In response to this situation, the provincial People’s Committee decided to implement a project to arrange and stabilize the population, moving households out of the danger zone to a safer new residential area. However, after nearly a year of implementation, the project is falling behind schedule, and residents have not been able to move to their new homes.

In August 2025, after several days of prolonged heavy rain, many large landslide arcs appeared on the positive slope behind Pá Chuông - Pá Dên village. Rocks and soil pouring down from above seriously affected many houses, completely destroying the homes of seven households. Since then, the obsession with landslides has constantly lingered over the daily lives of the local people.

Tòng Văn Phương’s family was one of the hardest hit by the landslide. Their house was buried under soil and rocks, making it impossible to continue living there. For nearly a year, the family of seven had to live under the roof of relatives in the village. After the province decided to deploy the population stabilization and arrangement project for households in landslide-risk areas, Tòng Văn Phương was very excited, hoping to soon receive land to rebuild his house and stabilize his life. However, up to now, the resettlement ground remains incomplete.

Tòng Văn Phương said: “We have had to stay at a relative’s house for nearly a year; our daily life and living conditions are very difficult. We hope that relevant agencies and units will quickly complete the project and allocate land to households so that we can build houses and stabilize our lives.”

Not only Tòng Văn Phương’s family but many other households in Pá Chuông - Pá Dên village currently live in constant anxiety. During days of prolonged heavy rain, many families must evacuate to relatives’ homes or houses in safer locations to avoid landslide risks. Tòng Văn Pứng said: “The peak of this year’s rainy season is approaching, yet the resettlement ground project is still unfinished, making us very worried about facing the stormy season. Recently, whenever there is prolonged heavy rain, my entire family has to temporarily stay at other villagers’ houses.”

The population arrangement and stabilization project for landslide-risk areas in Pá Chuông - Pá Dên village has a total investment of VND 10 billion, aiming to arrange a safe new residential area for 34 households under urgent landslide risks. The project includes items such as leveling the ground for house construction, internal roads, electricity and domestic water systems, and other essential infrastructure. This is identified as an urgent project that needs early completion to help residents stabilize their lives before the rainy season. However, after nearly a year of implementation, the project has yet to be completed as planned.

Visiting the resettlement area under the relocation project, reporters noted that many items remain unfinished. Some internal roads and ground leveling are basically completed, but the electricity and domestic water systems have not been installed synchronously. Remarkably, although this is an urgent project directly related to public safety, only a group of about five workers was seen constructing on the site. According to local residents, the project has almost ground to a halt since the Lunar New Year, with only a few small groups of workers returning to the site since early May.

Tòng Văn Ơn from Pá Chuông - Pá Dên village in Na Son commune noted: “We see that the project is moving very slowly. Residents look forward to moving every day, but the project remains unfinished. The rainy season has arrived, and everyone is worried.”

Bakground investigations revealed that in 2025, the project was assigned to the Regional Project Management and Land Fund Development Board 2 as the investor. However, recently, implementing the policy to streamline the apparatus according to the 2-tier local government model, regional project management and land fund development boards have ceased operations. Currently, the project has been transferred to the Project Management Board for Agricultural and Rural Development Works for continued management and implementation.

Regarding this issue, Vice Chairman of the Na Son commune People’s Committee Nguyễn Thanh Lâm stated: “In addition to the slow construction progress, the land-related procedures for the project have not yet been completed. The commune People’s Committee has repeatedly sent documents to the investor to coordinate the completion of land procedures and urge them to accelerate the project’s progress. However, the investor has been slow to execute.”

Not only the Pá Chuông - Pá Dên resettlement project, but many other urgent works in Na Son commune are currently falling behind schedule, including domestic water systems, civil bridges, and irrigation works. Meanwhile, this year’s rainy season is already close at hand, and the risk of directly impacting the lives, safety, and property of local residents remains ever-present.

Nguyễn Thanh Lâm held: “We hope the provincial People’s Committee will direct relevant agencies and units to coordinate in removing difficulties, completing land procedures, and accelerating the progress of projects so that residents can soon stabilize their lives.”

It is now the rainy season. For the local people, what they are waiting for at this moment is not just a complete resettlement area, but peace of mind to settle down after many months of living in anxiety beneath the large landslide arcs.