*Title:* **NEW ADB BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, PROPOSED LOAN PROJECTS,
FEBRUARY 2006**

*Subject Country(ies) Vietnam*

*Post of Origin* Asian Development Bank (ADB)

*Series* International Market Insights (IMI)

*Date of Report (YYMMDD)* 060126

*Deletion Date (YYMMDD)* 060424

*Author* Kathleen dela Merced

*Approving Officer* Frank Foster

*Officer's Title* Senior Commercial Officer

*No. of Pages 3*

INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT, U.S. & FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 2006. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED
STATES.

1\. This report alerts U.S. firms to **US\$ 33.96 million** in new,
potential procurement of

goods and services in Vietnam. These opportunities are examples of the
many procurements financed by Asian Development Bank (ADB) loans to 38
ADB developing member countries. From January to September 2005, U.S.
contractors and equipment suppliers succeeded in winning US\$ million in
such national procurements as well as another US\$ 35.135 million in
consulting services financed by ADB loans, and technical assistance
grants.

2\. This is an early report to notify prospective U.S. exporters of
subsequent formal consideration of development projects by the ADB Board
of Directors. Generally, tender documents are issued 12-24 months after
loan approval. Interested prospective U.S. contractors and equipment
suppliers should contact the persons listed below to position themselves
for the upcoming opportunities. U.S. consultants should contact the
persons listed below and submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to the
national executing agency to market their firms' expertise and
experience on similar past projects and eventually receive notices of
upcoming tenders.

3\. U.S. consultants must also register with the ADB DACON (Data on
Consulting Firms) system. DACON registration should be completed on-line
at http://www.adb.org/consulting/dacon\>. For loan projects, primary
responsibility for hiring consultants rests with the executing agency in
the borrowing country. A good way to facilitate contact with the
executing agency is by working with the appropriate U.S. Embassy Officer
contact identified at the end of each project summary, i.e., "In-Country
US Embassy Commercial Officer".

4\. Firms may also send a notification copy of their EOIs to the U.S.
Commercial Service Liaison Office to the ADB, Attention: Frank Foster,
Senior Commercial Officer, PSC 500 Box 33, FPO AP 96515-1000, or to the
same office at its international mailing address: 25th Floor Ayala
Life-FGU Center, 6811 Ayala Avenue, Makati City, Metro Manila,
Philippines 1226; Phone: (63-2) 887-1345; Fax: (63-2) 887-1164; E-mail:
manila.adb.office.box \@mail.doc.gov. Information about these projects
are likewise available at our website at <http://www.buyusa.gov/adb>.
This office works closely with the Office of the U.S. Executive Director
to the ADB to increase American awareness of, and participation in, the
ADB\'s activities.

5\. The projects listed in this report are now being actively processed
by the ADB. For more information on these projects, the name of the ADB
project officer is indicated in the project brief. The U.S Commercial
Service Liaison Office to the ADB is ready to provide assistance to U.S.
firms upon request.

6\. The following loan projects are reprinted with permission from the
Asian Development Bank, from the ADB website at
[http://www.adb.org](http://www.adb.org/) and appeared for the first
time in January 2006. For more information on development in Asia and
the Pacific, see \<http://www.adb.org\>.

**LOAN PROJECTS, FEBRUARY 2006**

A.  **[VIETNAM]{.underline}**

**Project Name : Upper Secondary and Professional Teacher**

**Development**

**Project No. :** VIE 37622-01

**Executing Agency :** Ministry of Education and Training

Contact: Mr. Nguyen Hai Chau, Dep. Director

Address : Secondary Education Department

Ministry of Education and Training, Hanoi

Fax. No.: (844)-972-2151

**Loan Amount** **:** US\$ 33.96 million

**Sector/Sub-sector :** Education /Senior Secondary Education

**Objectives and Scope:**

The Project will help reduce poverty and promote economic growth by
improving the quality of upper secondary and professional secondary
education thereby producing a better-qualified and more productive work
force. The expected outcomes include improved quality of upper secondary
and professional secondary pre-service and in-service teacher training,
expanded access to upper secondary and professional teacher development,
strengthened capacity for planning, management, and delivery of teacher
training for upper secondary and professional secondary education, and
improved facilities to strengthen instructional capability in teacher
training institutions. The Project will enhance training quality,
efficiency, access and equity, and management.

**Procurement:**

*Goods:*

*Services:* About 132 person-months of international and 762
person-months of domestic consulting services will be required. The
consulting services are designed to support the Project as well as build
longer-term capacity of the departments and institutions responsible for
policy formulation, and management of delivery of pre-service and
in-service US and PS teacher training and cover broad areas of expertise
that include (i) policy evaluation and reform; (ii) teacher education
pre-service curriculum and instructional material design; (iii) teacher
education in-service curriculum and instruction material design; (iv)
accreditation procedures; (v) teacher registration procedures; (vi) data
collection and analysis; (vii) ICT curriculum; (viii) EMIS development;
and (ix) facilities and equipment improvement.

**Environmental Category:** C

**Project Processing Stage:** Fact-finding Mission Completed: 9 December
2005.

**Project Officer :** Sukhdeep Brar

Social Sectors Division

Mekong Department

Tel.: (63-2) 632-6395

Email: <sbrar@adb.org>

**In-country U.S. Embassy**

**Commercial Officer :** U.S. Commercial Service Hanoi

Miguel Pardo de Zela, Senior Commercial Officer

Tel.: (84-4) 831-4650 ext. 116

Fax: (84-4) 831-4540

Email: <Miguel.PardodeZela@mail.doc.gov>