A former district chairman in Vietnam’s Central Highlands is being inspected for his ownership of several properties including a costly villa. Authorities in Dak Lak Province are carrying out an investigation into the assets of Tran Ngoc Quang, ex-chairman of the People’s Committee in the province’s Ea Sup District. Quang’s villa, completed just a few years ago, is located in the Ea Bung neighborhood where the wood-adorned buildings dot the complex, safeguarded by a high brick wall. A VND900 million ($US39,633) road stretches 500 meters to connect the residence with the provincial highway No. 1 while the surrounding remain pockmarked with dirt-filled potholes. The road was originally part of a project developed by the Ea Bung administration aimed at upgrading the commune’s transport infrastructure. Capital for the project, however, was nearly depleted following the renovation to the section leading from Quant’s villa, according to a Dak Lak official. The road in front of the villa is properly built. Photo: Tuoi Tre The plan is expected to continue once there is sufficient finance. The land on which Quang had his villa built was previously zoned for agricultural purposes before the former chairman was approved to change the purpose of the land and pay the required tax for using the property. Quang also owns a two-story house near Ea Sup Market, a filling station, and multiple land plots across the locality. Records showed that the filling station is operated by the former chairman’s family on plot previously rented for a 50-year period,… [Read full story]
An under construction villa worth nearly VND4 billion (US$175,979) has collapsed into a lake in Vietnam’s Central Highlands during the night.
The soon-to-be-finished property of Vu Quang Truong in Nghia Duc Ward, Gia Nghia Town, Dak Nong Province suddenly gave way at around 1:00 am on Saturday, resulting in the structure and the next-door house falling into the local lake.
Following the tremor and loud noise brought about by the collapse, local residents rushed to the scene and found that the two houses along with valuable assets were in the water.
Nguyen Tinh Nguyen, chairman of…... [read more]
One was killed and six others injured after two groups of locals in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Dak Lak engaged in an armed conflict over land disputes on Saturday.Bui Duc Hanh, chairman of Ea Bung Commune in Dak Lak’s Ea Sup District, confirmed to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Saturday evening that the brawl had broken out at around 2:00 pm the same day in Ea Bung.According to Hanh, the area of disputed land belongs to a local military division, but has been wrongly occupied and turned into farming land by a group of locals in the commune for…... [read more]
One was killed and six others injured after two groups of locals in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Dak Lak engaged in an armed conflict over land disputes on Saturday.Bui Duc Hanh, chairman of Ea Bung Commune in Dak Lak’s Ea Sup District, confirmed to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Saturday evening that the brawl had broken out at around 2:00 pm the same day in Ea Bung.According to Hanh, the area of disputed land belongs to a local military division, but has been wrongly occupied and turned into farming land by a group of locals in the commune for…... [read more]
Summarising his fact-finding trip to the region on October 17, Mr Hung pointed out difficulties and challenges Central Highland provinces face in poverty reduction, saying weaknesses in education and vocational training are major obstacles to boosting socio-economic development in the region. Chairman Hung worked with Gia Lai provincial leaders on October 17 According to Mr Hung, the poverty rate of ethnic residents is high, investment in infrastructure is modest, local people still live hard lives spiritually and physically, security remains complicated, and the ratio of Party members to ethnic population is low. Relevant agencies and Central Highland provinces should analyse…... [read more]
ĐẮK LẮK – Sùng Dao Cán and his wife have cut down trees in a forest and on a hill to plant cassava and build a bare shack as they struggle to eke out a living. “I know it (deforestation) is wrong, but it is not just me. Many others have also done this to grow corn and cassava just to survive,” Cán told the Nhân dân (People) newspaper. Cán and his wife moved half-way across the country from their home in northern border province of Cao Bang two years ago. His family is just one of many who reside…... [read more]
