RFA
Authorities in northern Vietnam’s Ha Nam province have blocked off irrigation canals and access points to a rice field at the center of a land dispute between villagers and a company with plans to turn the site into an industrial park, according to residents.
On the morning of June 25, more than 100 riot police and other officers led a convoy of excavators, bulldozers, and trucks to requisition a field in Ly Nhan district’s Chuong village, despite ongoing compensation negotiations between residents and the Thai Ha Urban And Industrial Park Investment Joint Stock Company.
Video of the eviction, which occurred shortly after the sowing of seeds for a new crop of rice, shows villagers engaging in a scuffle with authorities that resulted in at least one 70-year-old woman being hospitalized for injuries.