Dynamic City Integrated Development Project - Thai Nguyen

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The development objective of the Dynamic City Integrated Development Project for Vietnam is to improve access to urban infrastructure and to improve integrated urban planning and management in the project city. It has two components. First component, structural investments - rehabilitation and construction of urban infrastructure a series of municipal investments will be financed to improve the access to and quality of critical urban infrastructure services, including those in urban environmental sanitation, urban transport, and urban amenities. The selection of infrastructure sub-projects will be aligned with the updated city master plan. However, given that the sub-projects will be identified based on plans developed before project implementation, the proposals will be rigorously prioritized to ensure that these are no-regret investments that: (i) improve access to, and reliability of, urban services for the bottom 40 percent of the population; (ii) promote more compact and denser urbanization; (iii) promote the development of neighborhoods with access to high-quality public spaces and public transport; (iv) support long-term socio-economic growth objectives; (v) meet demands for climate change adaptation; and (vi) meet accepted standards for technical and economic soundness, including resilience measures to limit the potential losses from disasters; This component has four sub-component. (i) urban drainage; (ii) urban environmental sanitation; (iii) urban transport and (iv) urban amenities and public spaces; Second component, non-structural investments - technical assistance and implementation support a comprehensive package of TA and project implementation support will be provided to Thai Nguyen PPC to strengthen its capacities for integrated economic and spatial planning as well as climate change and disaster risk informed planning. The TA will ensure the strategic relevance and efficiency of the municipal infrastructure investments to be financed under the structural component of the project. The technical assistance and implementation support activities are critical to support the structural investments to be undertaken under Component 1 by: (i) linking financing/budgets to the investment programs of the city in order to ensure financial sustainability for long-term O&M and asset management; (ii) consolidating various spatial and sectoral plans into integrated strategic development plans; and (iii) ensuring community participation throughout the planning and sub-project implementation process.