activities. In acquisition and cases of land compensation acquisition and grievance where redress compensation mechanisms is delayed (reflected in and/or not paid DLI at market rates, verification complaints protocol); and may be filed Program and lead to should reputational carefully risks. consider the potential social Support to and “chunky” environment (larger) risks when infrastructure appraising may be larger perceived as infrastructure atypical of sub-projects to PforR mitigate operations reputational which have risks. mainly supported low- to investments. Main Conclusions and Recommendations Past Program performance The World Bank has partnered with Vietnam on several road, transport and other urban infrastructure projects. Recent operations include: the Vietnam Road Asset Management Project (VRAMP); Da Nang Sustainable City Development Project (SCDP); the Vietnam Urban Upgrading Project (VUUP); and the Mekong Delta Region Urban Upgrading Project (MDR-UUP). Following a review of the – relevant environmental records and site visits by task teams to these operations, no significant environmental issues were identified. Many roads and bridges in Vietnam have been constructed, rehabilitated and maintained during the implementation of these operations and no major environmental issue was reported or identified during field supervision. Institutionally, the environmental management function is fully established from the central to the city level and is capable of managing the environmental aspects associated with the vast majority of investments identified for the RBNUDP-NM. However, shortcomings in the performance of the environmental management system have been identified, including: (a) weaknesses in environmental screening and assessment; (b) weaknesses in post-EIA monitoring and supervision practices, and (c) challenges in ensuring environmental compliance during the construction phase. Given the proposed type and scale of investments under the Program, its geographic focus, and previous experience with similar sub-projects in
activities. In cases of land acquisition where compensation is delayed and/or not paid at market rates, complaints may be filed and lead to reputational risks. Support to “chunky” (larger) infrastructure may be perceived as atypical of PforR operations which have mainly supported low- to investments. acquisition and compensation and grievance redress mechanisms (reflected in DLI verification protocol); and Program should carefully consider the potential social and environment risks when appraising larger infrastructure sub-projects to mitigate reputational risks. Main Conclusions and Recommendations Past Program performance The World Bank has partnered with Vietnam on several road, transport and other urban infrastructure projects. Recent operations include: the Vietnam Road Asset Management Project (VRAMP); Da Nang Sustainable City Development Project (SCDP); the Vietnam Urban Upgrading Project (VUUP); and the Mekong Delta Region – Urban Upgrading Project (MDR-UUP). Following a review of the relevant environmental records and site visits by task teams to these operations, no significant environmental issues were identified. Many roads and bridges in Vietnam have been constructed, rehabilitated and maintained during the implementation of these operations and no major environmental issue was reported or identified during field supervision. Institutionally, the environmental management function is fully established from the central to the city level and is capable of managing the environmental aspects associated with the vast majority of investments identified for the RBNUDP-NM. However, shortcomings in the performance of the environmental management system have been identified, including: (a) weaknesses in environmental screening and assessment; (b) weaknesses in post-EIA monitoring and supervision practices, and (c) challenges in ensuring environmental compliance during the construction phase. Given the proposed type and scale of investments under the Program, its geographic focus, and previous experience with similar sub-projects in
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