These days, the small house of Mr. Nguyen Nhu Oanh (Hamlet 20, Xuan Bang Village, Trung Gia Commune, Hanoi) is busier than ever. Many households living in the 500m radius area around Nam Son Waste Treatment Complex came to share their joy when they were just allocated resettlement land, completed their land use right certificate (red book) documents to prepare to move to a new place.
"We call this the day of clearing the Nam Son landfill. After more than 20 years of living in pollution, suffering all kinds of hardships, now I see such a clear ray of hope," Mr. Oanh said emotionally.
At the end of October 2025, the People's Committee of Trung Gia commune issued an invitation to 10 households and individuals eligible for resettlement to complete land allocation procedures to serve the site clearance of the environmental impact area migration project (500m glass).
Of which, Mr. Nguyen Nhu Oanh's family was allocated 200m2 of resettlement land, Ms. Lai Thi them was allocated 200m2, Vu Dinh Truong and Vu Dinh Trung households... were allocated 100m2 of resettlement land.
After the first phase, the Trung Gia Commune Infrastructure Investment Project Management Board continued to have invitations for 28 households and individuals to meet to approve the conditions, choose the form of resettlement, serve the site clearance work for the environmental impact projects combined with planting trees in the commune.
"Thus, people will be compensated for the right type of land (residential land, not subject to agricultural land prices); construction works will be compensated 100% of their value; at the same time, resettlement land will be arranged appropriately, ensuring minimum living conditions when relocating. This has met the people's expectations for more than 20 years," said Mr. Oanh.
Nam Son waste treatment complex was built and put into operation in the late 1990s, initially with an area of about 83 hectares. In the first 15 years, the project rarely encountered any reaction from the people. But in 2011, when the city expanded the treatment area to 73.73 hectares with 8 new landfills, the distance between the landfill and the houses was shortened to only... 100m.
Mr. Oanh said: "At first, it was 700m from the landfill, but when it was expanded, my house was only 100m away. People from there suddenly became residents of polluted areas, within a radius of 500m without a way out".
The waste treatment process is outdated and lacks cover, causing serious impacts on people's living environment. The strong stench, leachate seeping into the ground, the sound of garbage trucks coming in and out all day and night, high-capacity lights shining straight into the house... have been a constant obsession for many years of the people of Xuan Bang village.
Previously, Lao Dong Newspaper published a series of articles: "Compensation for land with red books at Nam Son landfill at a price of 0 VND" reflecting the fact that people in the affected area of Nam Son Waste Treatment Complex were upset about the compensation, compensation, and resettlement support plan with many unsatisfactory things.
Accordingly, many families, when receiving the draft Detailed Plan for compensation, support and resettlement prepared by the Soc Son District Land Fund Development Center, were shocked not to receive support for land allocation and resettlement and many construction works on the land were 0 VND and the family's residential land was considered the area of perennial land not in the same plot of residential land, so they were only compensated at 78,000 VND/m2), not supported for resettlement for households.
"The compensation is too small, not in accordance with the provisions of the law, not supporting resettlement for households, so we cannot move out of this polluted area," a household was upset.
