Investors developing new hydro projects in Vietnam face increasing regulatory oversight. Citing mismanagement and illegal land acquisitions, the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Cao Duc Phat, said the government might assess penalties that include potentially revoking investor licenses for particular projects. Reports published in 2014 said reasons for cancelling developments include: licensees missing deadlines, breaches of land management protocols, failing to produce detailed maps for the allocation of public land and unauthorized purchase of land held by ethnic minority communities.
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