It was like a scene(現場) from an action movie. More than one hundred police officers with firearms(槍枝) and sniffer dogs(警犬) took part in a four-hour stand-off(對峙) with villagers(村民) armed(武裝) with homemade bombs and shotguns.(獵槍)
The result - six officers injured(受傷) and four farmers(農民) arrested(被捕) on attempted(企圖) murder charges(謀殺罪). This was a case of a land eviction(驅逐) that went horribly wrong.
The lease(租債) on the farmer's land was coming to an end, and the local government wanted it back. But Doan Van Vuon's family refused(拒絕) to leave, saying that they had to borrow money and work hard for twenty years to develop the farm and are yet to receive any income from it.
According to(根據) Vietnam's Land Law(土地法), individuals are given the right to work any piece of land for 20 years. After that, the local government decides whether their lease will be extended (延長)or the land given to someone else.
This, some say, gives officials at the district(區) level too much power in deciding people's livelihoods(生計) and creates a fertile(沃土) environment for corruption(腐敗). There are calls to privatise(私有的) farmland(耕地) in order to manage it better and more fairly.
To do so, the constitution(憲法) which says that all land belongs to the state, needs to be changed. Top communist party(共產黨) leaders are reluctant(不願意) to discuss this as they consider(認為) it anti-socialist(反社會主意). But without a solution, the land problem will continue ticking away(滴滴嗒嗒走), possibly with more violent(暴力) confrontations(對抗) in the future.
this report is from bbc learning english http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/01/120124_witn_vietnam.shtml
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