Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
of Highway Improvement Project, Viet Nam: Social Assessment Component
ESSA conducted the social and environmental impact
assessments of the Highway 18 Road Rehabilitation Project in Viet
Nam. ESSA's technical responsibilities with regard to the social
assessment were to:
| 1. |
collect community-level gender-disaggregated qualitative
and quantitative data to understand pre-project social conditions
near the project area (four provinces from Ha Noi to Cua Ong); |
| 2. |
review guidelines for social impact assessment
and public participation in the EIA process; |
| 3. |
analyze data and predict the social impacts of
the project; and |
| 4. |
provide social mitigation measures for significant
impacts. |
The social impact assessment used participatory
research methods to ensure that the views of the affected communities
were heard. The social impact assessment report was integrated into
a formal Environmental Assessment Report that was accepted by the
Government of Viet Nam in early 2000.
