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Vietnam Farmers Confront Low Compensation as Trump-Backed Golf Resort Moves Forward

Local authorities have approved payouts of $12–30 per square metre with rice provisions for evicted villagers

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People attend a groundbreaking ceremony of the Trump Organization and a partner for a luxury residential development with three 18-hole golf courses in Hung Yen, a northern province of Vietnam, May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
Thousands of villagers—including the peach tree farmer pictured here—are being forced off their land to make way for the Trump family's $1.5 billion golf course in exchange for just a year's worth of pay.

Overview

  • Eviction notices have been served to thousands of state-assigned farmers at the 990-hectare site in Hung Yen province
  • Compensation packages finalized at $12–30 per square metre of farmland include two to 12 months of rice provisions
  • Developers have trimmed overall compensation forecasts from more than $500 million
  • Construction on the $1.5 billion resort, funded by Kinhbac City after a $5 million licensing fee to the Trump Organization, is slated to begin next month
  • Displaced villagers warn the low payouts leave them without clear alternative livelihoods in Vietnam’s competitive job market