Vietnamese families forced to exhume relatives' remains for Trump golf course in Vietnam

A golf course development linked to US President Donald Trump is forcing Vietnamese families to dismantle graves and exhume the remains of their deceased relatives. Meanwhile, farmers losing their land to the project face compensation that leaves them with virtually nothing.

In Vietnam, graves are being demolished and human remains exhumed to make way for a golf course development linked to US President Donald Trump. The project has disrupted communities whose ancestral burial sites stand on land earmarked for the luxury resort.

Families in the affected area have been required to relocate the remains of their deceased relatives, a process that carries deep cultural and emotional weight in Vietnamese tradition, where ancestral graves are considered sacred. The forced exhumations have drawn criticism from local residents and observers who say the process shows little regard for the communities involved.

Farmers who are losing their agricultural land to make way for the development face a further blow: the compensation being offered is described as leaving them with effectively nothing. Critics argue that ordinary Vietnamese people are bearing the costs of a project that primarily benefits a foreign business interest connected to the sitting American president.

The Trump-linked company involved in the project has not publicly addressed the concerns raised by displaced families. The golf course development is part of a broader wave of luxury real estate projects in Vietnam that have frequently sparked disputes over land rights and compensation fairness.