Vietnam farmers in no mood to let Trump-linked resort ‘blow everybody away’

Five months after a glitzy groundbreaking ceremony just outside Hanoi, the area where The Trump Organisation-branded US$1.5 billion luxury golf resort was unveiled remains just fields of banana and orange trees as angry farmers challenge the site’s clearance plans. The project in Vietnam’s Hung Yen province is facing land recovery delays as residents contest the amount of compensation being offered by local authorities. It has been set at about 320,000 dong (US$12) per square metre (10 square...