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2. Projects for emergency assistance loan (EAL) consideration should be selected more carefully.

Project Number: 40282-013, 40282-023
Project Name: Emergency Rehabilitation of Calamity Damage Project
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1. Receptivity and capacity to adjust to changes in loan administration policy and procedures, and prompt action on recommended reforms in rural infrastructure rehabilitation works are important in designing and implementing projects.

Project Number: 40282-013, 40282-023
Project Name: Emergency Rehabilitation of Calamity Damage Project
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Linkage with enterprises is important in assisting students find jobs and lowering the burden among training providers. Enterprises are a key beneficiary of skilled labor and hence have direct interest in skills training. Yet, they are often skeptical of the quality of training provided by public vocational and technical education institutions because of the disconnection between the two. Without good relations with employers, schools will find it difficult to provide students with job information or align their training to employers’ needs.

Project Number: 25033-013
Project Name: Vocational and Technical Education Project
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An efficient information system is important not only to monitor the progress of the project but also to provide real-time data critical for policy making. The labor market information system was the first attempt of the vocational and technical education system to trace students after graduation and collect systematic information on enterprise demand. However, its complexity made the system costly and unsustainable. A more integrated and less complex system would be useful so that schools can have the resources and capacity to collect information.

Project Number: 25033-013
Project Name: Vocational and Technical Education Project
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Risks that may undermine project implementation should be identified and planned to be addressed in advance. For this project, such risks include weak and overlapping management of the vocational and technical education (VTE) system, detachment of training from industry needs, and poor social image of VTE. A streamlined system that is closely linked with the market will help ensure smooth school-to-work transition for students, which could then improve the perception of vocational training.

Project Number: 25033-013
Project Name: Vocational and Technical Education Project
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A qualification and certification system is critical to ensuring the quality of skills and facilitating labor mobility. Governments in over 100 countries are designing, implementing, or considering national qualification frameworks or are involved with regional qualifications frameworks. The idea is that all qualifications can (and should) be expressed in terms of outcomes. Students can be tested based on their competency and certified accordingly, regardless of their learning pathways. This will help assure employers of the skills of their workers.

Project Number: 25033-013
Project Name: Vocational and Technical Education Project
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The recruitment of consultants by executing agencies remains time-consuming. This problem is not specific to the project, but common in all ADB-financed projects in Viet Nam. Delays in consultant recruitment result in delays in implementing the entire project. In the future, advance actions and project readiness filters should be applied to minimize start-up delays.

Project Number: 33304-013
Project Name: Second Lower Secondary Education Development Project
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Positive outcomes in terms of cost and quality were associated with using market prices in cost estimates for civil works and involving local communities in the management of works. This fact was appreciated by the government, which valued ADB's flexibility in this aspect of the project's operation. Escalation of civil works costs has been a major delaying factor in numerous ADB-funded projects in Viet Nam.

Project Number: 28309-013
Project Name: Upper Secondary Education Development Project
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The project could have avoided some implementation difficulties had the project manager been appointed earlier and assisted with the design of project details. Compared with the size of the project, the consultant services package was too small. The national project implementation unit (NPIU) had to take on too much of the work.

Project Number: 28309-013
Project Name: Upper Secondary Education Development Project
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There was some concern that the feasibility study report prepared by Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), which was the official appraisal document on the government side, was not sufficiently consistent with the report and recommendation of the President. Considerable discrepancies between the two key documents, due to limited communication between MOET and the project preparatory technical assistance (TA) consultants, were observed.

Project Number: 28309-013
Project Name: Upper Secondary Education Development Project
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The design of capacity building activities needs to be better structured with a model defining how knowledge and skills will be transferred and including pre- and post-training assessments to measure impact. Without a structure, capacity building activities are reduced to the number of persons trained.

Project Number: 33304-013
Project Name: Second Lower Secondary Education Development Project
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The procurement capacity of the executing and implementing agencies, as well as the context of the project, needs to be considered when determining procurement methods. Their procurement capacity needs to be developed in order for them to implement procurement methods and accurately follow procedures and guidelines. Tracking of project implementation becomes difficult if procurement documentation does not follow requirements.

Project Number: 33304-013
Project Name: Second Lower Secondary Education Development Project
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Project Number: 31039-013
Project Name: Teacher Training Project
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