In early September 2025, Lao Dong Newspaper published a series of reports: "Opening a way ashore for lives floating in the waves of hydropower reservoirs". The content of the articles reflects that while on the shore, many poor households have been supported to remove temporary houses and dilapidated houses, in the middle of hydropower reservoirs in the Central Highlands, there are still people silently clinging to temporary wooden rafts to make a living.
Faced with the long-standing difficulties of households living in the lake area, the People's Committee of Ta Dung commune (Lam Dong) and the People's Committee of Krong No commune (Dak Lak) are implementing support plans, gradually bringing people ashore to stabilize their lives. Localities are focusing on reviewing planning and allocating suitable land funds for resettlement, but this process requires a lot of time.
Mr. Nguyen Van Huyen - Chairman of Krong No Commune People's Committee affirmed: "Immediately after Lao Dong Newspaper had a series of reports, I directed the Commune Economic Department to grasp the situation, review, and directly exchange with nearly 20 households in the lake. After the Lunar New Year 2026 holiday, we will continue to work with the hydropower company in the area on arranging resettlement land funds for people. The hydropower company still has 21 land plots (planned and arranged for resettlement - PV) that can support people to go ashore and settle down, but this process cannot be done in a hurry. Functional agencies need to review dossiers and land status to implement according to regulations".
According to Mr. Huyen, another option is that the commune will consider implementing the conversion of land use purposes for agricultural and forestry farms that are used ineffectively to arrange for people. Thank you very much to Lao Dong Newspaper for reflecting this situation so that the locality can get involved and provincial leaders can grasp more about the situation.
According to Mr. Tran Nam Thuan, Chairman of Ta Dung Commune People's Committee: "Immediately after the press reflected the above situation, the Commune People's Committee assigned officials many times to collect opinions and grasp the aspirations of nearly 20 households living in the lake area. This process is continuously implemented, the locality is very determined to bring people ashore and stabilize their lives. However, the biggest obstacle is still the agricultural land fund for people to cultivate after ashore. Currently, the Commune People's Committee is continuing to review and try its best to study and allocate resettlement land funds for people and propagate and change customs and habits that have been deeply ingrained in their subconscious.
Mr. Nguyen Thien Van, Vice Chairman of Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee, said that the province requests grassroots authorities to report in detail the number of households, circumstances of each case, actual conditions and specific proposals. Commune-level People's Committees have the authority to review and supplement planning, arrange resettlement land but must ensure the right beneficiaries. Contents beyond their authority need to be consulted with the Provincial People's Committee to have appropriate policies.
According to provincial leaders, the viewpoint is to find solutions so that people in the lake area can settle and stabilize on the shore, not allowing the situation of living adrift to last for many generations. However, the implementation must ensure compliance with legal regulations and avoid risks.
