US EditionLittle Offered to Vietnam Farmers Displaced for $1.5 Billion Trump Golf Club
HUNG YEN PROVINCE, VIETNAM, AUG 11 – Thousands of farmers face low compensation offers, including as little as $12 per square meter and rice provisions, amid land clearance for a $1.5 billion Trump-branded golf resort.
- On August 11, in Hung Yen province, Vietnamese farmer Nguyen Thi Huong was told to vacate her farm for a Trump family-backed golf resort, receiving just $3,200 and rice provisions.
- Vietnamese real estate company Kinhbac City and its partners will develop the golf club after paying the Trump Organization $5 million for brand licensing rights.
- Authorities flagged reimbursements ranging from $12 to $30 per square metre, and Nguyen Thi Chuc was told she might receive roughly $30 for her 200-square-metre plot.
- Many farmers, particularly the elderly, fear they will struggle to find alternative livelihoods, said 50-year-old Huong, who was told to leave her 200-square-metre plot in Hung Yen.
- Thousands of villagers, affected farmers, will face final payment decisions next month as developers cut forecasts from over $500 million, authorities say.
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Fistful of dollars and rice for Vietnam farmers displaced for US$1.5 billion Trump golf club
Vietnamese farmer Nguyen Thi Huong has slept poorly since authorities told her to vacate her farm for a Trump family-backed golf resort, offering just US$3,200 and rice provisions in return.
Farmers in Vietnam are being evicted to make way for a luxury golf resort named after the president of the United States. To encourage them to abandon the land they have cultivated for decades, the farmers have been offered compensation of $12 to $30 per square meter (250 to 630 CZK). The government is also offering them a supply of rice for several months.
The Trump family is building a large new golf resort in Vietnam. On site, the excitement is great.
Fistful of dollars and rice for Vietnam farmers displaced for $1.5 billion Trump golf club
HUNG YEN, Vietnam – Vietnamese farmer Nguyen Thi Huong has slept poorly since authorities told her to vacate her farm for a Trump family-backed golf resort, offering just $3,200 and rice provisions in return. The golf resort, for which construction is scheduled to begin next month, is offering thousands of villagers such compensation packages to leave the land that has provided their livelihood for years or decades, according to six people with …
Fistful of dollars, rice for Vietnam farmers displaced for $1.5 bil. Trump golf club
HUNG YEN — Vietnamese farmer Nguyen Thi Huong has slept poorly since authorities told her to vacate her farm for a Trump family-backed golf resort, offering just $3,200 and rice provisions in return....
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