Authorized by the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (TNMT), Director of the Department of Planning and Land Resources Development Dao Trung Chinh signed and issued a document to the People's Committee of Can Tho City regarding the handling of information, press, and public opinion reflecting that the price of resettlement land when implementing the Can Tho - Ca Mau expressway project in Can Tho City is many times higher than the land compensation, leading to households not having enough money to pay when being allocated resettlement land.
The document stated that, through monitoring information, press, and public opinion, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment learned that Lao Dong Newspaper had an article: When Can Tho people cry out because the resettlement land price costs a fortune; accordingly, it reflected that the price of resettlement land allocated to households and individuals when reclaiming land to implement the Can Tho - Ca Mau expressway project in Can Tho City was too high (the lowest land use fee was 14.5 million VND/m2 and the highest was 21.6 million VND/m2), many times higher than the compensation for land, leading to households and individuals not having enough money to pay when being allocated resettlement land, causing confusion because there was no more capital to do business and live.
To promptly grasp information and have appropriate solutions, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment requests the People's Committee of Can Tho City to direct relevant agencies and units to inspect and review the compensation, support and resettlement work for households and individuals when land is recovered to implement the Can Tho - Ca Mau expressway project in Can Tho City.
In addition, propose measures to handle cases of non-compliance with legal regulations, affecting people's rights and send reports to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
As reported by Lao Dong Newspaper, dozens of households in Tan Phu, Phu Thu, Thuong Thanh wards, Cai Rang district, Can Tho City affected by the Can Tho - Hau Giang expressway project, part of the North-South expressway construction investment project in the East phase 2021 - 2025, have submitted a petition to the National Assembly, the Prime Minister, and the Government Inspectorate with the content of requesting to review the land price for households to be resettled when the state reclaims land to implement the above project.
These households said that with the above land price, they had to pay an average of 4 times the compensation. Most of them are working class, even very poor. Therefore, they cannot afford to buy and build a house to live in. The households are in a deadlock, not knowing how to earn enough money to buy resettlement land.
As a household whose entire land area of about 3,000 square meters was affected by the highway project, Mr. Le Van Luc (66 years old) shared that if he paid for the infrastructure and finished building the house, he would be left with nothing.
Mr. Nguyen Van Hien (60 years old) was confused and said: "After hearing the land price of 14.5 million VND/m2, I felt very uneasy because I didn't know where to get the money to pay."
