Vietnam

The development objective of the Danang Sustainable City Development Project (SCDP) for Vietnam is to expand access of city residents to improved drainage, wastewater... Show More + collection and treatment services, the arterial road network, and public transport in selected areas of Da Nang city. There are five components to the project. The first component of the project is drainage and wastewater improvement. The second component of the project is bus rapid transit development. The third component of the project is urban strategic roads. This component comprises: improvement of the connectivity of the urban arterial system, including construction of two new east-west connecting roads to the north-south bypass of Da Nang and the national expressway network; and construction of resettlement sites. The fourth component of the project is technical assistance and capacity building. The fifth component of the project is transferred activities of Da Nang priority infrastructure investment project. This component support completion of some major infrastructure for which construction started under the Priority Infrastructure Investment Project (PIIP). Show Less -

The development objective of the Urban Water Supply Development Project for Vietnam is to improve water, and household sanitation services in district towns, and large... Show More + urban centers in ways that are financially, and environmentally sustainable, thus enhancing the health, and economic potential of resident households. Project implementation has improved during the last twelve months. All contracts have been awarded with physical progress of all works combined reaching 70 percent as of May 30, 2012 with an overall International Development Association (IDA) disbursement rate of more than 55 percent. It is expected that by June 30, 2012 the project will be substantially completed, with eighty seven percent (87 percent) of the IDA funds (US$ 98.0 million) committed and an expected cancellation of the uncommitted IDA funds (US$ 14.6 million). The project currently has an overall rating of moderately satisfactory. Notwithstanding recent improvement, the project has met with implementation difficulties during the previous seven years which have led to the project restructuring. The changes are: (i) partial cancellation of the credit amount; (ii) first time extension of the credit closing date for selected provinces and project components to June 30, 2013; (iii) a reduction in the number of provinces anticipated to participate in component A; (iv) a change in the design/build/operate contracting process in component A to design/build only with operations assumed by the water utilities directly; (v) inclusion of an additional province in component B; (vi) a name change of the implementing institution for component C; (vii) a revision of first schedule, withdrawal of the proceeds of the credit to reflect the actual costs and disbursements; (viii) a revision of second schedule, description of the project, to specify the name of project participating provinces and of the content of component D; and (ix) a revision of key performance indicators of the project to reflect the changes in components A and B. The rationale for the changes is articulated in this project paper. Show Less -