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No new lessons

Project Number: 36008-013
Project Name: Lower Secondary Education for the Most Disadvantaged Regions Project
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No new lessons

Project Number: 42235-013, 42235-023
Project Name: Microfinance Development Program (Subprograms 1 and 2)
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No new lessons

Project Number: 38196-013
Project Name: Northern Power Transmission Expansion Sector Project
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To appropriately assess the progress and outcome of the project, project design must incorporate the measurable benefits to beneficiaries at the outcome level, and in general, baselines must be established for all targets.

Project Number: 30286-013
Project Name: Central Region Small and Medium Towns Development Project
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Delays in recruiting consultants resulted in delays of subsequent activities (detailed design, resettlement planning, environmental management planning, and preparing bidding documents). Despite the start-up delays, the project achieved the targeted outputs, demonstrating that the executing agencies at the provincial level have the capacity for project implementation and the decentralized approach to project preparation and implementation is appropriate.

Project Number: 30286-013
Project Name: Central Region Small and Medium Towns Development Project
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Loan effectiveness delayed by almost 1 year because of a lengthy government approval process. Executing agency did not commence procurement until the loan was effective although ADB approved advance actions.

Project Number: 38196-013
Project Name: Northern Power Transmission Expansion Sector Project
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Through its compliance with the agreed Microfinance Development Program (MDP) policy actions, the government made remarkable progress during 2008-2014 in creating a conducive policy and regulatory environment for developing inclusive and sustainable microfinance. Despite this, the issuing of implementing rules and regulations (IRRs) related to the licensing requirements for microfinance institutions (MFIs) is still pending. The government attributes the delay to its desire to await a Prime Minister Decision on unlicensed microfinance operations.

Project Number: 42235-013, 42235-023
Project Name: Microfinance Development Program - Subprograms 1 and 2: Program Completion Report
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Relevant project design. The project's target identification methodology was relevant and sophisticated. Prior to this project, ADB support to disadvantaged provinces covered all parts of 22 provinces (determined by the government), which was nearly a third of the country. In contrast, the targeted support of the project resulted in focused investment on the poorest groups.

Project Number: 36008-013
Project Name: Lower Secondary Education for the Most Disadvantaged Regions Project
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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.

Project Number: 38196-013
Project Name: Northern Power Transmission Expansion Sector Project
Report Date:
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The financial sustainability of the project depends on the continued increase in the transmission tariff payable to the NPT, or on the establishment of a cost recovery mechanism that addresses the NPT's operational costs. In case of breach in financial covenants, ADB should conduct updated financial analysis to evaluate whether on-going reforms will have positive impact on the financial strength of the entity. The tariff reforms are expected to translate to full cost-recovery by 2024 of the power sector entities including the NPT.

Project Number: 38196-013
Project Name: Northern Power Transmission Expansion Sector Project
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Internal LSE subsector cooperation and coordination. Some project activities required close cooperation among stakeholders. For example, campaigns promoting the importance of LSE among disadvantaged communities in remote areas, where young children contribute to the family income through employment, required committed engagement by Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), Department of Education and Training (DOET), Bureau of Education and Training (BOET), teachers, and others, to ensure that LSE awareness campaigns reached their target audience.

Project Number: 36008-013
Project Name: Lower Secondary Education for the Most Disadvantaged Regions Project
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The monitoring of safeguards implementation should be more systematic; and projects should ensure that such arrangements are in place from project design through implementation, completion, and post-project monitoring.

Project Number: 38196-013
Project Name: Northern Power Transmission Expansion Sector Project
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Capacity building for sustainability of project outcome and outputs. Project design strengthened the planning and management capacity of education planners and managers. This investment for the future is necessary to ensure sustainability of the project outcome and outputs over the longer term. In addition, one sub-output of the project introduced the concept of continuing professional development, to provide opportunities and support for teachers to systematically improve their knowledge and skills throughout their teaching careers.

Project Number: 36008-013
Project Name: Lower Secondary Education for the Most Disadvantaged Regions Project
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The NPPMB was not initially familiar with ADB safeguard policies. This contributed to project delays and placed an additional burden on ADB. ADB could have anticipated the need for early strengthening of the capacity of the executing and implementing agencies.

Project Number: 38196-013
Project Name: Northern Power Transmission Expansion Sector Project
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Implementation has also revealed an urgent need to enhance the information technology (IT) capabilities of the PCFs and MFIs so that the credit reporting and information exchange can be improved. The MDP helped the SBV standardize the reporting requirements for PCFs and MFIs and set up the microfinance information exchange system within the National Credit Information Center (CIC). However, a majority of these small- sized credit institutions lack the skills and standard IT systems to properly comply with the new reporting standards.

Project Number: 42235-013, 42235-023
Project Name: Microfinance Development Program - Subprograms 1 and 2: Program Completion Report
Report Date: