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Tien Phong Bank Expanding Access to Finance for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Owned and Led by Women Project Proposed Tier II subordinated loan of up to $25,000,000 to Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (TPB), for the TPB Expanding Access to Finance for Women-owned and led Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Project in Viet Nam. To support the growth of TPB's WSME loan portfolio, which entail longer-tenor loans. Long-tenor funding is not readily available given the relatively underdeveloped nature of the country's capital markets, and ADB's funding will address this market gap. Targeting women borrowers is new for banks in Viet Nam and, given TPB's visibility in the market, this intervention will provide much needed funding for an underserved segment.
COVID-19: Imexpharm COVID-19 Generic Pharmaceutical Project The proceeds of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan and Imexpharm’s internal cash accruals will be used to fund Imexpharm’s working capital needs amid the global coronavirus disease  (COVID-19)  pandemic  and  the  resulting  economic  crisis.  The  project  is  an  indirect COVID-19 response to address the challenges that arose as a result of supply chain constraints during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pharmaceutical manufacturers such as Imexpharm have had to stockpile inputs amid the supply disruption of pharmaceutical inputs. ADB’s funding will be partly utilized  for  the  retroactive  financing  of  capital  needs  since  the  beginning  of  the  COVID-19 pandemic. Imexpharm has so far managed the increased cash needs by negotiating extended payment  terms  with  its  suppliers  and  using  internal  cash  accruals  in  anticipation  of  ADB’s financing. The proceeds will be used for (i) the purchase of ingredients for pharmaceutical drug manufacturing and (ii) other general working capital needs.
University of Science and Technology of Hanoi Development (New Model University) Project The project seeks to establish a new model university (NMU) focused on international standard teaching and research in science and technology. This NMU—the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH)—will demonstrate a new policy framework for the governance, financing, and quality assurance of universities in Viet Nam. The USTH will be established in partnership with the Government of France and the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST). The Government of France will provide about €100 million to support development and operating costs until at least 2020, including provision of curricula, research capacity, the rector, academic staff, and scholarships. The USTH opened in October 2010 using facilities at VAST and enrollments are expected to reach 1,000 by 2014. It will migrate to its new campus at Hoa Lac High Tech Park (HHTP), which is being developed in cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency, once it is ready. The World Bank approved the development of an NMU—the Vietnamese–German University—in June 2010.
VIE: LOAN TO SAIGON THUONG TIN BANK (SACOMBANK) The assistance is a loan of up to $25 million, funded in US dollars, to Saigon Thuong Tin Bank (Sacombank). Sacombank will use up to $20 million to facilitate SMEs access to finance and up to $5 million to onlend to Sacombank Leasing Company (SLC), Sacombank's leasing subsidiary, to fund term leases in response to demand from SMEs in Viet Nam.
Northern Power Transmission Expansion (Sector) Project The project represents a 5-year time slice of Electricity of Viet Nam's (EVN) power transmission system development plan, covering 500 kilovolt (kV) and 220 kV transmission lines and associated substations. The project will transmit power from remote power plants to the northern part of Viet Nam, which is relatively poor. This enables adequate and reliable power supply required in the planned socio-economic development activities including new industrial parks. The Project will also create the potential for regional power interconnection.
LPB Expanding Access to Finance for Women-Owned Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Project The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing financing to Lien Viet Post Joint Stock Commercial Bank (LPB), one of the private joint stock banks in Viet Nam, which will help increase LPB’s capacity to finance underserved small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The transaction will specifically target small and medium-sized enterprises owned by women (WSMEs), which are particularly underserved.
Mainstreaming Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Lending Project ADB will provide a senior unsecured loan to Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) of up to $200 million in up to two tranches in tenors of up to 5 years. ADB expects to syndicate a B loan of up to $100,000,000 among commercial banks and other eligible B loan participants on a best-effort basis and subject to market conditions.
Power Transmission Investment Program - Tranche 2 The investment program will contribute to meeting electricity demand growth of industrial, commercial, and residential consumers in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner. The outcome of the investment program is enhanced capacity of the transmission network to balance power load. The investment program also supports partial implementation of National Power Sector Development Master Plan VII (PDMP VII) to meet growing electricity demand of industrial, commercial and residential consumers throughout Viet Nam, and improve the operational effectiveness and efficiency of the National Power Transmission Corporation (NPT) - the entity responsible for financing, managing, and operating the transmission network - to ensure reliable electricity supply. 

Tranche 2 will finance part of each of the three output components:

Component 1: Expanded Transmission Network (Physical investment)
Component 2: Improved Operational Effectiveness and Efficiency (Non-physical investment)
Component 3: Project Implementation Support (Non-physical investment)
Ho Chi Minh City Urban Mass Rapid Transit Line 2 Investment Program - Tranche 1 The proposed project supports the development one of three priority urban rail MRT lines in HCMC to support the establishment of a sustainable urban transportation system.  The construction of MRT Line 2 (MRT2) will facilitate public transport access and connectivity in six central districts of HCMC, promote a modal shift from private to public transport, and support low-carbon transport that reduces greenhouse gas emissions.  The project directly supports implementation of the MRT2 project, and also the development of necessary facilites at the MRT2 depot.
Greater Mekong Subregion Capacity Building for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) Prevention Project The project impact is to contribute to achieving and sustaining the Millennium Development Goal to have halted and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Lao PDR and Viet Nam. The expected outcome of the project will be increased coverage and quality of services for targeted populations in 23 border provinces.  The project has four outputs.

Output 1: Strengthened planning and management capacity at national, provincial, and district levels. 
Output 2: Enhanced capacity to provide quality and accessible services to people vulnerable to HIV transmission.   
Output 3: Improved access to HIV prevention outreach among target populations in communities and cross-border areas.
Output 4: Effective and sustainable regional collaboration to strengthen HIV response established.
Health Human Resources Sector Development Program The Health Human Resources Sector Development Program (HHRSDP) will address key human and financial resource management challenges and constraints in the health sector to improve access and quality of health services across different regions and segments of the population - women, the poor and ethnic minority communities, especially in remote rural provinces. The HHRSDP is comprised of 2 loans: a program loan that supports key policy reform actions in health workforce management and financing; and a project loan for investments directly linked to and supportive of  the policy actions. The program supports the development and implementation of the new Law on Examination and Treatment (LET) governing health facilities and the registration and practice of health professionals, a new comprehensive plan to upgrade teaching institutions, and the adoption of new models for costing and managing service delivery in district hospitals.
State-owned Enterprises (SOE) Reform and Corporate Governance Facilitation Program - Tranche 1 The SRCGFP will support  the agenda of the Government of Viet Nam for state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform by equitizing and transforming general corporations. Participating general corporations will be restructured under a comprehensive package of corporate and financial restructuring and enhanced operational efficiency and corporate governance. Debt restructuring will strengthen general corporation balance sheets through improved cash flows and debt-servicing capacity, generating additional resources for productive activities. None of the restructured debt will be nonperforming loans. Corporate restructuring will enable participating general corporations to exploit economies of both scale and scope by merging several small joint stock subsidiaries in each general corporation into larger entities organized along lines of business, combined with the divestiture of disparate non-core business units. Additionally, management restructuring will enhance operational efficiency by strengthening corporate management processes and improving governance. OCR will be used to support financial and corporate restructuring, while operational restructuring and improved corporate governance will be supported by the complementary loan component funded from ADF resources.
Development of the Northern Chu and Southern Ma Rivers Irrigation System Project The project is part of a wider government investment to deliver water from the Cua Dat reservoir to the command area. It will finance the construction and upgrading of about 58 km of main canals (the north and south main canals of the Northern Chu and Southern Ma Rivers Irrigation System--NCSMRIS) and lower order canal distribution systems to supply existing pumped irrigation schemes which presently draw water from the Chu and Ma rivers. It will also to develop presently rainfed areas to serve an irrigation service area of about 23,900 hectares. The project will support capacity building of the irrigation management companies and water user associations to improve operation and management (O&M) of the irrigation system, and provide extension services to farmers. The project will benefit about 120,000 farm families. The government has agreed to comply with ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement for the whole investment program to strengthen the application of social and environmental safeguard procedures.
Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Development Project in Northern Mountain Provinces The project will rehabilitate and upgrade deteriorated but critical rural infrastructure in 15 mountainous provinces of northern Viet Nam. These provinces have a combined population of 12.2 million people and are among the poorest in the country. Overall poverty rates average about 27%, but are considerably higher in more isolated areas, where poverty levels may be 50%-60%. One of the main reasons for these high levels of poverty is limited access to productive assets and infrastructure (such as irrigation water systems), and physical isolation. The project will focus on improving small- to medium-scale irrigation and/or
drainage systems, rural roads, and district and commune markets. The project will include 40-45 subprojects. Rehabilitation and upgrading of rural infrastructure is expected to have a positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of the population in the project area, providing easier access to inputs (including irrigation water), markets, health services, higher levels of education, and employment opportunities, while reducing production and marketing costs.
Greater Mekong Subregion Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway Project - Tranche 1 The Project will construct a 57.1 kilometer (km) expressway between Ben Luc and Long Thah in the south of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), which is a short link of the GMS Southern Economic Corridor (SEC). The Project Expressway is divided into a western section (0.6 km-20.4 km), a middle section (20.4 km-31.4 km), and an eastern section (31.4 km-57.7 km). 

Scope for this first tranche includes (i) land acquisition and resettlement for the entire Expressway, (ii) unexploded ordnance clearance works for the entire Expressway, (iii) civil works for the western section of the Expressway, (iv) VEC's laboratory (building and equipment), (v) project supervision consulting services for the expressway sections to be financed by ADB, external environmental monitoring, external resettlement monitoring, and external auditing consulting services for the Project, and (vi) VEC's incremental administration cost.
Thanh Hoa City Comprehensive Socioeconomic Development Project The Project seeks to enable an intermediary state of development for Thanh Hoa and support its socioeconomic enhancement. It is a comprehensive and multisectoral project that will target priority investments and create a suitable and sustainable urban environment for Thanh Hoa and strengthen its role as provincial capital. The Project will upgrade Thanh Hoa's urban core, integrate its peri-urban areas and further develop its urban infrastructure and key economic sectors. The expected outputs will be: (i) an improved urban road network (22 km) to link peri-urban urban villages with the city center along with complementary basic urban services; (ii) an expanded and upgraded water supply distribution network, including about 19 km of primary and secondary water supply pipes and  connections to expand the service to peri-urban areas and replacement of 19 km of damaged pipes in the city; (iii) improved drainage and wastewater treatment in Thanh Hoa through the construction of 47 km of interceptors for sewerage and drainage, 13 pumping stations, a central wastewater treatment pond, and three delocalized wastewater treatment facilities for the city general hospital; (iv) improved tourism infrastructure through the construction of tourism facilities at tourist sites in Ham  Rong and Mat Son; and (v) improved human capacity within local utilities and line departments of Thanh Hoa and THP and improved labor skills, achieved through the upgrading of vocational training centers and other capacity building initiatives.
Lotus Wind Power Project The proceeds will fund the construction and operation of three 48MW wind farms sponsored by the same local company in Quang Tri Province, Viet Nam.
Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project The Project's objective is to  contribute to meet Viet Nam's increasing power demand in an environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive manner.  

The Project's scope is the construction of Song Bung 4 hydropower project in compliance with ADB's safeguard requirements and the restoration and improvement of livelihoods of Project affected people.
Integrated Rural Development Sector Project in the Central Provinces - Additional Financing The additional financing will support the upgrading of underdeveloped or outdated productive rural infrastructure (PRI), thus increasing agricultural and rural productivity. It also aims to improve the integration of strengthened dams and reservoirs, primary and
secondary canals, and access roads to facilitate increased agricultural productivity and diversification and reduce vulnerability caused by natural disasters.
Ha Noi Metro Line Sysem Project (Line 3: Nhon-Hanoi Station Section) Additional Financing The Project will establish an integrated sustainable public transport system in six districts of Ha Noi by constructing 12.5 kilometers of a dual track rail metro line from Nhon to Ha Noi railway station. The Project will develop a new double track metro rail line in Ha Noi, which is one of four priority lines of a planned larger urban transportation system under the Ha Noi Urban Transport Master Plan (HUTMP). Metro line 3 will (i) facilitate public transport connectivity, (ii) greatly enhance access in six districts of Ha Noi, and (iii) be an an important integral part of an improved public transport system, which aims to achieve increased public modal share through low-carbon transport that reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
Second Upper Secondary Education Development Project The proposed Second Upper Secondary Education Development Project (USEPD II/the Project) is designed as a positive school-sector intervention for effective human resource development that will contribute to the economic development of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (the Government) and address such social and economic issues as poverty reduction, improved knowledge and skills for school graduates entering the labor force and greater equity of educational opportunity across all spectrums of society. The Project will help the Government to promote its ongoing reform initiative for upper secondary education (USE) through upgrading of teaching and learning to international standards, improve student access and retention, especially in disadvantaged regions and strengthen school management to achieve the planned objectives for USE. Project activities include construction of education facilities for USSs, provision of simulation classrooms for selected teacher training universities (TTUs) to provide practical teaching experiences, improved instructional materials and equipment for disadvantaged schools and planned model schools, oral English materials to improve foreign language learning, pilot support for disabled students at USE level, provincial block grants to local education authorities, pilot teacher training programs through public-private partnership (PPP), support to the National Institute of Education Management (NIEM), and conduct a number of research studies to examine ways to improve USE planning and management. The Project will principally be national in scope, with access-related project investments targeted to selected disadvantaged areas.
Improving Competitiveness Program The program will support the Economic Management Competitive Credit (EMCC), a joint development partner  budget support program aligned to the national reform priorities of the government. The overall objective of the program is enhanced competitiveness for growth and job creation. The program will support the Government reforms efforts through six policy areas: (i) financial sector, (ii) fiscal policy, (iii) public sector administration and accountability, (iv) state enterprise management, (v) public investment management, and (vi) business environment. The EMCC consists of a programmatic series of three policy-based operations (EMCC 1-3) to be implemented during 2013-2015. EMCC-1 has been approved.  This program supports policy actions under EMCC-2.
Water Sector Investment Program - Tranche 2 The investment program will help water supply companies in Viet Nam to improve their perfomance/ It will support capital investment in water companies and cofinance the National Nonrevenue Water (NRW) Program. The Program will utilize an MFF to provide longer-term support for institutional reform in Viet Namwater sector until 2020. The MFF will be used as seed money to leverage parallel cofinancing and, importantly, gain access to commercial finance and increased private sector participation.
Financial Sector Deepening Program, Subprogram 1 Building on the Post Program Partnership Framework (P3F) of the previous financial sector program, the Financial Sector Deepening Program (FSDP) will support the Government's sector initiatives, to deepen the securities markets and develop related market infrastructure, to increase the role of non-bank financial sector in the financing of economic activity in Viet Nam. The proposed Subprogram 1 (SP1) of FSDP will focus on developing a well functioning money market, promoting a deeper and more liquid Government bond market, and building capacity within public institutions in accordance with the Government human resources development plan.
Support for the Implementation of the Poverty Reduction Program V - Subprogram 3 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved SIPRP V, a program cluster consisting of three subprograms, and a loan for its subprogram 1 in December 2008. SIPRP V is intended to help the Government of Viet Nam carry out policy reforms that are needed to successfully implement its Socioeconomic Development Plan (SEDP), 2006-2010. To this end, SIPRP V is to provide parallel financing with the World Bank's poverty reduction support credits (PRSCs) 7-9 within the framework of the PRSC process. The PRSC provides direct budget support to the government subject to satisfactory progress being made on a set of policy actions. Subprogram 1 provided parallel financing with PRSC 7 and subprogram 2 with PRSC 8. The government's development policy letter is in Appendix 3.

Subprogram 3 will provide parallel financing with PRSC 9, covering a subset of actions included in the policy matrix for PRSC 9. Like the policy actions covered by subprograms 1 and 2, the actions under subprogram 3 fall into the four broad reform areas: business development, social inclusion, natural resource management, and governance. They complement actions supported by ADB's other program loans to Viet Nam or are otherwise important to ADB's operations in the country.
Greater Mekong Subregion Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Project (Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Viet Nam) The Project will enhance transboundary cooperation for preventing and mitigating fragmentation of biodiversity rich forest landscapes of the Cardamom Mountains and Eastern Plains Dry Forest in Cambodia, Triborder Forest areas located in southern Lao PDR, and the Central Annamites in Viet Nam.
Second Greater Mekong Subregion Tourism Infrastructure for Inclusive Growth Project The project will help transform secondary towns in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) eastern economic corridor into economically inclusive, competitive tourism destinations by improving transport infrastructure, urban sanitation, and capacity to sustainably manage tourism growth. It will boost trade in services by promoting cross-border tourism and deepen GMS and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional cooperation and integration. About 168,000 residents are expected to benefit from climate-resilient infrastructure development, improved urban greenspace, cleaner beaches, and better access to economic opportunities.
Support to Border Areas Development Project The project supports the Cambodia-Lao PDR-Viet Nam Development Triangle Area objectives of (i) facilitating the flow of goods, people, and investment capital; and (ii) accelerating economic growth within the five Viet Nam Development Triangle Area (VDTA) provinces of Binh Phuoc, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai and Kon Tum. The VDTA is characterized by a high concentration of ethnic minorities, low gross domestic product, and areas of persistent poverty. The key impediments to more inclusive growth are insufficient transport and other basic infrastructure, as well as limited institutional capacity. To improve the efficiency of public investment and maximize the benefits of economies of scale and synergies with ongoing or planned projects, the Government of Viet Nam is advocating an integrated area approach under which neighboring localities will work towards common development goals, gaining economies of scale, and jointly enhanced competitiveness. This approach characterizes the design philosophy of the project, which will address the key impediments to inclusive growth.