JICA VietnamInclusive and Dynamic Development

Japan International Cooperation AgencyVietnam Office

March 2012

Japan International Cooperation AgencyVietnam Office

JICA Vietnam Office16th Fl., Daeha Business Center, 360 Kim Ma Str.,Ba Dinh Dist., Hanoi, VietnamTel:(84-4)38315005~8 /Fax: (84-4)38315009, 37716561http://www.jica.go.jp/vietnam/index.html

JICA Liaison OfficeNo.905, 9th Fl., Saigon Riverside Office Center, 2A-4A Ton Duc Thang Str., Ben Nghe Ward, Dist. 1, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamTel: (84-8) 38274942 / Fax: (84-8) 38274943

DIEN BIEN PROVINCE* Northwest region rural development* Sustainable forest management in the Northwest watershed area

THANH HOA PROVINCE* Nghi Son thermal power plant

THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE

* Capacity development for urban water supply utilities in the Central region * Hue city water environment improvement * Improving rural living and nature conservation by multipurpose use of charcoal and wood vinegar in the Bach Ma National Park* Integrated approach to the vulnerable to cope with natural disasters in central Vietnam* Develoment and Implementation of disaster education programs

DA NANG CITY* Capacity Building for School Education of Disaster Risk Reduction in Central Vietnam (phase 2)

QUANG NAM PROVINCE* Regional development with people’s participation based on Japanese experience of roadside station in Minamiboso City

QUANG NGAI PROVINCE* Rehabilitation of Small-scale Reservoirs

GIA LAI PROVINCE* Capacity development of participatory agricultural and rural development for poverty reduction in the Central highlands

DAk LAk PROVINCE* Support for young farmers by organic technique

BINH PHUOC PROVINCE* Thac Mo hydropower station extension

DONG NAI PROVINCE* Southern Binh Duong province water environment improvement* Support Building system of inclusive education

CAN THO CITY* O Mon thermal power plant and Mekong Delta transmission network * O Mon thermal power plant unit No.2 construction* 3rd National Highway No.1 bridges rehabilitation

NATIONWIDE* Establishment of Energy Management Training Center* Strengthening the training system for improving capacity of frontline officers of Vietnam customs* Strengthening the system and operation on standards and conformance * Tax administration reform (phase 3)* Capacity building for enforcement of Competition Law and implementation of Competition Policy* Institutional capacity development for infrastructure finance* Electric power technical and safety standards promotion * Urban planning formulation and management capacity development * Capacity enhancement in construction quality assurance* Strengthening capacity of water environmental management * Strengthening function of banking supervision of State Bank of Vietnam* Afforestation planning and implementation capacity strengthening * Strengthening the traffic police training in people’s police academy and various police training institutions* Management of Vietnam’s crop production sector for improving the productivity and quality of crop’s product* Improvement of the quality of human resources in the medical service system* Capacity building for national greenhouse gas inventory* Capacity development for laboratory network of biosafety and examination of highly hazardous infectious pathogens* Capacity enhancement in road maintenance* Strengthening operation and maintenance system for expressway* Development of the National Biodiversity Database System* Strengthening capacity of consumer protection administration* Improvement of new industrial statistics in Vietnam* Strengthening Capacity of Inspection System for ensuring safety of agro-fishery foods.* Strengthening public functions for supporting small and medium enterprises* Potential forests and land related to “climate change and forests” * Human resource development scholarship (JDS)* Food security project for underprivileged farmers* Poverty reduction support credit * Hanoi-HCMC railway bridge safety improvement * North-South submarine optic cable link* Small and medium sized enterprises finance * Power transmission and distribution network development* Transport sector loan for national road network development * Rural infrastructure development & living standard improvement/ small-scale pro-poor infrastructure development * Energy efficiency & renewable energy promoting * Support program to respond to climate change (SP-RCC)* Disaster and Climate Change Countermeasures Using Earth Observation Satellite

SOME PROVINCES* Establishment of Anti-Trafficking in Persons Hotline* Development of Landslide Risk Assessment Technology along Transport Arteries in Vietnam* Capacity building of HCMC Univ. of Technology to strengthen university-community linkage (phase 2) (An Giang, Tien Giang, Lam Dong, Binh Duong, Dong Nai)* Strengthening medical rehabilitation service in the Southern area* Enhancing functions of agricultural cooperatives (Phase 2)* Improvement of extension system for applying better farming system and cultivation techniques for poor farmers in the Mekong delta (Ben Tre, Soc Trang, Tien Giang, Tra Vinh and Vinh Long)* Sustainable integration of local agriculture and biomass industries* Strengthening of Tay Bac Univ. for sustainable rural development of the Northwest region* Promotion of participatory irrigation management for sustainable small-scale pro poor infrastructure development* Implementing maternal and child health handbook for scaling up nationwide* Establishment of carbon-cycle-system with natural rubber* Determine the outbreak mechanism and development of a surveillance model for multi drug resistant bacteria (Hanoi, Thai Binh, Nha Trang, Can Tho, HCM)* Climate change adaptation for sustainable agriculture and rural development* Afforestation on the coastal sandy area in Southern Central Vietnam (phase 2)(Quang Ngai)* New National Highway No.3 and regional road network construction (I)* North-South expressway construction (HCMC- Dau Giay)* North-South expressway construction (Da Nang- Quang Ngai)* North-South expressway construction (Ben Luc- Long Thanh)* Rural community internet use development project* Northern Vietnam National Roads traffic safety improvement* Contributions to the improvements of nutritional status and clean water supply through increasing the capacity

of local authorities (the project SWAN 2) (Hanoi, Nam Dinh)* Promote self-sustaining community development through heritage tourism (Hanoi, Thua Thien Hue, Tien Giang)

BA RIA-VUNG TAU * Cai Mep-Thi Vai international port construction

QUANG NINH PROVINCE* Environmental protection in Ha Long Bay* Support for building a community-based recycle-oriented system in Halong Bay area

HAI PHONG CITY* Hai Phong City environmental improvement * Hai Phong port rehabilitation* Lach Huyen Port Infrastructure Construction Project* Improvement program for water purification method against organic substances* Support for improving capability of waste landfill management technology* Program for improving plant management of manufacturers* Kagawa-esque int’ cooperation : medical human resources development

THAI BINH PROVINCE* Thai Binh thermal power plant construction

HA NOI CITY* Capacity development of business persons through VN-JP human resources cooperation center (Phase 2) * Human resources development of technicians at Hanoi University of Industry * Development of crop genotypes for the midlands and mountain areas of North Vietnam* Improving public transportation in Hanoi* Enhancing capacity of College of Transport* Higher education development support project on ICT* Hanoi ring road No. 3 construction * Hanoi city urban railway construction (Line 1:Ngoc Hoi-Yen Vien)* Hanoi city urban railway construction project (Line 2: Nam Thang Long-Tran Hung Dao)* Nhat Tan Bridge construction (VN-JP Friendship Bridge)* Red river bridge construction (Thanh Tri Bridge)* 2nd Hanoi drainage project for environmental improvement* Vietnam television center project* Noi Bai int’ airport terminal 2 construction * Road linking Noi Bai int’ airport and Nhat Tan bridge construction * Hoa Lac Hi-tech park infrastructure development * Developing educational program for children with intellectual disabilities to raise the school attendance rate at primary school (follow-up) * Strengthening capacity in operation & maintenance works at sewage treatment facilities and water environment education (Phase 2)* Medical technical support to improvement of diagnosis and medical and surgical treatment of congenital cardiac patients

LAM DONG PROVINCE* Strengthening Community-based Management Capacity of Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park* Production of KAKI and Spread of Processing Technology

HO CHI MINH CITY* Capacity development of business persons through VN-JP human resources cooperation center (Phase 2) * Capacity development on sewerage management * Support on set up of operation and maintenance company of urban railways * HCMC urban railway construction ((Line 1: Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien)* HCMC water environment improvement* Capacity building toward evidence-based medicine among health care professionals at University of Medicine and Pharmacy, HCMC

and its related institutes

REGIONAL COOPERATION* ASEAN university network/Southeast Asia engineering

education development network (phase 2) (Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia))

* Capacity development for transition to the new CNS/ATM systems in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam

* Tri-party Project for Improvement of Techniques for Increasing Rice Cultivation Productivity in Mozambique

* Multi-beneficial measure for mitigation of climate change in Vietnam and Indochina countries by develop-ment of biomass energy

* A transfer of business administration know-how (pipeline technology, water supply technology) of Tokyo Waterworks

53 Technical Cooperation project2 Technical Cooperation for

Development Planning44 Yen Loan 4 Grant Aid

20 JICA Partnership Program

Total: 123 projects

As of March 2012

JICA’s on going project map in Vietnam

TableHà Giang Cao Bằng

Bắc CạnTuyênQuang

Thái NguyênLạng Sơn

Yên Bái

Lào CaiLai Châu

Sơn LaPhú Thọ

Vĩnh PhúcHà

NộiBắc NinhBắc Giang Quảng

NinhHải

DươngHảiPhòng

Thái Bình

HàTây

Hoà Bình

Thanh Hoá

HưngYênHà

NamNam Định

Ninh Bình

Nghệ An

Hà Tĩnh

Quảng Bình

Quảng Trị

Thừa ThiênHuế

Đà Nẵng

Quảng Nam

Quảng Ngãi

Kom Tum

Gia Lai

BìnhĐịnh

Đắc Lắc

Phú Yên

Lâm Đồng

Khánh Hoà

NinhThuận

Bình ThuậnĐồng Nai

Bình Phước

Tây Ninh

BìnhDương

TP.HCMLong An

Tiền Giang

Bà RịaVũng Tàu

Đồng Tháp

An Giang

Cần Thơ

KiênGiang

Sóc Trăng

Bạc Liêu

Cà Mau

Trà Vinh

Bến TreVĩnhLong

Điện Biên

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I. Preface................................................................................ 1

II. Role of ODA and JICA....................................................... 2

1. ODA and JICA............................................................................. 2

2 Progress and Achievements of JICA in Vietnam.......................... 3

3. JICA’s Cooperation Schemes....................................................... 10

III. JICA’s Activities in Vietnam.............................................. 11

1. Current Situation in Vietnam........................................................ 11

2. Basic Policy and Directions of the Assistance to Vietnam............. 12

3. Priority Areas of Assistance.......................................................... 13

3-1 Promotion of Economic Growth and Strengthening of International Competitiveness tran........................................ 13

3-2 Improvement in Living and Social Conditions and Corrections of Disparities..................................................... 21

3-3 Environmental Conservation................................................ 27

3-4 Strengthening of Governance............................................... 31

IV. Typical Examples of JICA’s Cooperation in Vietnam..... 33

V. On-going Projects Map in Vietnam................................... 41

VINH PHUC PROVINCE* Vinh Phuc province investment climate improvement

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BINH THUAN* Phan Ri-Phan Thiet irrigation * Agriculture Development in Phan Ri - Phan Thiet

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BINH DUONG PROVINCE* Southern Binh Duong province water environment improvement

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