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1.3 Study Area<br />
1.3.1 Social Envir<strong>on</strong>ment in Project Area<br />
(1) Populati<strong>on</strong>, Ethnicity, Religi<strong>on</strong> and Cultural Heritage<br />
Populati<strong>on</strong>: The project area traverses the two southern provinces of Vinh L<strong>on</strong>g and Tien<br />
Giang. There are three communes 1 within the project area. One commune, Hoa Hung<br />
Commune, is located in Tien Giang Province while the two communes, Tan Hoi and Tan Hua, are<br />
located in Ving L<strong>on</strong>g Province. Populati<strong>on</strong> and demography of these communes are shown in<br />
Table 1-4. The populati<strong>on</strong> growth in these communes is around 1%, which is much lower than the<br />
nati<strong>on</strong>al average of 10.81%. Migrati<strong>on</strong> tendency in the project area is shown in Table 1-5. It is<br />
noted that immigrati<strong>on</strong> in these communes is more than emigrati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Table 1-4 Populati<strong>on</strong> and Demography<br />
No. Populati<strong>on</strong> (Female)<br />
1<br />
Nati<strong>on</strong><br />
1-9<br />
Number of<br />
Households<br />
Populati<strong>on</strong> Growth in the Last 10<br />
Years (2000-2010)<br />
%<br />
86,024,600 (43427400) - 10.81<br />
2 Tian Giang Province 1,673,900 (851,300) - 3.74<br />
3 Hoa Hung Commune 14,700 (8,300) 3,700 1.1<br />
4 Ving L<strong>on</strong>g Province 1,029,800 (522,200) - 1.62<br />
5 Tan Hoi Commune 8,204 (4,236) 1,977 1<br />
6 Tan Hua Commune 8,552 (4,275) 1,886 1.2<br />
Source: Statistical Yearbook of Vietnam 2009 and Study Team<br />
Table 1-5 Migrati<strong>on</strong> within the Project Area<br />
No. Commune Leaving the Commune Coming to Commune<br />
1 Hoa Hung 0<br />
10 households<br />
(50 people)<br />
2 Tan Hoa 0 10 households<br />
3 Tan Hoi 5 households 20 households<br />
Source: Study Team<br />
Ethnicity: About 86% of the total nati<strong>on</strong>al populati<strong>on</strong> bel<strong>on</strong>gs to the Kinh ethnic group, followed by<br />
M<strong>on</strong>-Khmer (2.7%), Hoa (1%) and other ethnic groups (10.7%). In the three communes, around<br />
99% of the total populati<strong>on</strong> bel<strong>on</strong>gs to the Kinh ethnic group. The official language, Vietnamese,<br />
is the mother t<strong>on</strong>gue of the Kinh ethnic group. The distributi<strong>on</strong> spread <strong>on</strong> ethnicity at the nati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
level and in the three communes is shown in Table 1-6<br />
1 A commune is comprised of from 4 to 5 villages.