 The project focused on improving roads, water supply and sanitation, and educational, health and social facilities because economic development in the communes and rural areas surrounding Hanoi is dependent on the infrastructural links between the rural and urban areas, especially for the sale of rural products.The project aimed to use locally available resources and knowledge such as compressed earth construction techniques for building.It was jointly funded by the UNDP, the Vietnamese government, and resources raised by the local communities and governments.