Public opinion is very concerned about information that the national-level tourist lake area in Phu Tho is being leveled and encroached upon.
According to reflections from people in Mo hamlet, Da Bac commune, recently, some individuals have arbitrarily built embankments, leveled and encroached on thousands of square meters of Hoa Binh Lake water surface, and have been fined by the government but still exist.
On the evening of February 27, PV contacted Mr. Dao Tien Quyet - Chairman of Da Bac Commune People's Committee - to find out information.
According to information from Da Bac Commune People's Committee, after receiving the reflection, the Commune People's Committee directed the Economic Department to coordinate with agencies and units to verify the reflection on the act of encroaching on land into Hoa Binh hydropower lake.
At the end of November 2025, through verification, functional agencies recorded signs of violations at the land plot used by Mr. Luu Anh Tu and the land plot transferred to Mr. Pham Duy Quang from June 2025.
On December 11, 2025, the working group made 2 records identifying signs of administrative violations in the field of land.
After having the results of measuring the violating area, on January 23, 2026, the Chairman of Da Bac Commune People's Committee issued a decision to fine Mr. Luu Anh Tu 5 million VND, force him to return more than 1.5 million VND of illegal profit and request to restore the original state of the land within 10 days.
According to the Commune People's Committee, from December 1, 2025, Mr. Tu arbitrarily transferred 997.5m2 of forest land to non-agricultural land (not residential land) without permission from competent authorities; of which 633.2m2 is for concrete roads and 364.3m2 is for concrete floors.
However, according to records, up to now, the area of 997.5m2 of forest land illegally converted to other purposes still exists in its original state.
Regarding Mr. Pham Duy Quang, in the process of requesting to provide measurements of the violating area, the Commune People's Committee received a request to demolish the embankment which is a part of the construction encroaching on the hydropower lake. Therefore, administrative violation penalties are not imposed.
On the same day (February 27), in a quick exchange with reporters by phone, Mr. Luu Anh Tu said that the above-mentioned land area was landslide due to floods in September 2025. After that, the family arbitrarily filled it for remediation and was recorded and fined by the local authorities according to regulations.
We will seriously take it into account and in the future we will restore the original state," Mr. Tu emphasized.
In 2016, the Hoa Binh lake area was approved by the Prime Minister for planning as a national tourist area, belonging to Hoa Binh city and 4 districts Da Bac, Cao Phong, Tan Lac and Mai Chau (old).
Ministries, branches and the Government have issued many decisions and plans to soon make Hoa Binh Lake area one of the key national tourist areas of the Midlands and Northern Mountains region by 2030.
