing for relocation to other areas and the choice of receiving housing or land depending on people's needs.

Comrade Nguyen Van Ut, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, emphasized during a meeting with the Department of Agriculture and Environment on November 26th: The approach to resettlement needs to be changed towards a more fundamental and effective method. Instead of developing small, fragmented resettlement areas for each project, larger-scale resettlement areas of tens of hectares, or urban resettlement zones, should be developed. These resettlement areas will be planned in locations with convenient transportation infrastructure and will ensure full amenities such as schools at all levels, medical facilities, community centers, green spaces, roads, parking lots, and other social infrastructure.

According to Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Ut, developing large-scale resettlement areas with full amenities will significantly improve the quality of life for residents. These resettlement cities will serve not just one but multiple projects, ending the situation of "rushing and queuing" in arranging new housing. When land is readily available, the "bottleneck" of land acquisition for projects will be resolved. At the same time, the large-scale resettlement city model helps save infrastructure investment costs, avoids fragmentation, and forms a synchronized residential ecosystem, thereby ensuring that people are resettled in places with a quality of life equivalent to or better than their previous residences.

Between now and 2030, the province will implement many large-scale infrastructure projects, industrial parks, and urban areas, requiring the acquisition of residential land. Therefore, preparing resettlement areas becomes a key factor in land clearance. Besides allocating resources, the province allows localities to temporarily advance provincial funds to invest in the construction of resettlement areas, thereby accelerating the compensation, land clearance, and project implementation process. This is considered an important solution to promote the formation of modern and civilized resettlement urban areas.

Hoang Loc

Source: https://baodongnai.com.vn/kinh-te/202511/thuc-hien-khu-tai-dinh-cu-theo-quy-mo-do-thi-2f61f23/