Impacts of Capital Resources on the Livelihood of Thai People Resettled by Ban Ve Hydropower Plant in Thanh Son Commune, Thanh Chuong District, Nghe An Province

Abstract

Thai people has resettled by the construction of Ban Ve Hydropower Plant in Thanh Son commune, Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An province for about 15 years (2009-2024). Most people commented that although their current infrastructure and life are better than in the old residence, compared to the general level of Nghe An province, the lives of resettled people are still at an average level, the rate of poor households remains high, and people’s livelihoods keeps facing many difficulties. Many reasons lead to the above situation, i.e., some households have not been given enough land for production, and extreme weather has affected crop productivity and output. The paper uses the sustainable livelihood theory of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) with five sources of capital (human, natural, financial, social, physical) to evaluate the current life and livelihood of resettled Thai people in Thanh Son commune.

(Received 7 March 2024; published 15 December 2024

This article is the outcome of the Ministry-level research project titled “Livelihoods of the resettled Thai people after the Ban Ve hydropower project in Nghe An province”, led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Hai Dang, and conducted under the auspices of the Institute of Social Sciences Information, during the period 2023-2024)