Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy. 2012. Presentation from Session 6: Hydropower Governance and its Implications on Negotiations and Resettlement

1. Title: The impacts of dam construction on natural
resource access and the livelihoods of project-
affected people: a case study of Binh Dien and Ta
Trach dams in Thua Thien Hue Province, Viet Nam.
Pham Thi Nhung

2. I. Introduction
 Objectives
To provide a detailed picture of the impacts of displacement and
resettlement policies associated with dam development on natural
resources access (NRA) and the livelihoods of project-affected
households.
 The study’s specific objectives
- To review all Vietnamese compensation and displacement
policies, and land policies.
- To evaluate changing NRA and the negative or positive impacts
of displacement and compensation policies on displaced
households’ access to natural resources.
- To evaluate livelihood changes, and the negative or positive
impacts of displacement and compensation policies on
displaced households’ livelihoods by focusing on income
activities, incomes, assets, risks, and vulnerability.
- To draw a relationship between NRA, the displacement and
resettlement policies associated with dam construction and the
livelihoods of affected households.

3. Binh Dien RA
- 51 households (48 Catu
households), population is 241 Ta Trach RA:
people with 114 labors. -197 Kinh households
- To resettle in Binh Thanh
- To resettle in Binh Thanh
commune since 2006 due to
constrution Binh Dien
Commune since 9/2005 due
hydropower. to construction Ta Trach dam.
-Poor rate is 23% before - Rate poor is 25% before
resettlement and 49% in 2011 resettlement and 50% in
-Total of its area is 35 ha. 2011.
- Total area is 200ha (165 ha
cultivated and building land
, 35 ha of lake, rivulet and
hollow land).

4. II. Key findings
2.1Compensation policy
Ta Trach project Binh Dien Project
 Average compensation level is  29.5 million vnd and one
68million vnd/hh house with value 60 million
 1.5 million vnd/hh to displace and vnd/hh
0.3 million vnd/hh to reclaim;  Support all of fee of
household who move to others displacement and reclaim
(not RA) was supported 3 million
vnd; household who have
wounded soldier, revolutionary
martyr, the heroes was supported
1-3 million Vnd
 30kg rice /person/month  21 kg
during 6 months rice/person/month, during 12
months

5. Rate of money invests in
components of resettlement program
Ta Trach project Binh Dien project
 Total expense is 133billion  Total expense is 8.5billion
vnd (total 810households, 7 vnd (49 households, 1 RA)
RAs). whereas:
2% Compensation
7% Livelihood
support
Infrastructure
41% 45%
Other
55% 42%
6%
2%
Source: reports of Binh Dien and Binh Thanh resettlement programs

6. 2.2 Changing of natural resources access
2.2.1 Changing of land access
Chart 3: Changing rate of household have land use certificate (LUC)
120 (Percentage, N=125)
100
100
86.4 86.4
80
60
40
20 20
20
0 0 0 0
0
building land forest land garden land
before resettlement 2006 2011
(Source: Survey household 2012)

7. Chart 4: Change of efficiency of land use
Change efficiency of garden Change of efficiency of forest
land use ( million vnd/ha) land use
20
( millon vnd/ha/year)
25
18 17.9 22.2
16
20 20.5
14
12
15
10
8.8 Ta Trach 11 Ta Trach
8 Binh Dien 10
7.3 7.3 Binh Dien
6 7.37
5
4 5
4.7
2
0 0
Before 2006 2011 Before 2011
resettlement resettlement
Source: Household survey , 2012

8. Diagram 1: Impact of resettlement program on land access

10. Surface water source in RA
Surface water source in old place

11. Diagram 2 : Impact of resettlement program on access to CPR

12. 3.3 Change and impacts of resettlement program on livelihood
Chart 5: Rate of participated household on income activities ( Percent, N=125)
Source: household survey, 2012

13. Chart 6: Income structure of household
Source: household survey, 2012

15. Chart 6: Change of important level of assets with livelihood
of HH
Ta Trach Binh Dien
(Source: Group discussion 2012)

16. Diagram 4: Vulnerability in RA and cause

17. Thank you for your attention!