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Social Monitoring Report July 2014 VIE: Power Transmission Investment Program, Tranche 500kV Pleiku-My Phuoc-Cau Bong Transmission Line (Binh Phuoc Province) Prepared by Central Vietnam Power Projects Management Board for the National Power Transmission Corporation and the Asian Development Bank This social monitoring report is a document of the borrower The views expressed herein not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area NATIONAL POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION CENTRAL VIETNAM POWER PROJECTS MANAGEMENT BOARD PLEIKU - MY PHUOC - CAU BONG 500 KV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT SECOND MONITORING REPORT INDEPENDENT MONITORING ON RESETTLEMENT AND ETHNIC MINORITY IN BINH PHUOC PROVINCE July 2014 NATIONAL POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION CENTRAL VIETNAM POWER PROJECTS MANAGEMENT BOARD PLEIKU - MY PHUOC - CAU BONG 500 KV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT SECOND MONITORING REPORT INDEPENDENT MONITORING ON RESETTLEMENT AND ETHNIC MINORITY IN BINH PHUOC PROVINCE PROJECT OWNER IMPELEMENTATION Central Vietnam Power Projects Management Board Investment Consultancy and Technology Transfer Co., Ltd Deputy General Director LE CHI CUONG July 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS I GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Objectives of the Project 1.2 Scale and scope of the Project in Binh Phuoc province II OVERVIEW OF RESETTLEMENT AND ETHNIC MINORITIES DEVELOPMENT PLAN (REMDP) 10 2.1 Impacts of the Project 10 2.2 Legal framework 11 III INDEPENDENT MONITORING 13 3.1 Overview of the independent monitoring on the implementation REMDP 13 3.2 Objectives of the independent monitoring 14 3.3 Scope of works 14 3.4 Monitoring indicators 15 3.5 Implementation method 17 3.5.1 Information collection 17 3.5.2 Sampling 18 IV OUTCOMES AND FINDINGS FROM MONITORING THE REMDP IMPLEMENTATION 19 4.1 Project progress 19 4.2 Implementation progress of REMDP 19 4.2.1 The progress of approving the compensation and assistance plans 19 4.2.2 Compensation for lands and assets temporarily acquired for the construction activities 20 4.2.3 Compensation for assets located outside the ROWs 21 4.2.4 The progress of compensation payment 21 4.3 Organizations and agencies implementing the REMDP 22 4.4 Information dissemination .25 4.5 Monitoring the completeness and timeliness of compensation 26 4.5.1 Validity of compensation documents 26 4.5.2 Completeness in terms of quantity 27 4.5.3 Timeliness of compensation 28 4.5.4 The completeness of price 28 4.6 Assessment on level of satisfaction 30 INVESTCONSULT GROUP 4.7 Relocation and resettlement 32 4.8 Evaluation on severely affected households, vulnerable households and the gender issues 32 4.8.1 Severely affected households 32 4.8.2 Ethnic minority issue 33 4.8.3 Gender issues 34 4.9 Assistance policies of living restoration 34 4.10 Grievances from AHs 35 V CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 38 5.1 Conclusion 38 5.2 Recommendation .38 ANNEX LIST OF OFFICIALS APPROACHED 40 ANNEX LIST OF INTERVIEWED AHS AND QUESTIONAIRE SAMPLE 42 ANNEX LIST OF DECISIONS APPROVING COMPENSATION PLANS IN BU DANG AND BU GIA MAP; PICTURE OF SAMPLE DECISION 50 ANNEX INVENTORY MINUTE AND COMPENSATION MINUTE 57 ANNEX SAMPLE OF GRIEVANCE LETTER 61 ANNEX PROPOSED REPLACEMENT COST AND ACTUAL COMPENSATION RATE 65 ANNEX PICTURES 68 INVESTCONSULT GROUP LIST OF TABLES Table Districts and communes in project area Table Technical specification of the TL in Binh Phuoc province Table Summary of impacts from the Project 10 Table Sampling rate of the second monitoring 18 Table Number of AHs and affected institutions in Bu Dang and Bu Gia Map districts having their compensation plans approved 20 Table Compensation for assets affected by construction activities in Bu Dang and Bu Gia Map 21 Table Compensation payment in Bu Dang and Bu Gia Map 21 Table Organization for the implementation of REMDP 22 Table Result of the interview with AHs about information dissemination and community consultation 25 Table 10 Completeness in terms of quantity of AHs’ assets 28 Table 11 Satisfaction level 30 Table 12 The number of ethnic minority households and Kinh households in Bu Dang and Bu Gia Map 33 Table 13 Summary of the assistances payment for job changing in Bu Dang and Bu Gia Map 34 Table 14 Grievances in Bu Dang district 36 INVESTCONSULT GROUP ABBREVIATION ADB : Asian Development Bank AHs : Affected Households APs : Affected Persons CC : Compensation Council CPMB : Central Vietnam Power Projects Management Board DONRE : Department of Natural Resources and Environment IOL : Inventory of Losses LURC : Land Use Right Certificate NPT : National Power Transmission Corporation PC : People’s Committee PECC4 : Power Engineering Consulting Company REMDP : Resettlement and Ethnic Minority Development Plan ROWs : Right of Ways RP : Resettlement Plan SPS : Safeguard Policy Statement VND : Vietnamese dong INVESTCONSULT GROUP I GENERAL INTRODUCTION The Government of Vietnam has requested the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to provide a loan to construct 436.673 km – long Pleiku – My Phuoc – Cau Bong 500kV transmission line thatstarts from Pleiku, goes through My Phuoc and finishes at Cau Bong in the South of Vietnam The proponent and Executing Agency for the loan is the National Power Transmission Corporation (NPT) The Central Vietnam Power Projects Management Board (CPMB) is responsible for the operation of the power system in central Vietnam and will be the Executing Agency of the Project EVNNPT has identified the Pleiku–My Phuoc -Cau Bong 500kV transmission line as a high priority project and one of several construction projectsconducted in order to meet the target of connecting 90% of the population to electricity by 2020 and 100% by 2025 The proposed 500kV transmission line from Pleiku in the Central Highlands to Ho Chi Minh city will meet energy demand in the South of Vietnam which is growing at 14% per year and expected to balloon out to 25% by 2015 The construction of 500 kV Pleiku – My Phuoc – Cau Bong transmission line together with expansion of Pleiku substation will be an enhanced and more reliable energy supply to the South of Vietnam, especially to industrial zones in the area The 500kV Pleiku – My Phuoc – Cau Bong transmission line has the total length of 436.673 km It will starts from the existing Pleiku substation in Chu Pah district of Gia Lai province and finishes at the tentative Cau Bong substation in Cu Chi district of Ho Chi Minh city 1.1 Objectives of the Project - - The Pleiku – My Phuoc – Cau Bong 500kVtransmission line Project is a part of the National electricity transmission network which was developed to maintain the power supply that meet the demand of economic growth in the Southern area during 2014-2015 Besides, the Project will ensure the connection of transmission network within Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia by 2015 The Project also helps to increase the reliability of power supply, reducing the risk of electricity losses It will also optimize capacity of power plants in order to provide electricity continuously and safely to the sub-loading lines of the South in particular and the whole country in general 1.2 Scale and scope of the Project in Binh Phuoc province Pleiku - My Phuoc - Cau Bong 500 kV transmission line (TL)in Binh Phuoc province has a total length of 102.879km and passes through districts of Binh Phuoc province The detailed list of districts and communes in the Project area is demonstrated in Table INVESTCONSULT GROUP Table1 Districts and communesin project area No Districts I Bu Dang II Bu Gia Map III Dong Phu IV Chon Thanh Communes Phu Son Tho Son Doan Ket Binh Minh Minh Hung Duc Lieu Phuoc Tan Phu Trung Dong Tam Thuan Loi Thuan Phu Minh Lap Minh Thang Nha Bich Minh Thanh The number of towers being built in the province is 201 The starting towers numbered 5016 located in Phu Son commune of Bu Dang district, and the last towernumbered 6905 is settled down in Minh Thanh commune of Chon Thanh district Some technical specificationsof the TL are mentioned in Table Table2.Technical specificationof the TL in Binh Phuoc province Transmission line components Length (km) Technical specifications 102.879km - Starting point G50 (tower 5016) - End-point G69 (tower 6905) Width of Right of Way 16 m on both sides of the center line Width of Earth grounding zone 60m from the 16th meter ofthe center line Voltage 500 kV Number of circuits Conductor 4xACSR-330/43 Earth wire OPGW-90 & PHLOX-116 Optical repeater cable Suspension towers (number) INVESTCONSULT GROUP 24 fiber lines 174 Transmission line components Technical specifications - Height Average 65 m, the highest is 79 m - 337.62 m² Area required/suspension tower Tension towers (number) 26 - Height Average is 61 m, the highest is 72m -Area required/tension tower 653.4 m² Below is Routes of Transmission Line in Binh Phuoc province: Figure1.Route of the 500kV Pleiku – MyPhuoc – Cau Bong transmission line in Binh Phuoc province INVESTCONSULT GROUP