Deal #6248
Lao PDR
Created at
2014-01-23
Last update
2022-03-20
Last full update
2022-03-20
How did the community react?
Comment on community reaction
Some farmers arrested after seeking compensation. An unknown number of villagers in Sekong’s Thateng district have been seeking financial compensation and alternative land from the government after they were asked to vacate their farmland for the rubber plantation project by Vietnamese company Cong Ty Cao Su Nghi Lao-Viet (LVF) company.
Villagers say provincial authorities granted the Vietnamese company land without giving them adequate compensation.
Displacement of people
Displacement of people
Yes
Negative impacts for local communities
Negative impacts for local communities
Eviction, Displacement, Other
Comment on negative impacts for local communities
In June, seven people from Thateng’s Yeub village who had approached local authorities with their grievances were detained for about two weeks and interrogated regarding those who were behind the activism in the village, according to local sources.