Viet Nam : Secondary Cities Development Program (Green Cities)

Project Name

Secondary Cities Development Program (Green Cities)

Project Number

47274-001

Country / Economy

• Viet Nam

Project Status

Closed

Project Type / Modality of Assistance

• Technical Assistance

Source of Funding / Amount

TA 8671-VIE: Secondary Cities Development Program (Green Cities)

Source	Amount
Technical Assistance Special Fund	US$ 800,000.00
Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund under the Urban Financing Partnership Facility	US$ 1.00 million
ATF - Netherlands TA Grant	US$ 300,000.00

TA 8671-VIE: Secondary Cities Development Program (Green Cities) (Supplementary)

Source	Amount
GEF-Special Climate Change Fund	US$ 136,986.00

Strategic Agendas

• Environmentally sustainable growth
• Inclusive economic growth

Drivers of Change

• Gender Equity and Mainstreaming
• Governance and capacity development
• Knowledge solutions
• Partnerships
• Private sector development

Sector / Subsector

• Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Other urban services - Urban flood protection - Urban policy, institutional and capacity development - Urban sewerage - Urban solid waste management

Gender

Effective gender mainstreaming

Description

The proposed Secondary Cities Development Project II (Green Cities) will pilot integrated urban development and environment improvement through implementation of green city action plans (GCAPs) in three secondary cities in Viet Nam, in agreement with the Government of Viet Nam. The project cities, Ha Giang (Ha Giang Province), Hue (Thua Thien Hue Province), and Vinh Yen (Vinh Phuc Province) are provincial capitals and developing secondary cities. Ha Giang as a border town provides strategic connectivity with the People's Republic of China, Hue is one of Viet Nam's heritage centers, and Vinh Yen is strategic for industry. Inefficient urban infrastructure services, lack of resource management, and degraded environmental quality constrain their growth potential. The project will finance subprojects that respond to stakeholder priorities to improve environmental quality, strengthen disaster risk management, climate resilience, and urban infrastructure to enable competitiveness. Community awareness and competencies will be improved for integrated urban development, environment planning, disaster risk management, and climate resilience.

Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy

Viet Nam is rapidly urbanizing with a structural shift from agriculture to industry and services, which account for nearly 80% of the economy since 2005. These sectors are key contributors to urban expansion and the rural to urban transition. Although urban poverty is reduced, inequalities remain. Disasters caused by natural hazards and climate induced impacts add to the associated social, economic, and environment costs of rapid urbanization. This is recognized in the 'Framework Master Plan for Urban Development in Viet Nam to 2025 and Vision to 2050 . The challenge for Viet Nam is to maintain its development prospects by minimizing risks associated with urbanization. Adapting infrastructure by building climate resilience in coastal and low-lying areas will safeguard vulnerable populations and productive sectors of the economy, including its natural resources.

Impact

Project Outcome

Description of Outcome

Progress Toward Outcome

Implementation Progress

Description of Project Outputs

Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues)

Geographical Location

Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects

Environmental Aspects

Involuntary Resettlement

Indigenous Peoples

Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation

During Project Design

The project will finance subprojects that respond to stakeholder priorities to improve environmental quality, strengthen disaster risk management, climate resilience, and urban infrastructure to enable competitiveness. Community awareness and competencies will be improved for integrated urban development, environment planning, disaster risk management, and climate resilience. Participatory stakeholder analysis will be conducted in each city with the project beneficiaries, and established civil society organizations with strong community connections included as stakeholders. The grant investment will provide direct support to climate vulnerable communities in Hue and Vinh Yen.

During Project Implementation

Stakeholder communication, participation and consultations are continuously promoted under the project implementation. IEC campaigns will be designed integrating the needs and concerns of different vulnerable groups, including the poor and near poor, women, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and ethnic minorities. The Vinh Yen NGO, the Women's Union, and consultants will be engaged to help the PMUs deliver the IEC campaign and train and/or build the capacity of other stakeholders in various aspects of project management. Stakeholder entities like CSBs will collaborate in subproject monitoring. Community-led initiatives will require the PMUs to partner actively with community monitoring groups in wards and communes.

Business Opportunities

Consulting Services

A team of consultants will be engaged through firms. The PPTA will require nine positions and 40 person-months (pm) of international, and 12 positions and 80 pm of national consulting services. ADB will select and engage consultants in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on Use of Consultants (2013, as amended from time to time). The quality- and cost-based selection method with quality-cost ratio of 80:20, using full technical proposal procedures, will be followed. National individual consultants will be additionally engaged after submission of the draft final report, to support start-up activities of the ensuing loan project based on the need using the contingencies.

Individual consultants have been recruited to support the preparation of a grant from the Global Environment Facility.

Additional individual consultants will be recruited to complete the project processing to MRM between October 2016 and February 2017.

Contact

Responsible ADB Officer

Ishii, Satoshi

Responsible ADB Department

Southeast Asia Department

Responsible ADB Division

Urban Development and Water Division, SERD

Executing Agencies

Provincial People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue Province

Provincial Peoples Committee of Ha Giang Province

Provincial Peoples Committee Vinh Phuc

Timetable

Concept Clearance

-

Fact Finding

-

MRM

-

Approval

27 Jun 2014

Last Review Mission

-

Last PDS Update

18 May 2018

Funding

TA 8671-VIE