Viet Nam: Capacity Building for River Basin Water Resources Planning

Agriculture, natural resources and rural development - Water-based natural resources management

Public sector management - Public administration

The first component supporting the revision of the Law on Water Resources has been completed and culminated with the Government National Assembly's passage of the new Law into legislation on 21 June 2012 (Law No. 17/2012/QH13). The second component to establish planning tasks have been completed with preparation of the following reports: (i) Status Report for the preparation of planning tasks for the Red-Thai Binh River Basin; (ii) Water Indicators for the Red-Thai Binh River Basin - the indicators and their use; (iii) Guidelines for the Preparation of Planning Tasks (summary); (iv) Guidelines for the Preparation of Planning Tasks (reference report); (v) Guidelines on the use of Water Resources Indicators for the preparation of a Status Report for a River Basin (reference document) and (vi) Guidelines on the use of Water Resource Indicators for the Preparation of a Status Report for a River Basin (Summary)

Sector study reports have been submitted and found acceptable. The consulting firm and individual consultants have completed their deliverables.

The TA will require about 54 person-months of consulting services, consisting of 14 person-months international and 40 person-months national inputs for services over an implementation period of 20 months with an additional 3 months for TA closing. Existing consultants currently supporting the LWR will be extended through the firm contracted for this purpose by single source selection as the tasks involved represent a natural continuation of previous work carried out by the firm. The firm currently supporting the revision of the LWR is Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd of Australia. The firm's main role under the CDTA is to provide the same 6 consultants (5 nationals and 1 international) to continue work on the revision of the LWR, which commenced in early 2009 and has proceeded effectively with their support.

The consultants to be employed on the formulation of sector strategy and investment program for the development of water resources in the Red-Thai Binh river basin will be recruited by individual consultant selection (ICS) and directly contracted by ADB.

All consultants will be selected in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2010, as amended from time to time). Any procurement under the TA will be done in accordance with ADB's Procurement Guidelines (2010, as amended from time to time). All disbursements under the TA will be done in accordance with the ADB's Technical Assistance Disbursement Handbook (May 2010, as amended from time to time).