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The project preparation should be strengthened to avoid excessive unexpected changes during implementation. Upon detailed design, the estimated civil works cost increased substantially mainly because of price escalation and engineering enhancement. Considering the budget availability, the detailed design was modified with a lower civil works cost and the procurement for one civil works contract was postponed. However, the bids for the civil works contracts was much lower than estimated, about 30%.

Project Number: 41414-043
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway Project - Tranche 1
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Both ADB and the government should pay adequate attention and make reasonable arrangements during project preparation. Aside from delays caused by the shortage of funds, the LAR activities were very slow, especially at some interchange locations for civil works. Eventually, the LAR activities were substantially completed in March 2018, about five years later than planned. Expressway projects require large amounts of land, which also lead to substantial resettlement.

Project Number: 41414-043
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway Project - Tranche 1
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The government should pay adequate attention to the ADB’s policy and procedure, as well as improve its capacity in procurement. Meanwhile, ADB should strengthen project preparation, including providing more training. In 2011, the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity conducted a proactive integrity review on another expressway project in Viet Nam, which identified some issues. In 2016, the follow-up review determined that 16 of the 21 recommendations had been implemented.

Project Number: 41414-043
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway Project - Tranche 1
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In future projects, the counterpart funds should be well and firmly arranged at project preparation, including the fund sources, budgeting, financial management, and coordination among the central government, the VEC, and the local governments. At appraisal, it was arranged that the government counterpart fund would fully finance the cost for LAR. However, the government was not able to provide adequate and timely counterpart funds. The significant financing gap raised several serious issues and concerns and postponed project implementation for at least 2 years.

Project Number: 41414-043
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway Project - Tranche 1
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Consultation with other development partners is crucial so that project preparation is well coordinated with the planning process.

Project Number: 43393-023
Project Name: Ho Chi Minh City Third Ring Road Technical Assistance Project
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The consistency with the documentation during project implementation is a crucial part of project administration and should be carefully maintained and managed in a timely manner.

Project Number: 43393-023
Project Name: Ho Chi Minh City Third Ring Road Technical Assistance Project
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When drastic change in government policies or procedures can be expected, their potential impacts and risks should be considered in the project design with adequate mitigation measures included.

Project Number: 43393-023
Project Name: Ho Chi Minh City Third Ring Road Technical Assistance Project
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Flexibility is important for upstream project preparations support.

Project Number: 43393-023
Project Name: Ho Chi Minh City Third Ring Road Technical Assistance Project
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A sector-level road map should be included at initial design and appraisal to avoid missing a key link that enhances the connectivity of project roads.

Project Number: 40198-023
Project Name: Ho Chi Minh City–Long Thanh–Dau Giay Expressway Construction Project
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Compliance with ADB procurement guidelines must be immediately established rather than after the completion of the civil works.

Project Number: 40198-023
Project Name: Ho Chi Minh City–Long Thanh–Dau Giay Expressway Construction Project
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ADB needs to check the veracity of costs submitted by the borrower to avoid overestimates can result in the understatement of economic and financial internal rates of return.

Project Number: 40198-023
Project Name: Ho Chi Minh City–Long Thanh–Dau Giay Expressway Construction Project
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A project performance management system, established at the project preparation stage and with baseline data collected and maintained throughout implementation to project completion, is necessary to provide the data for the identification and quantification of economic benefits.

Project Number: 41433-013
Project Name: Transport Connections in Northern Mountainous Provinces Project
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It is important for road investments to develop a counterfactual scenario for the traffic forecast—a “without-project” scenario—to appropriately identify, quantify, and value economic benefits of the project.

Project Number: 41433-013
Project Name: Transport Connections in Northern Mountainous Provinces Project
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