Assessment of Compensation for Ground Clearance to Perform Some Costruction Projects in Tien Hai District, Thai Binh Province

This study aims to investigate strengths and difficulties of the performance in compensation and land clearance process in Tien Hai District, Thai Binh Province. The used methods are of data collection, survey, synthesis and comparison in order to evaluate the compensation and ground clearance of 3 key projects of this district. According to the findings, many related land owners generally agreeing that  the compensation and ground clearance have been done on time and complying with the law of government. However, there are some limitations could be pointed out which are: the differences between document and reality in term of land measurement; the compensation usually be done by paying money, rarely by swapping  land; the people who have been collected more than 30% total land use, received no additional assistance except compensation to resettlement; there was 12,6% of people lost land  are unemployment. Proposed solutions for these problems are improving the capacity of institution in managing land, especially, in term of  land registry; diversifying the compensation policies; building long-term aids and employment policies; building a guideline of using  tools in compensating and assisting.