Decision No. 10/2021/QD-UBND Amending and Supplementing Certain Articles of the Regulation Issued with Decision No. 14/2017/QD-UBND on Principles and Compensation Unit Prices for Property Damage in Cases of Land Recovery for Construction Projects in Binh Thuan Province

Decision No. 10/2021/QD-UBND of the People's Committee of Binh Thuan Province amends and supplements several articles of the Regulation issued together with Decision No. 14/2017/QD-UBND of 4 May 2017 on principles and unit prices for compensation for property damage when the State recovers land to construct works in Binh Thuan Province. Proposed by the Director of the Department of Finance (Report No. 87/TTr-STC of 28 January 2021), the Decision takes effect from 20 April 2021 and annuls Decision No. 12/2020/QD-UBND of 27 March 2020 as well as Clause 2, Article 3 of the 2017 Regulation. The amended Article 2 sets the following rules. For houses and architectural structures, compensation follows the unit prices in Appendix 1; in Phu Quy island district, prices are multiplied by 1.5; for houses with reinforced-concrete flat roofs or Thai, Japanese or French style roofs, an additional amount equal to 10% of the roof-storey floor area multiplied by the corresponding unit price is paid. Households may salvage materials and receive full compensation; non-State organizations and enterprises may salvage materials but have a recovery value of 10% of the compensation deducted; State-managed buildings are compensated with proceeds liquidated and remitted to the budget; the recovery-value deduction applies only where 100% of a structure is cleared. Graves of persons buried under 36 months receive an additional support of 5,000,000 VND per grave. The Decision also re-defines housing grades 2 (3–5 storeys, 50–100-year service life, sub-grades 2A/2B), 3 (maximum 2 storeys, 20–50 years, sub-grades 3A/3B/3C) and 4 (under 20 years, sub-grades 4A/4B/4C) by structural specifications, and distinguishes hand-drilled wells (diameter under 200 mm, depth 10–20 m) from machine-drilled wells (depth over 20 m, diameter up to over 500 mm). For crops, compensation follows Appendix 2: perennial fruit trees in harvest are grade A (100%), near-harvest trees 80%, newly planted trees 20% and aged trees 30%; timber, shade and ornamental trees over 4 years receive 80%, 2–4 years 50% and under 2 years 20%, with separate thresholds for acacia and eucalyptus (grade A from 5 years); annual crops receive 100%, 80% or 50% by growth stage, potted movable plants receive only relocation support, and tobacco is graded by days after planting. Maximum compensable planting densities apply to trees up to 4 years old (e.g., hybrid acacia and eucalyptus 3,333 trees/ha, rubber 555 trees/ha, dragon fruit 1,110 posts/ha, tobacco 20,000 plants/ha); trees older than 4 years are compensated at actual counts. Assets not listed are appraised case-by-case via specialized agencies and the Department of Finance or district authorities. Transitional provisions allow unapproved projects, and approved projects where the State has delayed resettlement land or payment, to apply the new prices.