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The government’s internal approval processes need to be carefully considered when designing and implementing a policy reform program. In Viet Nam, the consensus-building approach to policymaking requires significant time and coordination, particularly for policies that would entail changes to the legal framework. The process for amending laws is a significant constraint, as the lawmaking cycle usually takes 5 years. Inadequate consideration of these features of policymaking and lawmaking in Viet Nam could lead to unrealistic program schedules.

Project Number: 49331-001
Project Name: Financial Sector Development and Inclusion Program
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The governments' internal review and approval processes and executing agencies' limited prior experience in ADB-financed projects and unfamiliarity with ADB procurement procedures were major contributing factors to the substantial startup and implementation delays experienced by this project.

Project Number: 41444-013
Project Name: Second Northern Greater Mekong Subregion Transport Network Improvement
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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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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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A granular approach to developing the market for public-private partnerships (PPPs) may be more feasible in Viet Nam and other countries where such a PPP market is still nascent.

Project Number: 44507-002
Project Name: Public Private Partnership Support Project
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ADB confirming with the Vietnamese government the process of allocation and disbursement for each approved grant project will facilitate smooth and timely implementation.

Project Number: 46265-001
Project Name: Energy Efficiency for Ho Chi Minh City Water Supply
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Viet Nam’s current e-procurement system is highly efficient.

Project Number: 40238-023
Project Name: Productive Rural Infrastructure Sector Project in the Central Highlands
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Effective and efficient implementation of large-scale land acquisition and resettlement activities depends on strong political will and commitment at all levels of government. An executing agency needs to be proactive and initiate close working relationship with local authorities to resolve identified issues on the ground. ADB needs to be kept well informed of major issues. Prior approvals need to be sought from ADB based on established procedures.

Project Number: 41414-043
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Ben Luc –Long Thanh Expressway Project – Tranche 1
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Regular or periodic harmonization of policies is essential in a regional project in which a number of countries, with different levels of development, are engaged together to deliver regional public goods.

Project Number: 41505-012, 41507-012, 41508-013
Project Name: Second Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Communicable Diseases Control Project
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Formal collaborative cofinancing arrangements can bring significant benefits to the policy-based lending operations.

Project Number: 47293-001
Project Name: Improving Competitiveness Program
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It is important in designing a project that a more realistic assessment of the expected roles and responsibilities of the executing agencies and project management units is undertaken to establish the capacities of the entities.

Project Number: 42182-013
Project Name: Renewable Energy Development and Network Expansion and Rehabilitation for Remote Communes Sector Project
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The lack of upstream donor coordination can lead to the duplication of efforts, as seen on the decision to switch skills standards to Victorian model.

Project Number: 41339-013
Project Name: Skills Enhancement Project
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The terms and conditions of the subsequent tranches of financing should be at least as attractive as the initial tranche to keep the borrower committed to completing the full reform program.

Project Number: 50210-001
Project Name: Fiscal Resilience Improvement Program (Subprograms 1 and 2)
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Recognizing the limitations placed by cost and staff resources on ADB’s capacity to fully participate in coordination meetings in small member countries, the role of additional TA should have been carefully evaluated.

Project Number: 50210-001
Project Name: Fiscal Resilience Improvement Program (Subprograms 1 and 2)
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Continued engagement by ADB would have enabled it to continue contributing its expertise to the reform process, keep itself informed of the evolving views of the government, and help clarify ADB’s future role in the reform process.

Project Number: 50210-001
Project Name: Fiscal Resilience Improvement Program (Subprograms 1 and 2)
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