Joint Circular No. 819/2004/TTLT-UBDT-KHDT-TC-XD-NNPTNT guiding the implementation of the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 134/2004/QD-TTg on a number of policies to provide support in terms of production land, residential land, dwelling houses and daily-life water to poor ethnic minority households meeting with difficulties

OFFICIAL. GAZEHE No. 29 (28-11-2004) THE MINISTRIES INTER - MINISTERIAL THf= NATIONALITIES COMMITTEE - THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE - THE MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION·· THE MINJSTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND.RURAL DEVf=LOPMENT JOINT CIRCULAR No. 819/2004mLT-UBDT No. 29 (28--11-2004) OFFICIAL. GAZETTE KHDT-TC-XD-NNPTNT OF NOVEMBER 10, 2004 GUIDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S DECISION No. 134/ 2004/QD-TTg OF JULY 20, 2004 ON A NUMBER OF POLICIES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT IN TERMS OF PRODUCTION LAND, RESIDENTIAL LAND, DWELLING HOUSES AND DAILY-LIFE WATER TO POOR ETHNIC MINORITY HOUSEHOLDS MEETING WITH DIFFICULTIES Pursuant to the Prime Minister's Decision No. 134/2004/QD-TTg of July 20, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as Decision No. 134/TTg) on a number of policies to provide support in terms of production land, residential land, dwelling houses and daily life water to poor ethnic minority households meeting with difficulties, and Prime Mimster's directing opinions in Document No. 1401/CP-NN of September 28, 2004 on the organization of implementation of Decision No. 134/TTg; the Nationalities Committee, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Finance, t/w Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of whom their 1me rfomancls no lonqnr nxist, they must transfer tho rights to uso production land, residential land and/or dwol!fng houses to local administrations for re·-assignment to other poor ethnic minority housot1olds. 2, The consideration and selection of poor ethnic minority households which ~iave no or have insufficient production land and/or residential land and meet with difficulties in terms of dwollinq ~10uses und daily.·life waler must be made from grassroots levels being villages and hamlets, ensuring publicity and democracy, through mass organizations. The commune People's Committees shall consider and make proposals to the People's Committees of rural districts, urban districts, provincial towns or provincially-run cities (hereinafter referred to as the district People's Committees) for inspection and sum-up before submission thereof to the People's Committees of the provinces or centrally-run cities (hereinafter referred to as the provincial People's Committees) for decision. Agriculture and Rural Development hereby jointly 3. The support levels of production land, guide the implementation of the Decision as follows: residential land, dwelling houses and/or daily-life water for poor ethnic minority households which I. GENERAL PROVISIONS 1. Policies to provide support in terms of production land, residential land, dwelling houses and daily-Jito water to poor ethnic minority households meeting with difficulties must ensure the principle of providing supports directly to households. Households benefiting from the said policies must directly manane and use supports so as to stabilize their production and life, eradicate hungor and alleviate poverty, rair:e people's intellectual level, preserve and prornoto cultural traits of nthnic minority groups In special cases meet with difficulties and subsist on agriculture or forestry in compliance with the provisions of Decision No. I :14/TTg are the minimum ones. Depending on capability of each locality, the provincial People's CornrnitteE:-)S rnay decide on higher support levels. In cases where the support levels under previous decisions of the Prime Minister are higher than those prescribed in Decfsion No. 134/TTg, the previous suµport levels sl1all continue to be effected. For localities meeting with great difficulties in land fund and having no conditions for providi11u prodtiction-land supports to households under Decision No. 134frTg, the OFFICIAL GAZETTE No. 29 (28-11-2004) presidents of tlK: provincial People's Cornrnittee:; l~1n Ministry of! .abor, War Invalids ancJ Social Affairs shall take initiative in solving such difficulties alonq 011 readjustment of poor households standards for the direction of formulating projects on sendin~J tile 2001-2005 period; subsisting on agriculture or people to new economic zones or projects on forestry but having no or tiaving insufficient creation of jobs for ethnic minority people. production land or residontial land, or meeting difficulties with dwelling houi;es or daily-lHe water; 4. Policies to provide supports in production land, residential land, dwelling houses and daily-life water to poor ethnic minority households are materialized with the following capital sources: Tho Central Budget shall cover expenses within the supporl limits prescribed in Decision No. 134ffTg; The local budgets shall allocate no less than 20% ol support limits from the Central Budget; Lawful support capital sources mobilized by localities from enterprises, social organizations, community, etc. Exprmses for management, measurement and grantin9 of land use right certificates to households shall bo covered by tho local budgets with specific expense levels being prescribed by the provincial People's Committees and must not be deducted from supports provided for households. II. SUB,JECTS AND SCOPE OF APPLICATION 1. Subjects eligible for supports a/ For housel1olds Ethnic minority housoholds benefiting from the pollcies proscribed in this Joint Circular must fully trlefJt thn fol!owinq conditions: G0i11q poor fHJW;d1olds dehnncl in 1)(-)Cisi<Jn Nu I 143/2000/01 J I I J 11\XH uf Novcmlwr I. 2000 of · Doing ethnic minority households (including housoholrJs with either spouses being ethnic minority people) permanently inhabiting in localilio,;; freely migratin(I households which are incorporated in the sedentary residence planning of localities; households which freely migrated but have returned to their homeland before the effective date of Decision No. 134/fTg and are certified by thn People's Committees of communes, wards or district townships (hereinafter referred to the commune People's Committees); Local ethnic minority households, which have been already provided production land, residential land, cJwelling houses and daily-life water as supports under previous regulations but remain poor, having insufficient production land or residential land and meeting with difficulties with dwelling houses and daily-life water, shall continue enjoying the support policies under Decision No. 134/rTg. Li/ For communities of villages or mountain hamlets Villages or hamlets arc entities defined in the 1 lomo Affairs Minister's Decision No. 13/2002/QD BNV of December 6, 2002 promulgating the Hn9ulation on operation of villages and population qtu.Htors where ethnic minority households account for ?0% or more and meet with difficulties with daily lifn V/n~cr. 2. Scope of application / 'olicies to provide supports in production lnnd, No. 29 (~8 .. JJ .. 2004) OH'ICII\L GI\ZFTTL rosiduntial I:-tnd, dwel/inq house-~~ awl daily--lifu llwrnof ftn exploitntion sl1all work rnit settlement wator to poor ethnic minority house!·,o!ds subsit>tinq p\a1,~,, lhen rn·port \hrnn to tho Ministry ot /\qriculturn on a9riculture or forestry shall apply nationwiclcJ and Hum! Devoloprnc-n1t for submission to the (pnrticularly, supports in production land and C.~ovornrnc-rnt for co111;ideration and decision. The residc-:!ntial land for poor f<hrnor households in quantity limits and modes of providing hourH::!·· Mekon~J Hiver delta provinces shall be subjuct lo tiuildinq timbers to how3oho!ds shall be decided separate policies). lly provincial People\; Committee~, under the quidance of the Minir;try of Agriculture and nural Ill. SPECIFIC PROVISIONS 1. Regarding dwelling houses: a/ Households meeting with difficulties with dwellin9 houses which shall be made eligible for the support policies are those defined at Point a, Clause 1, Section II of this Circular and satisfying one of the following conditions: Having no dwelling houses or currently borrowing or renting others' houses (not under the State's ownership); Living in rrmkeshift houses which are damaged or dibpidated. b/ Support levels: The central budget shall provide supports at tt1e level of VND 5 million/household. The local budqets shall provide supports at the level of VNIJ 1 million or more/household from contributions of enterprises, socio-political organizations, community and individuals. Whore households' house-building costs are larnor ttrnn the supports, such households must balance the diffomncos by themselw;s. Localities which have fore::;ts and nnnun! plcins on exploitation of natural forw~t timber~; sh,1\\ prioritizo thu provision of /1ou~:n •buildinn tim[Jcr[: to 0thnic minority people. Provincn:~ which havn natural foU)'.">I: ; l 1ut linvn no annunl plam; on opnninq Development. Expunsos for exploitation and tmnsport of timbers to villages and mountain hamlets (if any) shall be covernd by local budgets. c/ lmplomentatlon provisions: The building of dwelling houses with supports under policies must conform to local population plannings. In cases whore households eligible for suppOrts reside in areas where construction is banned, areas in danger of land slides or flash floods, areas in the protection corridors of traffic works, irrigation works, dikes, energy works, /1istorical~cultural relics, or protection zones of other works under law provisions, the dwelling house supports must be made simultannously with the house relocation to other areas. The provincial People's Committees shall dime! functional agencins to recommend and guide dwnlling house models and designs suitable to traditions and customs of each ethnic yroup and people's financial capability and ensuring environmental hygiene conditions tor their selection and decision. The house building must ensure the principle: households huild houses by t~1emselves, the State provides supports and the community wndors helps; Hou~:;c\10\ds elifJ\b\c to nnjoy thn po\icic~s under !11(~ prnvisions of Decision No. 134/TTu in the Mnkonq flivnr delta rcrJion ancl thn Central l·liqhbmh, which lw.vo l>mrowod lnnns !o purcl1asc Ill I l('.1111 t,/\/1 111 huu'.-;u:, un dd(!r·1r!cl p;iyriH-;nt 1111d()r llH: l 11i111r' '/cl !1ur:n 11wry;tr;d ;-111d 1n,:1.';tinq w1U1 dill1c11ili(J'.O i11 fv1ini.:;11:r'.,; IJc,ci:;i1m No 1 (J!)/:.1()();!/()U ·1 I q ol li11ildimJ wc:1.t(:i- s1q1ply worl<:3. /\t1qw;l ~>.~!(}();~on policil<.; allowi11(J lww;nl1old:; 1n flooded ;iH;;:i'.; to purch;1: ;f; hotJ:;u !1)tl1Hlati(J1·1:; i\WI clwellinq how,r;;, on dnh.mnd pnytrn!11t in pofl!!l,ll1or1 clw~turs ,rncl linn:-: in the rvh!k/JtHJ fliv(:r dt:ll:1 prnvincu:, ;:ind l)ecisio11 No. l!.d/;)0()?/f.)f)---1 lq of Novc:rnher 12, ?00? on policic-~ ; allnwinq local nthnic rni11ority hot1:,ehol<!~; an<! f1rn1~;ctHJlds nliui!ilf! for ;;ocial policie:; in the Ceritral l-!i~Jhla11ds to purcl1a~>(' /1ouses on deferred paynH-;nt, shall still Im provillud with support; u11cler Decision No. I : M/I Tq mid thu quidance of tt1is Circular. Fundinu m1ppurl(~cl by tho Stale budget under Decision No. ·1 :Jtil l"'Tg slial! conslitute a source for repayment of soft loan:; previously borrowed for l1ouse buildin9. Tho repayment of loans shall cornply with the Finance Ministry's 9uidance. 2. Regarding daily-•life water a/ Households rnootin9 with difficulties with daily-lifu water, which shall bo rnacfo oliuiblo for the support policicJ~;, are those dofined at l'oint a, Clau~;c 1, Sc:ction !I of this Circular nnd salii;fyinq orH; of the followinn conrlitions: Thny rusiclc in areas where d;,1i/y-lilc watDr :~upply ;;y;.;tnrn~; nlrc,uly uxist liul with 1m: ;tabl,: ;·;01irce~,, and whcJrc wntor n-;'.;urvc t;mkn cannot bn bt 1ilt; · Thny rn~;idc in amas without any fluw1nq Will('.'/ sources, where underground watrir ;ind min walt:r i·;otJrcc~; rrnist be cxploitr:d l)ut 1·w;c1vo tanks or wulh:; cnn11ot tin htlilt or d11u. lJ/ Vill;1uc:; and rnotn1t;·1in hainlc.•t:; rnnn1in(J wilh dc-1ily--lifc watc:r difficull1(;:; ;-rncl cliqilJlr; for :;11ppml pulicif''.·; ;m; tho~-;c du[i11f:d ti! fJoi11I h, Clc:ll!.';t: 1. [·3(;ctiu11 II uf U1i::; Cm:t!l::1r r;:.ip;tlJI(: u! 1:x11lt1ili11!1 w;-it1•r :--;u11rc:ci:·; 1r1 '.1urvi1;L· 111 cl:1ilv 1111.' !111! l1;1vi11'.111c1I c/ l111pl!JrlH:11tnlion prnvi:;iot1'.~ I llinic r11i11cJ1·ity (1ow;nf1olds rnec-tinq with dciily lifr: w;1trir di1Iicul1i(::; shall C<lch hr: provided by tl"H~ u.•nlr;d I.J1.1tluot with O.!) ltrn of (;cmionl (cement of 1n,11k; with a rninirn11r11 prc;;'.;t1r(; rn~;j[;!ancu of :100 k(J/crw') at villnue~; or mouI it:.tin 1·1amlnts for huilclinu w,1lf:r \;mks or a surn of VN! > JOO,(JOU for diuui119 w<;ilf; or crnati11~J other watc.n ~ources. r:m liou~;eholcls incapable of building wntcr tm1kt> or jar~,, doponding on their capital source capability, lucalitit~s 8hall supply wa!Eir jarn or cisterns rnacio of pl,1stic, steol or cornont to people in villages or r11ou11tain hamlets. •· ~:·or concontratocl claily--lifo water supply works, th(; provincial People's Cornrnittoes shall organize and clirnct the building thereof as for building of i11frc1~~tructurc: workt~ under !-- )rourarn No. 135. Tl1c ;;upport capital for such works shall comply with tho provision~~ of Dncision No. ·134n-Ty and be intt:ipated with other tmget programs. 3. Heq.arding production land and residential la11d ;-1/ Housuholds, whicl1 have no or have i11:- ;11fficic11t residential land and ~,hall be rnade C":liqiblD for support policic::;, are those defined at Point n, ClrHJ(W 1, Section II of this Circul;-u and :;nti:,fyinu one of lf1c fo!lowinq conditions: 1 lavinq no rH:~ickmtial lnnd; i)('low tlir: level p1c:;c1ibud i11 ! lr;ci~;ion No. ·1::M/1 r~J or tl11; lnvol prc~ ;crihcd hy locnlitiDs (for citie:s, r11ovir1ci;il lowrI~; 01 rli~;tr1cl lownf;liips) shc·lll he u 111: ,lrl(il r .'cl lor '.-;n I llutnr:11! ! >V ti H: pruvir 1ci;-1I r\:oplc ·:; i ,( Hi 1niitl1 '(:~', n11 ll 1(: l1i·1:-;i,; ()I I; 11 n l fu11d ru1rJ .':>puciti,: (If I ICl/\1. ( ;rvr I II cornliliun'.·; of each lnc:-ility Ii/ I luw-;cholds, which hav(; 110 nt !1<1v(; in:;11fficiu111 production r,1r1d und shn/1 hr! ni<tdr.: nliqib/e for :~upport policitJS, um lhor;e ddined ;ii Point ;-1, Clr H.l~;r-; ·1, ~.-)nction II of lhi:•; Circlilm <t11d sati;;fyin~J om: of thn followinq cor11li!ion:;: ! lavinq no production lcmd; I J;ivin~J production land ,ircat> below thn luvcl prn:·;c1ibucl in Uocision No. 1;3,1n··ru (1111dnr O. l'.) ht..,ctarc for two~croµ wet rice fields or tmdur 0.2t.i hoct<:ue for onc~crop rice fioldi; or under O.b hnct;:trl-i for terraced fields) or the higher IQve! for !ocalili11~; proviously prescribed fn th(:! Primo Ministor's documents. Trw provision of supports for households which have insufficient production lnnd aroas accordinq to 1110 above provisions shall be dc;cidcd by the• provinciaf People's Cornmittl➔ es depending on spucific conditions. c/ rJroduction land and lancJ for building dwelli11q hrnmes include tho land cateqorie:; jHtn;crihed 111 /\rticlu :i of Decision No. 134/TTq. d/ Support levels: Floclairnud !and, land as:-~iunrnl hy forestry fann'.; to prnd11ction household: ;, land trnrt!:fnrrnd by !1ouscholds havinu larue lancl nrca~;, land concenlratedly reclainwd :rnd rnast;igncd to housoholcls shall he n!iuilJlo for thn C()lltral bud~wt·~, supports at an avcrnqe levul of VND :1 million/ hcct<-Hf;. Dopcndino on conditions ot ()clch loca/ily, thn :,11pport lnvel may bE) ! \iql \CL IV. MANAGEMENll Al .LOCATION AND SETTLEMENT OF SlJPI 'Of1T CAP! rill. SOUl1CI '!, I fie provincial f"1nopl(;':; Co111mitluc;!; ;..;hall b:1~;u !hcrn:;nlvc:~; on ror;u/1~~ of consideralion and s1-:/octio11 of puor hou.•:e/Jnkk; in cfr:!rir:t:; lo .';urn up cu1d approvr; t;cl1nmns ;111d r~;:-;tirn<:1tc fumlin(-J f01 prnqrarn itnplfnnc-int;\11on, Ul()n sr:nd them to the Minii;try uf l--1k11ini11u ;rnd lnvGstmt:nt. thr: Mini:;try of f--inancn and lrw Con1rnittor; fm 1'-lationalitio:; for :;ynthct;is and st1bnii::'.:io11 to lhn Govo1Tm10nt anr.l '.J\lb~;oqtwnt stihrni:::;:;io11 to lhE• Nationnl /\s:-;(]ml 1ly for decision on tar~Jntccl udclitiorm! allocations from Hin central buduot tor rnateriali1ation of policies prnscribricl in Decision No. 134/TTg: Basing t~mrnso!vm; on the tar~oted aclditionnl n!locations as annunl supports decided by the Nr1.tional Assembly and the PrirnH Minister, !oec1I budgets and other rnohilizod sources, tho provincial People's Corrnnittocs shall devise detailed plans on allocation to ea.di district, then submit thern to tht) provincial Pooplf:'s Councils for decision. Ha~;ing themselves on msolutiorw of the provincial Pnopln's Councils, !110 provincial People'~; ComrnitteP-i> shall assinn cstimatei; to di::;trict~; de!ailod ctccord!nu to each policy, and tho dislricl 11noplc\ ; Committees :.>hall deciclo on c1I1ocation and notify each corrnmmo of detail: ; of each policy anrl r;r1ch cliuibl0 household on lilu list decided hy ,;ot11putnnt authoritiu0. rlic cornmtirH-:! People':; Committees shall r1olify eac!1 h<JUSeho!d of entitle(! policio:; and : ;up pot I lnvnl~:; accordinq to the Ii~;\ alrnacly approvod by competf:nt authoritif!~;. 2. Allocation and settlement of support funding 011,ulnrly, l1c-1: ;i11u il.:;nlt on lhn e:stirnatof; ;1::'.-;ifJnc:d lly tliu flrinin Mini::;t(~r c>qJ;-1rr1h)ly [() prnvinc:c:; th1=: r-in,11H:1! Mi11i~;t1v '..;l-1;111 rnako tmqet()d ,11lildio11ctl nlk1c;1t1(\11:; lo lor:HI !Jwlw-d:; acco1tl1t1(J I. hmrn1l;-1tion of 1,chc11'1r!'.; <nHl t1\>1;iq1111H:1!! lei in1plf'tlH't1l;1tion 1i1r1qr·c:-;;; 1·or th(-; provi1ir;H: ;, hn:,inu thc1n:;f)lves on cslilllates ;-1:~t>iqrn~d liy tl1u prnvlncia\ People's Commitleos to districts, t\in provincial/municipal Finance Services sliall carry out procedurns for n1t1kin9 tarqnted mlditionnl allocations for d'istrict budgets. The dis\rict H1la1,cc llurcaus 1;hnll coordinatn with the State Tma.suty in rnana9ing and allocating tar~10tml ;,upport:; lo eliqible subjects accordin~J to implementation progress The allocation and settlement of supports for each policy or oach subiect shall comply with t11" Finance Ministry's 9uidanco. 3. Accounting, cost~accounting and final settlement The State budget's support funding for implementation of the policies on supports for poor etl1nic minority households with difficult living conditions under Decisions No. 134/TTg shall be cost-accou11ted and finally settled according to the Finance Ministry's guidance. V. ORGANIZATION OF IMPLEMENTATION 1. The Nationalities Committee is tho stnnding body assuminq the prirne responsibility for, and coordinatinq wiH1 the Ministry of Planninn mid Jnveslment, tho Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Agriculture and Flural Devc--ilopment in, helping the Prime Minister sum up, monitor, urge, inspect and report on tho implGmentation nccordin9 to regulations. 2. The conccrnnd ministries and branches s1-1all bru;e themsc-)lvm:; on the tasks asf;iynnd under Hin Prime MinistlH's Dncision No. t :14/Tlq and D0<:ument No. 1401/Cl"-NN of Septm11l,nr ?ii, ?004 tn coordinate with !ht~ Nationalities (';cm11ni11en i11 No. 29 (20-11-2004) munni1in9 tlw i1nplr:rnont;1tion of rnlevant contents, a. The People's Committees of the provinces and ccntra/ly••run cities shall: f'ake direct and comprehensive resronsibili!y for diroctin!J and organizin9 nH:1 irnplornentntion of tlw policies; publicly announce thn standards and subjocts eligible for the pol\cios; organize ir1vustinatiom,, formulate nnd approve schemes on settlinn residential land, production land, dwelling houses and dai\y~lifo water for poor ettmic minority poople in their respective provinces, then send t~1orn to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, tho Ministry ot Finance mid the Nationalities Committee tor synthesis and submission to the Prime Minister for decision, Clearly reflect in the schemes the support capital sources from tho Central Budget, local tJUdgets, mobilized capital and completion time limit; ~ Depending on specific conditions, consolidate and stren9thon Program 135 Steering Boards at all levels for implementation of Docis"1on No. 1341 TT,J or set up new Steering Boards for implementation of Decision No. ·134n"Tg when d0emin9 it necessary. The standing body of the Stcurinu Board is the auency in charge of nationalities work in provinces or cities; •· Fully observe the regime of periodical reports (once every three months), and make and send year·-nnd reports on preliminary implementation a-r~~\Y.?,srrn.m\ to \he Na\\onal)tles Committee: and ~he concornod ministries and branches; Specify and provide 9uidanco on this Circular ttl compatibility with locu! characteristics and condition~• for (:)ffectivc irnpl()nwntation of tho policiw>. No. 29 (28-11-2004) OFFICIAL GAZETff VI. IMPLEMENTATION PHOVISIONS This Circular takes offect 1 t:l dny~; nftcr its publication in the Official Gazdte. For the Minister-Chairman of the Nationt11ities Committee HOANG CONG DUNG For the Minster of Planning and Investment TRUONG VAN DOAN For the Minister of Finance HUYNH THI NHAN For the Minister of Construction TONG VAN NGA For the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development HUA DUC NHI