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Related to the size, complexity, and length of the project phases and the need to ascertain if these were effective in the project area: the project results support the effectiveness of long-term investment in one area as a multisector support through infrastructure. However, there was limited evidence in the completion report regarding the project’s effect on poverty levels and the rate of improvement compared to other areas.

Project Number: 37097-013
Project Name: Integrated Rural Development Sector Project in the Central Provinces
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Maintaining the capacity built through similar projects or establishing knowledge transfer could extend the sustainability of project activities and increase the likelihood of achieving expected impacts. The long-term usefulness of the capacity that was built must be further considered. Closer linkage between the participants in TA trainings and the infrastructure activities could have encouraged participants to apply their newly built capacity within the project.

Project Number: 37097-013
Project Name: Integrated Rural Development Sector Project in the Central Provinces
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Viet Nam’s procurement law prohibits executing and implementing agencies from issuing bidding documents until capital resources for the packages have been allocated. The procurement for complex projects may take more than 1 year from bidding documents’ issuance to contract awards. Applying ADB’s advanced actions can mitigate this procurement risk.

Project Number: 39500-013, 39500-023
Project Name: Ho Chi Minh City Urban Mass Rapid Transit Line 2 Investment Program (Tranches 1 and 2, and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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The executing agency’s involvement is limited during loan review missions. The PCR indicated HCMC People’s Committee lacked ownership of the program as highlighted by the transfer of integrated sustainable urban transport study from the DOT of HCMC to MAUR. The executing agency’s greater involvement and commitment in preparing and implementing mass rapid transit projects can improve ownership and better identify areas of institutional weakness.

Project Number: 39500-013, 39500-023
Project Name: Ho Chi Minh City Urban Mass Rapid Transit Line 2 Investment Program (Tranches 1 and 2, and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Although ADB has no direct relationship with district people’s committees during program implementation, they are in-charge of land acquisition and resettlement on behalf of the city people’s committee. A program design needs to consider this and plan accordingly to equip the relevant officials with the skills and knowledge for effective land acquisition and resettlement, in accordance with ADB Safeguard Policy Statement (2009).

Project Number: 39500-013, 39500-023
Project Name: Ho Chi Minh City Urban Mass Rapid Transit Line 2 Investment Program (Tranches 1 and 2, and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Particularly for complex and large-scale projects, with significant safeguard issues, government’s commitment to develop a land acquisition and resettlement road map, which in most cases involve the central government, is necessary to complete land acquisition and resettlement before awarding civil works contracts

Project Number: 39500-013, 39500-023
Project Name: Ho Chi Minh City Urban Mass Rapid Transit Line 2 Investment Program (Tranches 1 and 2, and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Government and counterpart approvals of project processing milestones are important in project design preparation and implementation as these eventually influence the achievement of outcomes. Flexibility in project structuring, reviews, and pre-procurement processes (e.g., advance contracting) ensure that projects are properly scoped and ready. Likewise, a comprehensive assessment of the project’s implementation timeline, financing, and risks involved helps underpin any change in scope.

Project Number: 43393-023
Project Name: Ho Chi Minh City Third Ring Road Technical Assistance Project
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A well-defined financing approach with clear financial resource based on the requirements at the initial phase of project preparation enhances project’s quality-at-entry. Setting up dedicated financing for feasibility studies and advisory support for infrastructure projects support process development and respond to preparatory and capacity gaps in developing infrastructure projects. The MOT withheld approval of the RR3 section 4 design since its financing source had not been confirmed resulting in the non-implementation of the detailed engineering design phase.

Project Number: 43393-023
Project Name: Ho Chi Minh City Third Ring Road Technical Assistance 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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O&M assessment has be undertaken during project preparation.

Project Number: 41433-013
Project Name: Transport Connections in Northern Mountainous Provinces Project
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Development of a sustainable road maintenance regime is a must.

Project Number: 41433-013
Project Name: Transport Connections in Northern Mountainous Provinces Project
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Climate change adaptation is essential and needs to be aligned with or integrated into the critical components of a road construction or rehabilitation project.

Project Number: 41433-013
Project Name: Transport Connections in Northern Mountainous Provinces Project
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Contiguous road sections need to be rehabilitated to optimize benefits.

Project Number: 41433-013
Project Name: Transport Connections in Northern Mountainous Provinces Project
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The outcome indicators in the DMF appear to measure the socioeconomic performance of Thanh Hoa City instead of project outcomes. Increases in industrial productivity, tourist arrivals, and employment rates cannot be uniquely ascribed to interventions financed by the project and are not adequate as outcome indicators.

Project Number: 41013-013
Project Name: Thanh Hoa City Comprehensive Socioeconomic Development Project
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