Northern Power Transmission Expansion Sector Project

Establishment of the National Power Transmission Corporation (NPT) in 2008 led to unforeseen delays since new NPT staff were less familiar than the Vietnam Electricity (EVN) staff with ADB procedures. ADB supported the unbundling of the utility structure in Viet Nam. Based on experience in other countries where the electricity sector was restructuring, ADB could have anticipated that the executing agency might change during project implementation.