Speaking with Lao Dong Newspaper reporters at the scene of the forced eviction, Mr. Tran Quy Hung - Vice Chairman of Dien Bien Phu City People's Committee - said that the city has reviewed and inspected the land under the management of Muong Thanh ward, where there are currently 41 households and individuals who have received illegal transfers and gifts but have not yet handed it over.
“The city has carried out propaganda and mobilization to households to dismantle, clean up, relocate assets, structures, plants, livestock and return clean land for management according to regulations. However, after many propaganda and mobilizations, only 15 households agreed to dismantle, relocate and hand over the land. The number of households that did not hand over was 26 households,” said Mr. Hung.
Previously, on July 11, 2024, Dien Bien Phu City issued a decision on administrative sanctions against Mr. Doan Thanh Tuan (residing in residential group 3, Thanh Binh ward, Dien Bien Phu city) for encroaching on 475.7 square meters of non-agricultural land in urban areas on land recovered by the People's Committee of Lai Chau province (now Dien Bien province), with a fine of 30 million VND.
At the same time, request to take remedial measures, forcing Mr. Doan Thanh Tuan to demolish constructions, trees and crops, relocate assets on the land and renovate and restore the land to the same level as the original plot of land before the violation.
However, later, Mr. Doan Thanh Tuan only agreed to dismantle the assets and structures on the land but did not hand over the premises.
