Viet Nam : COVID-19 Relief for Women-Led Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Sovereign Project | 54233-001

Project Name COVID-19 Relief for Women-Led Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Project Number 54233-001
Country / Economy Viet Nam
Project Status Active
Project Type / Modality of Assistance Grant
Source of Funding / Amount
Grant 0781-VIE: COVID-19 Relief for Women-Led Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative US$ 5.00 million
Operational Priorities OP1: Addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities
OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality
OP6: Strengthening governance and institutional capacity
Sector / Subsector

Finance / Small and medium enterprise finance and leasing

Gender Gender equity theme
Description
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy
Impact

Economic recovery accelerated.

Project Outcome
Description of Outcome

Businesses of eligible enterprises affected by COVID-19 revived and sustained

Eligible enterprises must qualify as small and medium-sized enterprises by either (i) borrowing for an original principal amount between $5,000 and $1 million or (ii) meeting 2 out of the 3 following sub-criteria: (a) between 10 and 300 employees, (b) total assets between $100,000 to $15 million, and (c) annual sales between $100,000 and $15 million.

Eligible enterprises must also qualify as women-led or women-owned businesses by either (i) being at least 51% owned by a woman or women; or (ii) meeting all of the following 3 sub-criteria: (a) at least 20% owned by a woman or women, (b) a woman as senior or second most senior executive, and (c) at least 30% of the board members are women (where a board exists).

Progress Toward Outcome The project has achieved the intended outcomes. By end of Q3, 2022, both the number of restructured or new loans granted to eligible enterprises and the amount of lending to eligible enterprises restructured or loans to new borrowers granted have exceeded target values.
Implementation Progress
Description of Project Outputs

Access to finance for eligible enterprises affected by COVID-19 improved

Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) The project has achieved two out of three set outputs. Project implementation has been progressing during Q3 2022 despite some challenges faced by participating banks. The pace of grant funds channeled to clients, however, has been affected by (i) PBs' constrained credit growth limits, (ii) expiring of the mechanism of restructuring loans and retaining the loan classification groups for affected clients, and (iii) the PBs'concurrent implementation of interest rate subsidy scheme as part of the National Economic Recovery Program.
Geographical Location Nation-wide
Safeguard Categories
Environment C
Involuntary Resettlement C
Indigenous Peoples C
Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects
Environmental Aspects
Involuntary Resettlement
Indigenous Peoples
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation
During Project Design
During Project Implementation
Responsible ADB Officer Chu, Minh Thi Hong
Responsible ADB Department Southeast Asia Department
Responsible ADB Division Viet Nam Resident Mission (VRM)
Executing Agencies
Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank
Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam
Sai Gon-Ha Noi Commercial Joint Stock Bank
State Bank of Vietnam
Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank
Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank
Timetable
Concept Clearance 13 Mar 2022
Fact Finding 23 Apr 2020 to 23 Apr 2020
MRM 23 Jul 2020
Approval 09 Dec 2020
Last Review Mission -
Last PDS Update 25 Oct 2022

Grant 0781-VIE

Milestones
Approval Signing Date Effectivity Date Closing
Original Revised Actual
09 Dec 2020 22 Dec 2020 12 Apr 2021 30 Jun 2023 - -
Financing Plan Grant Utilization
Total (Amount in US$ million) Date ADB Others Net Percentage
Project Cost 5.02 Cumulative Contract Awards
ADB 0.00 23 Oct 2023 0.00 5.00 100%
Counterpart 0.02 Cumulative Disbursements
Cofinancing 5.00 23 Oct 2023 0.00 5.00 100%
Status of Covenants
Category Sector Safeguards Social Financial Economic Others
Rating - Satisfactory Satisfactory Satisfactory - Satisfactory

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Title Document Type Document Date
COVID-19 Relief for Women-Led Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank Audited Project Financial Statements (January-December 2022) Audited Project Financial Statements Jul 2023
COVID-19 Relief for Women-Led Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Saigon – Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank Audited Project Financial Statements (12 April 2021–31 December 2022) Audited Project Financial Statements Jun 2023
COVID-19 Relief for Women-Led Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam Audited Project Financial Statements (12 April 2021–31 December 2022) Audited Project Financial Statements Jun 2023
COVID-19 Relief for Women-Led Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank Audited Project Financial Statements (January-December 2022) Audited Project Financial Statements Jun 2023
COVID-19 Relief for Women-led Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Project: Project Administration Manual Project/Program Administration Manual Aug 2021
COVID-19 Relief for Women-led Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Project: Gender Action Plan Gender Action Plans Dec 2020
Grant Agreement (Externally Financed) for Grant 0781-VIE: COVID-19 Relief for Women-led Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Project Grant Agreement Dec 2020
Project Agreement for Grant 0781-VIE: COVID-19 Relief for Women-led Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Project Project/Program Agreements Dec 2020
COVID-19 Relief for Women-Led Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Grant Assistance Report Grant Assistance Reports Dec 2020

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