Vietnam

The development objective of the Inclusive Innovation Project for Vietnam is to adopt, upgrade and develop inclusive innovations for the benefit of the Base of Pyramid... Show More + (BoP) population. Negative impacts include: noise, dust, and waste and safety concern; and during operation the issue of waste management and laboratory safety. The subprojects' potential impacts, if any, are expected to be localized, minor and can be managed through good design and through supervision of environmental aspects during implementation and operation. Each measure should be briefly described in relation to the impact(s) and conditions under which it is required. These should be accompanied by, or referenced to, designs, development activities (including equipment descriptions), operating procedures, and implementation responsibilities. Show Less -

The development objective of the Industrial Pollution Management Project for Vietnam is to improve compliance with industrial wastewater treatment regulations in four... Show More + of the most industrialized provinces in Vietnam. There are three components to the project. The first component is environmental policy, monitoring and enforcement. This will comprise three subcomponents: (a) policy review and revision; (b) environmental monitoring and enforcement; and (c) information disclosure and public participation. Subcomponent (a) will provide support for a comprehensive review of the legal and regulatory framework on pollution management, including reviewing and revising laws, regulations, and other legal documents at central and provincial levels. Subcomponent (b) will support the development of environmental monitoring infrastructure and the improvement in environmental enforcement activities, including: (i) acquisition of testing laboratory equipment, standard samples, monitoring equipment, protection gears, and vehicles; (ii) acquisition and installation of automatic water quality monitoring stations; (iii) monitoring of surface water quality, Industrial zone (IZ) wastewater discharge, and inspection and enforcement; and (iv) development and upgrade of the environmental monitoring information management systems of Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and the project provinces. Subcomponent (c) will support the development of an industrial pollution information disclosure system, including: (i) development of an environmental performance rating methodology; (ii) disclosure of environmental monitoring, enforcement results, and public complaint records on a website; (iii) maintenance of close communication with Centralized Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) investors to enable them to understand the rating system and ways to improve their ratings; (iv) disclosure of final performance ratings through various media outlets; (v) awareness raising activities and dissemination of relevant informational materials; and (vi) facilitation of communication with various media outlets. The second component is performance-based CETP financing. This component will provide performance-based loans to finance the construction of new CETPs, the expansion of existing CETPs, and the improvement of other relevant infrastructure of industrial wastewater management in the industrial zones of the project provinces. The third component is implementation support. This Component will support project beneficiaries to properly implement project activities through three subcomponents: (a) capacity building; (b) technical assistance (TA); and (c) project management. Show Less -

The objective of the Second Rural Energy Project (RE2) in Vietnam is to contribute to government's poverty alleviation program in the rural areas by providing basic... Show More + infrastructure services like electricity. The ethnic minority peoples are commonly among the poor groups and have limited benefits from social development and they are vulnerable to the appearance of possible physical impacts by their land occupation for the infrastructure project or social impacts due to the changes of favorable living place and acquaintance. The Bank's policies are to identify the possible impacts, analyze the customs, cultures and behaviors to find out the bets appropriate plan to act and help those affected people. In the process it is necessary to study the policy and legal framework to integrate in the implementation schedule. The plan mainly aims at providing information on ethnic group in the project areas and having development plan in compliance with the World Bank (WB) policy OD 4.20, ensuring: (a) the respect of characteristics of customs, habits and cultural tradition of the ethnic groups, (b) avoid negative impacts on ethnic groups during development progress and, (c) ethnic group will be entitled to socio-economic interests suitable to their cultural tradition. Show Less -

The objective of the Second Rural Energy Project (RE2) in Vietnam is to contribute to government's poverty alleviation program in the rural areas by providing basic... Show More + infrastructure services like electricity. The ethnic minority peoples are commonly among the poor groups and have limited benefits from social development and they are vulnerable to the appearance of possible physical impacts by their land occupation for the infrastructure project or social impacts due to the changes of favorable living place and acquaintance. The Bank's policies are to identify the possible impacts, analyze the customs, cultures and behaviors to find out the bets appropriate plan to act and help those affected people. In the process it is necessary to study the policy and legal framework to integrate in the implementation schedule. The plan mainly aims at providing information on ethnic group in the project areas and having development plan in compliance with the World Bank (WB) policy OD 4.20, ensuring: (a) the respect of characteristics of customs, habits and cultural tradition of the ethnic groups, (b) avoid negative impacts on ethnic groups during development progress and, (c) ethnic group will be entitled to socio-economic interests suitable to their cultural tradition. Show Less -

The development objective of the Managing Natural Hazards Project for Vietnam is to increase the resilience of the people and economic assets to natural hazards in selected... Show More + river basins of the project provinces within the overall framework of Vietnam's national disaster prevention, response and mitigation strategy towards 2020. There are five components to the project. The first component is strengthening Disaster Risk Management (DRM) institutions, information systems and planning. This component includes (i) facilitation of inter-ministerial coordination, policy dialogue and knowledge-sharing mechanisms; (ii) establishment of provincial disaster management centers in project provinces where such centers are needed; and (iii) provision of technical assistance for government agencies at different levels. Improving the capacity, harmonization, coordination and sharing of DRM databases and information, including: (i) harmonizing and integrating existing DRM databases and information systems; (ii) development of an inventory of existing medium and small scale reservoirs in project provinces, their safety standards, safety guidelines, and operational procedures; (iii) development of software for the management of reservoirs to be used at national and provincial levels; and (iv) provision of technical assistance on the use of the databases and software and the implementation of safety guidelines. The second component is strengthening weather forecasting and early warning systems. This component includes technical assistance for development and implementation of an integrated national hydromet forecasting and early warning systems and end-to-end applications: provision of technical assistance for the design and implementation of a nation-wide integrated system. The third component is community-based disaster risk management. This component includes strengthening the capacity of participating commune-level stakeholders and agencies in planning and engaging in a broad range of risk reduction measures, including provision of support for: (i) improving commune-level flood and storm risks management procedures; (ii) capacity building for commune-based institution leaders; (iii) the development of inter-communal support platforms; (iv) development of community resilient planning; and (v) enhancement of private sector commune partnerships. The fourth component is Priority disaster risk mitigation investments. The component will support identification, prioritization, and implementation of major DRM investments within the four selected river basins to mitigate risks posed by natural hazards. The fifth component is project management, monitoring and evaluation. Show Less -

Ratings for Customs Modernization Project (CMP) for Vietnam were as follows: outcomes were unsatisfactory; risk to development outcome was high; Bank performance was... Show More + moderately unsatisfactory; borrower performance was also moderately unsatisfactory. Some lessons learned includes: project ownership. The beneficiary is a fundamental requirement for successful outcomes. The General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC) has not abandoned its objectives but chosen to adopt a different financing path to meet their Information and Communications Technology (ICT) needs other than through the VCMP. Project implementation design quality. A realistic, detailed implementation plan is an essential underpinning of any investment project. The CMP was prepared relatively quickly with the assistance of a Policy and Human Resource Development Fund (PHRD) grant, but project implementation arrangements were not fully adequate and implementation schedule was overoptimistic without clear sequencing and no provision for delay. Project management unit format and capacity. The CMP Project Management Unit (PMU) proved unable to manage the planned institutional development program in such a way as to meet the implementation schedule. Due to delays it was not fully tested in managing an infrastructure investment program. The enclave format has merit in regard to investment project management not least in simplifying the fiduciary duties of the parties but is less effective in fostering institutional development which typically benefits from an integrated format in which the unit is embedded in the institution's own functional structure. Supervision and monitoring. Project progress was monitored by sector management and the country portfolio management team through the Implementation Supervision Report (ISR) system reports, and by Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and Ministry of Finance (MoF) through the Aligned Monitoring Tool (AMT) reports which were also available to the Bank task team and portfolio management team. The aides-memoir of the early missions identified emerging implementation issues and although helpful suggestions were made the measures proposed were not always fully successful. ISR reports lacked some detail and did not sufficiently highlight the consequences of increasingly serious delays and project management weaknesses. Show Less -

The objective of the Distribution Efficiency Project for Vietnam is to strengthen reliability, quality of supply and enhance demand side efficient use of electricity... Show More + to improve the efficiency of power distribution and retail supply services of Vietnam's Power Corporations (PCs), and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Some of the negative and mitigation measures include: a) gathering of baseline information on the demographic, social, cultural, and political characteristics of the affected ethnic minority communities, the land that they have traditionally owned or customarily used or occupied, and the natural resources on which they depend; b) an assessment based on free, prior, and informed consultation, with the affected ethnic minority communities, of the potential adverse and positive effects of the project. Critical to the determination of potential adverse impacts is an analysis of the relative vulnerability of, and risk to, the affected ethnic minority communities given their distinct circumstances and close ties to land and natural resources, as well as their lack of access to opportunities relative to other social groups in the communities, regions, or national societies in which they live; and c) the identification and evaluation, based on free, prior, and informed consultation with the affected ethnic minority communities, of measures necessary to avoid adverse effects, or if such measures are not feasible, the identification of measures to minimize, mitigate, or compensate for such effects, and to ensure that the ethnic minority groups receive culturally appropriate benefits under the project. Show Less -