The Indonesian government has cut its target for relocating senior civil servants to the new capital city of Nusantara this year to 6,000 from the initial number of over 11,900.

More than 6,000 households living in landslide-prone areas in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap need to be relocated, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Vo Thanh Ngoan has stated.

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh will need about 280 billion VND (12.32 million USD) to move approximately 700 households from erosion-prone areas to safe places from 2018 – 2020.

A recent landslide along the Tien River in Dong Thap province’s Hong Ngu district caused a coffee shop and 2,400 square metres of land to sink into the river.

The northeastern province of Quang Ninh will mobilise financial resources to relocate people from landslide- and flood-prone areas in 2018.

The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment has given 21 manufacturing facilities in District 12 until year-end to move out of the city.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested ensuring better life for people who were relocated to make way for the construction of the Son La hydropower plant.

All 21 polluting factories in Dong Hung Thuan Ward in HCM City’s District 12 will be relocated or switch to other businesses before the end of the year.

Thousands of residents living next to or in proximity to historic relics in Hanoi are waiting for relocation following plans to restore the sites.

HCM City, which plans to relocate people living in slums along canals, will move them to places nearby in order not to dislocate their lives.

The south-central province of Ninh Thuan is taking every measure to ensure a stable life for 5,000 people who have to relocate to make way for the construction of two nuclear power plants.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities are speeding up the relocation of polluting factories from the downtown area and stepping up efforts to protect canals to improve the living environment.