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Financial management requires further improvement through training of provincial staff, timely approvals of annual operational plans, and timely liquidation of advances.

Project Number: 36672-012, 37604-022, 38017-012
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Communicable Diseases Control 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 delays were mostly caused by lengthy administrative processes resulting from complex ADB and government procedures.

Project Number: 38581-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention among Youth Project
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Careful poverty analysis, a proper demand and supply analysis for housing, better selection criteria, as well as more pro-poor loan procedures and flexibility in the loan size, term, and use would have enhanced the inclusiveness and beneficial impacts of the project. Given the targeted low-income segment and limited institutional capacity, such projects should not be overly complex in design and difficult to implement. Having a variable interest rate on the loan did not help. Fixed interest rates are more appropriate and preferred by low-income and poor borrowers.

Project Number: 35497-013
Project Name: Housing Finance 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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Carrying out project administration through existing structures helped speed up project implementation. Delegation of project activities to concerned departments and provinces facilitated implementation. Inclusion of project activities in national and provincial annual operational plans provided better integration of health services and funding.

Project Number: 36672-012, 37604-022, 38017-012
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Communicable Diseases Control 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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Low cost norms made it difficult to attract competent, full-time staff for the central project management unit, resulting in project delays. There is a need to ensure proper staffing of the central project management unit.

Project Number: 38581-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention among Youth Project
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In Phase 3, a total of three provinces were delegated full authority to implement subprojects in their provinces. This delegation included negotiations and signing of civil works contracts, approval of variation orders, changes to technical design, and approval of payments to the contractors. The time spent in solving changes in technical design and deciding on variations was significantly reduced, much to the benefit of the project. There was a feeling of local ownership to the subprojects in the delegated provinces.

Project Number: 34356-013
Project Name: Central Region Transport Networks Improvement Sector 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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Participation in regional dialogues and other knowledge management activities has, through learning and sharing, made national and provincial communicable diseases control leaders more competent, cooperative, and competitive. However, participation in internet-based learning and sharing is still at a nascent stage.

Project Number: 36672-012, 37604-022, 38017-012
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Communicable Diseases Control Project
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Critical decisions on project investments must be informed, careful, and judicious. At the time of the mid-term review mission in May 2009, contract awards were 8% of the total loan amount and disbursements were 5%. On the basis of such apparent poor performance it would have been possible to cancel the loan and shut down the project at that time. However, a full analysis by the review mission indicated that delays had been caused more by procedural problems than deficiencies in the capacity of the executing agency and that implementation was at the point of finally taking off.

Project Number: 30292-023
Project Name: Central Region Water Resources Project
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Behavioral change communication, whether through mass media or interpersonal communication, is complex and specialized, and requires specialized expertise; a chief technical adviser should be provided throughout project implementation.

Project Number: 38581-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention among Youth 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 of the entire associated project. In the future, advance actions and project readiness filters should be applied to minimize start-up delays.

Project Number: 34355-013
Project Name: Central Region Urban Environmental Improvement Project
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The calculation of the economic and financial internal rates of return at appraisal should be made in a manner that facilitates their re-evaluation at project completion.

Project Number: 34355-013
Project Name: Central Region Urban Environmental Improvement Project
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