The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Vietnam Scaling up Urban Upgrading Project (P159397) Vietnam Scaling up Urban Upgrading Project (P159397) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Vietnam | Urban, Resilience and Land Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2017 | Seq No: 8 | ARCHIVED on 29-Mar-2021 | ISR45687 | Implementing Agencies: Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Construction-investment Project Management Unit of Tan An city, Investment Projects Management Unit of Ben Tre city, ODA Project Management Unit of Vinh Long province, Urban Upgrading Project Management Unit of Long Xuyen city, Construction-investment Project Management Unit of Vi Thanh city, Soc Trang Department of Construction, Construction-investment Project Management Unit of Bac Lieu city Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 30-May-2017 Effectiveness Date: 24-Dec-2018 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 12-Jul-2021 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-Dec-2023 Revised Closing Date: 31-Dec-2023 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To improve access to infrastructure in priority city areas and improve urban planning in the participating cities Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Tertiary Infrastructure Upgrading in Low Income Areas:(Cost $62.80 M) Priority Primary and Secondary Infrastructure:(Cost $228.90 M) Resettlement Sites:(Cost $10.20 M) Project Management Support:(Cost $28.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Unsatisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Project's objective is to improve access to infrastructure in priority areas and improve urban planning in the participating cities. The project became effective on December 24, 2018. Implementation has made good progress in the past months, and presently, 40,500 people are provided with improved living conditions thanks to the project; 2 cities,Vinh Long and Long Xuyen, have their updated city construction master plans approved by the provincial authorities; 2 km of new or improved lands have been constructed in Low Income Areas; 5.54 km of new or rehabilitated drainage canals have been constructed in Low Income Areas; 1,000 households have been provided with new or improved connection to sewer lines; 3.7 km of secondary road have been constructed/improved; and there are 5.1 km of rehabilitated or newly constructed drainage, among other results. The cities will continue to move ahead with the works to reach the project’s targets prior to its closing in December 2023. 3/29/2021 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Vietnam Scaling up Urban Upgrading Project (P159397) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate Moderate Low Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Low Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Moderate Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Low Low Low Other -- Substantial Moderate Overall Substantial Substantial Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve access to infrastructure in priority city areas IN00959932 ►People Provided with Improved Living Conditions (of which female, of which bottom 40 percent) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 40,500.00 500,000.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 10-Aug-2020 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 This result is below the YR3 target of 100,000. The result reflects the cumulative number of people living in urban are provided with access to improved services, neighborhoods, public spaces, parks, resilience, and/or urban environme Comments: direct interventions of operations supported by the World Bank. Information source: PMUs. IN00959934 ►Number of people with access to improved basic urban infrastructure facilities and services in targeted low income areas (of which female, of which bottom 40 percent) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 3/29/2021 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Vietnam Scaling up Urban Upgrading Project (P159397) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 90,000.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 10-Aug-2020 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 This result is below the YR3 target of 18,000. It will reflect an estimate of direct beneficiaries of Comments: Component 1, men/women based on estimates of gender ratio from the 2009 census. IN00959976 ►Increased user satisfaction with the quality of basic infrastructure constructed under the project (of which female, of which bottom 40 percent) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 10-Aug-2020 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 This result is below the YR3 target of 60%. A beneficiary satisfaction survey will be administered 2021 to people receiving infrastructure and services under this project. Data will be disaggregated by poverty rate Comments: and gender. Improve urban planning in the participating cities IN00959933 ►Number of Low Income Areas with Community Upgrading Plans prepared and implemented in accordance with the participatory process (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 10-Aug-2020 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 This result is below the YR3 target of 2 LIAs. Community Upgrading Plans will be designed to enhance the role of the for infrastructure upgrading within LIAs, incorporate lessons learnt from past projects, and create sufficient communit Comments: sustainability of investments through successful construction and maintenance of tertiary infrastructure. Requirement includes at least 60% participation from communities, at least 45% of which women. IN00959935 ►Number of cities with revised master plans (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 10-Aug-2020 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 This result exceeds the YR3 target of 0. The cities with the revised master plans are Vinh Long and Long Xuyen. They have drafted document in line with the project’s key principles of integrated urban planning Comments: and citizen participation. Plans were approved by the relevant Provincial People's Committee. Information souce: PMUs. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Tertiary Infrastructure Upgrading in Low Income Areas 3/29/2021 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Vietnam Scaling up Urban Upgrading Project (P159397) IN00959977 ►Length of new or improved lanes in LIAs (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 2.00 60.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 10-Aug-2020 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 This result is below the YR3 target of 12 km. Information source: PMUs. Comments: IN00959981 ►Length of new or rehabilitated drainage canals in LIAs (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 5.54 19.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 10-Aug-2020 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 This result exceeds the YR3 target of 4 km. Information source: PMUs. Comments: IN00959985 ►Households with new or improved household connections to sewer lines (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 1,100.00 15,000.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 10-Aug-2020 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 This result is below the YR3 target of 3000 households. Information source: PMUs. Comments: IN00959988 ►Number of direct beneficiaries in LIAs with enhanced protection from rainfall flooding (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 90,000.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 10-Aug-2020 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 This result is as per the YR2 target. This indicator measures the number of people that directly benefit Comments: from investments to enhanced embankments and drainage systems that reduce rainfall flood risk. Priority Primary and Secondary Infrastructure IN00959978 ►Length of new or improved primary or secondary roads (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 3.70 48.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 10-Aug-2020 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 Comments: This result is below the YR3 target of 10 km. Information source: PMUs. 3/29/2021 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Vietnam Scaling up Urban Upgrading Project (P159397) IN00959982 ►Length of rehabilitated or newly constructed drainage (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 5.10 32.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 10-Aug-2020 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 This result is below the YR3 target of 6 km. Informaiton souce: PMUs. Comments: IN00959986 ►Length of new or rehabilitated canal embankment (of which designed and installed with ‘green infrastructure principles”) (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 1.00 29.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 10-Aug-2020 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 The result is below the YR3 target of 6 km. Green infrastructure principles include soft-embankments. Comments: Information souce: PMUs. Resettlement Sites IN00959979 ►New serviced plots constructed (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 338.00 310.00 Date 10-May-2019 10-May-2019 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 This result exceeds the YR3 target of 62 plots. Information source: PMUs. Comments: IN00959983 ►Serviced plots provided to relocated households (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 380.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 10-May-2019 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 This result is below the YR3 target of 76 plots. Comments: Project Management Support IN00959980 ►Number of O&M strategy and action plan developed and submitted (Number, Custom) 3/29/2021 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Vietnam Scaling up Urban Upgrading Project (P159397) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 10-Aug-2020 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 The result is below the Year 3 target of 1. O&M strategy and action plans will be submitted by each project city with explicit institutional arrangements for each project component and investment type. O&M responsibilities of tertiary infrastructure under Component 1 will be agreed upon between the LGs and Comments: communities under the Community Upgrading Plans (CUP). Within the CUP, the LG and the community will have to confirm how the community donations will be spent, how maintenance will be carried out as well as clarifying the future financial sustainability arrangements. IN00959984 ►Number of workshops/trainings provided for participating cities to utilize hydraulic models (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 10-Jan-2020 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 This result meets the YR3 target of 2 trainings. The trainings took place in all seven project cities in Comments: October 2018, and in Vinh Long in April 2020. Information souce: PMUs and WB. IN00959987 ►Number of workshops/trainings provided for participating cities to enhance integrated planning (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 10-May-2019 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 This result meets the YR3 target of 2 workshops/trainings. The first workshop took place in Vi Thanh on October 11, 2018 and the second workshop took place in Vinh Long on May 10, 2019. Information souce: Comments: PMUs and WB. IN00959989 ►Number of national workshops organized to disseminate lessons learned (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 11-Sep-2020 09-Mar-2021 29-Dec-2023 This result meets the YR3 target of 1 workshop/training.The workshop took place on March 9, 2021 to dissemiate the design guidelines on univeral accessbility and green infrastructure. Information source: Comments: PMUs and WB. Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance 3/29/2021 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Vietnam Scaling up Urban Upgrading Project (P159397) Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P159397 IDA-60550 Effective USD 140.00 140.00 0.00 13.85 133.22 9.4% P159397 IDA-60560 Effective USD 100.00 100.00 0.00 5.29 94.71 5.3% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P159397 IDA-60550 Effective 30-May-2017 29-Jun-2018 24-Dec-2018 31-Dec-2023 31-Dec-2023 P159397 IDA-60560 Effective 30-May-2017 29-Jun-2018 24-Dec-2018 31-Dec-2023 31-Dec-2023 Cumulative Disbursements PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC 3/29/2021 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Vietnam Scaling up Urban Upgrading Project (P159397) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 3/29/2021 Page 8 of 8