The southern province of Dong Nai on February 28 held a working session with local agencies and authorities of Long Thanh district on the relocation of residents to serve the building of the Long Thanh International Airport.
According to the province’s calculations, 170,000 locals in six communes of Long An, Binh Son, Cam Duong, Suoi Trau, Bau Can and Long Phuoc will have to move to make space for the airport, which covers 5,000 hectares.
Up to 86 percent of the total, or 155,000 people, are of working age, posing a crucial need for reemployment.
Currently, the province has approved two resettlement projects covering over 280 hectares at a cost of 4.1 trillion VND in Loc An and Binh Son communes, which are designed to host about 54,000 people.
Dong Nai proposed that local workers should be given priority in construction jobs at the airport, as farmland in Long Thanh district has been significantly reduced.
Tran Minh Phuc, Vice Chairman of the Dong Nai provincial People’s Committee said the province pays much attention to the resettlement and reemployment of locals living on the project site.
The committee has assigned the Departments of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Health, Education and Training and the Dong Nai Rubber Corporation to survey the locals’ need for jobs, schools and healthcare centres, thus design proper solutions, said Phuc.
He added that the province will gather opinions on compensation methods for the displaced locals, while making plans to provide vocational training for the residents, who are mostly farmers.
Construction of the Long Thanh International Airport is scheduled to start in early 2016.-VNA
According to the province’s calculations, 170,000 locals in six communes of Long An, Binh Son, Cam Duong, Suoi Trau, Bau Can and Long Phuoc will have to move to make space for the airport, which covers 5,000 hectares.
Up to 86 percent of the total, or 155,000 people, are of working age, posing a crucial need for reemployment.
Currently, the province has approved two resettlement projects covering over 280 hectares at a cost of 4.1 trillion VND in Loc An and Binh Son communes, which are designed to host about 54,000 people.
Dong Nai proposed that local workers should be given priority in construction jobs at the airport, as farmland in Long Thanh district has been significantly reduced.
Tran Minh Phuc, Vice Chairman of the Dong Nai provincial People’s Committee said the province pays much attention to the resettlement and reemployment of locals living on the project site.
The committee has assigned the Departments of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Health, Education and Training and the Dong Nai Rubber Corporation to survey the locals’ need for jobs, schools and healthcare centres, thus design proper solutions, said Phuc.
He added that the province will gather opinions on compensation methods for the displaced locals, while making plans to provide vocational training for the residents, who are mostly farmers.
Construction of the Long Thanh International Airport is scheduled to start in early 2016.-VNA
