12/01/2020    19:40 GMT+7

Six years ago, a village of tycoons appeared in Son Tay District, in the central province of Quang Ngai, as local people became billionaires overnight thanks to land compensation from a hydropower project.

Villager Dinh Thi Vun of the Anh Nhoi 2 resettlement village, Son Tay District, Quang Ngai Province. Photo thanhnien.vn

Almost immediately, they poured money into building splendid homes that shaped a new urban area in the forest.

Most of them, however, soon returned to poverty and now have to live on rice subsidies due to overspending.

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