Việc trưng thu

/*vɨək ʈɨŋ tʰu/

The act of a government or authority seizing or requisitioning private property for public use, usually with compensation

Chính phủ đã tiến hành việc trưng thu khu đất này để xây dựng đường cao tốc mới.

The government carried out the requisition of this piece of land to build a new highway.

Etymology

"Trưng thu" comes from the Sino-Vietnamese words "trưng" (collect, gather) and "thu" (take back, collect), entering common Vietnamese usage during the development of modern Vietnamese administrative vocabulary. "Việc" means "act" or "process", so the phrase literally means "the act of collecting/seizing".

Memory Aid

Break the phrase into parts: "việc" = act, "trưng" = gather, "thu" = take — remember it as the official act of taking property for public use.

Collocations

việc trưng thu đất đaiviệc trưng thu tài sảnviệc trưng thu nhà cửa

Synonyms

sự trưng thuviệc tịch thusự trưng dụng

Antonyms

việc trả lạisự hoàn trả

Related Words

thu hồibồi thườngquyền công cộngđất công