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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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Appropriate monitoring of project activities promotes timely project implementation and accuracy of project cost variations. It provides an assessment of the range of factors contributing to or potentially constraining the achievement of project results. A robust DMF, with appropriate performance indicators, helps in strengthening the quality of project outputs and outcome. During the midterm review and project restructuring due to scope changes, further improvements to the DMF permits necessary adjustment to project components while keeping the project on track.

Project Number: 29296-013, 29296-023
Project Name: Phuoc Hoa Water Resources Project
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Strengthening the capacity of executing agencies with limited experience in implementing ADB-financed projects is imperative to support the delivery of project activities. Extending necessary training and capacity building support (e.g., ADB projects administration, procurement procedures, and financial management), through the provision of a technical assistance, can help fill the skills gap in selected executing and implementing agencies.

Project Number: 29296-013, 29296-023
Project Name: Phuoc Hoa Water Resources Project
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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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Performing adequate due diligence at appraisal is important to develop a realistic implementation plan and timeframe, considering borrower's and executing agency's capacity across institutional, financial, and operational aspects. Identifying and implementing risk mitigation measures and giving adequate early support is crucial in minimizing delays.

Project Number: 41414-043
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Ben Luc –Long Thanh Expressway Project – Tranche 1
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Devoting sufficient attention to the gender action plan and ethnic minority development plan during project implementation through resource support and provision of expertise could result in substantial results on the performance of the p

Project Number: 42182-013
Project Name: Renewable Energy Development and Network Expansion and Rehabilitation for Remote Communes Sector Project
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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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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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Appropriate performance indicators should be established to assess public agencies’ monitoring, inspecting, and enforcing services.

Project Number: 39421-013
Project Name: Quality and Safety Enhancement of Agricultural Products and Biogas Development Project
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Monitoring the incidence of foodborne diseases and pests, and access to export markets is important to adequately design and measure the project’s results.

Project Number: 39421-013
Project Name: Quality and Safety Enhancement of Agricultural Products and Biogas Development Project
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Monitoring the project’s impact on farmer’s livelihoods, particularly agricultural income, is useful to understand their intention to adopt GAP, new crop varieties, or certification of their production, and to determine the possibilities to scale-up the intervention.

Project Number: 39421-013
Project Name: Quality and Safety Enhancement of Agricultural Products and Biogas Development Project
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