Mekong Delta Region Urban Upgrading Project

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The development objectives of the Vietnam National Urban Upgrading Project will be to improve the living conditions of the urban poor in selected cities in the Mekong Delta Region; improve urban management capacity and planning in those same cities; and strengthen knowledge and urban management capacity at the national level. There are five components to the project. The first component is tertiary infrastructure upgrading in low income areas. This component includes provision of support to upgrade tertiary infrastructure in low income areas including: (i) construction, rehabilitation, and upgrading of roads and lanes; (ii) construction and rehabilitation of drains; (iii) improvements to environmental sanitation by rehabilitating or constructing public sewers, fostering the construction of septic tanks, providing access to septic management services, and house connections to public sewers; (iv) improvement of water supply including the installation of meter connections; (v) provision of metered house connections for electricity and public lighting in residential lanes and streets; and (vi) construction and rehabilitation of social infrastructure facilities such as schools, markets, community halls, and green spaces. The second component is supporting primary and secondary infrastructure. This component includes provision of support to improve primary and secondary infrastructure serving and benefiting Low Income Area (LIAs) including: (i) roads; (ii) water supply lines; (iii) drains and sewers; (iv) electrical power lines; (v) river and canal embankments; and (vi) social infrastructure facilities such as schools, markets, community halls, and green spaces. The third component is resettlement sites. This component comprises provision of support to prepare resettlement areas for affected persons, including construction of tertiary, primary, and secondary infrastructure. The fourth component is implementation support and project management. This component will focus on provision of support for project implementation, management, supervision, and monitoring and evaluation, including audits. The fifth component is technical assistance to the ministry of construction to implement National Urban Upgrading Program (NUUP). This component includes provision of support to Ministry of Construction (MOC) for: (i) development of a national urban upgrading program; (ii) designing an operational national urban database on key urban indicators; (iii) formulation of climate change adaptation strategies for coastal cities particularly in the Mekong Delta Region; and (iv)other support for project coordination and implementation.