Central Region Transport Networks Improvement Sector Project
Viet Nam
The Project will promote economic growth and social development in inaccessible rural areas with a high incidence of poverty. It will relieve the isolation of these areas by reducing travel cost and travel time, and eliminating traffic disruption during the wet season. It will also enable continuous trade and economic exchange, and uninterrupted access to schools, medical facilities, and other social and civil services.
About 55,000 people from ethnic minorities live along roads on five of the nine networks, representing about 6.2% of the total population living along the roads in Phases 1 and 2. Although the roads where these ethnic minorities live are in a poor condition, and often allow only seasonal access, these communities have access to some degree, are living among the majority Kinh people, and are assimilated to varying degrees.
The Summary Poverty Reduction and Social Strategy indicates that impacts on ethnic minorities for Phase 1 and 2 road networks are limited. In Lam Dong province, an ethnic minority specific action (EMSA) has been incorporated into the draft resettlement plan to provide for consultations in ethnic languages.
A summary ethnic minority development framework (EMDF) to serve as guide in the preparation of EMSA if the impacts are found to be limited and ethnic minority development plans if the impacts are significant. The EMDF includes other measures to address ethnic minorities, such as incorporation of road safety measures in road designs, an HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections awareness and prevention program, and sustainable agricultural production.
Location:
The Project will take place in rural areas of the central region of Viet Nam. (Project Map)
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