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BỘ
NGOẠI GIAO
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CỘNG
HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM
Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc
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Số:
15/2011/TB-LPQT
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Hà
Nội, ngày 29 tháng 03 năm 2011
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THÔNG BÁO
VỀ VIỆC ĐIỀU ƯỚC QUỐC TẾ CÓ HIỆU LỰC
Thực
hiện quy định tại khoản 3 Điều 47 của Luật Ký kết, gia nhập và
thực hiện điều ước quốc tế năm 2005, Bộ Ngoại giao trân trọng thông báo:
Chương
trình hợp tác định hướng Việt Nam – Lúc-xăm-bua giai đoạn 2011 – 2015, ký tại
Hà Nội ngày 02 tháng 3 năm 2011, có hiệu lực kể từ ngày 02 tháng 3 năm 2011.
Bộ
Ngoại giao trân trọng gửi Bản sao lục Chương trình theo quy định tại Điều 68 của Luật nêu trên.
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Nơi nhận:
- Văn phòng Quốc hội (để báo cáo);
- Văn phòng Chủ tịch nước (để báo cáo);
- Văn phòng Chính phủ (để báo cáo);
- Phòng Công báo, VPCP (để đăng Công báo);
- Bộ Kế hoạch và Đầu tư;
- Bộ Lao động Thương binh và xã hội;
- Bộ Tài chính;
- Bộ Tài nguyên và Môi trường;
- Bộ Y tế;
- Bộ Văn hóa – Thể thao và Du lịch;
- Bộ Nông nghiệp và Phát triển nông thôn;
- Ngân hàng Nhà nước Việt Nam;
- Liên hiệp các Tổ chức Hữu nghị Việt Nam;
- Ủy ban nhân dân tỉnh Cao Bằng;
- Ủy ban nhân dân tỉnh Bắc Kạn;
- Ủy ban nhân dân tỉnh Thừa Thiên Huế;
- Đại sứ quán Việt Nam tại Bỉ (kiêm nhiệm Lúc-xăm-bua);
- Vụ Châu Âu, Bộ Ngoại giao;
- Vụ Các tổ chức quốc tế, Bộ Ngoại giao;
- Lưu: LPQT (2).
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TL.
BỘ TRƯỞNG
KT. VỤ TRƯỞNG
VỤ LUẬT PHÁP VÀ ĐIỀU ƯỚC QUỐC TẾ
PHÓ VỤ TRƯỞNG
Lê Thị Tuyết Mai
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VIETNAM – LUXEMBOURG
INDICATIVE COOPERATION
PROGRAMME
2011 - 2015
INDEX
1. CHAPTER
1: GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF VIETNAM – LUXEMBOURG RELATIONS
1.1.
Strategies and Principles of Luxembourg Development Cooperation
1.2.
Development Strategy Summary of Vietnam
1.3.
Strategic Objectives of ICP 2011 – 2015
1.4. Past and
Present Bilateral Agreements between Vietnam and Luxembourg
CHAPTER 2:
COUNTRY ASSESSMENT
CHAPTER 3:
STRATEGIC AREAS OF ICP 2011-2015 .....
3.1.
Intervention modalities
3.1.1.
Bilateral cooperation
3.1.2.
Multilateral cooperation
3.1.3.
Cooperation with NGOs
3.1.4 Program
Support
3.2. Priority
sectors
3.3.
Geographic concentration
3.4. Capacity
building
4. CHAPTER
4: CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES
4.1. Gender
4.2.
Governance
4.3.
Environment and Climate Change
5. CHAPTER
5: PARTNERSHIP, COMPLEMENTARITY AND COHERENCE...
5.1.
Complementarity with other donor interventions
5.2.
Partnership and progress towards harmonization
5.3 Analysis
of policy coherence
6. CHAPTER
6: PROGRAMMING AND MONITORING OF ICP 2011 - 2015
6.1.
Budgetary and financial planning
6.2.
Monitoring and Evaluation
6.3. Mid-Term
Review
6.4. Study
Fund
Appended
documents:
1. Country
Assessment
2. Sector
Analyses
1. CHAPTER I: GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF VIETNAM - LUXEMBOURG RELATIONS
1.1
Strategies and Principles of Luxembourg Development Cooperation
The Luxembourg
Development Cooperation is strongly committed to eradicate poverty,
particularly in Least Developed Countries (LDC). Actions are designed and
implemented in the spirit of sustainable development including its social,
economic and environmental aspects - with women, children and men at their
core.
Luxembourg's
cooperation aims primarily to contribute to implementing the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. The main intervention sectors for cooperation
are: health, education, including vocational and technical training and access
to labour markets, and integrated local development with a strong emphasis on
water and sanitation. Relevant initiatives in the field of microfinance are
encouraged and supported, both at the conceptual and operational levels.
From a
geographic point of view, Luxembourg cooperation has a policy of concentration
of interventions in a restricted number of ten partner countries in order to
optimize effectiveness and impact. Two out of these ten countries are in Asia,
namely Lao PDR and Vietnam, and cooperation with these countries distinguishes
itself by a strong sense of partnership with national and local authorities.
This spirit of partnership, paired with a strong concern for ownership of
cooperation programmes by the partners, is at the heart of the multi-annual
development cooperation programmes, the Indicative Cooperation Programmes
(ICPs).
Since the
year 2000, Luxembourg has been one of the industrialised countries contributing
more than 0.7% of their Gross National Income (GNI) to Official Development
Assistance (ODA). In 2009, Luxembourg's ODA reached over 297 Million Euro
representing 1.04% of GNI. This ODA is channeled through bilateral cooperation,
multilateral cooperation, and cooperation through Non Governmental
Organisations (NGOs), as well as through programme support.
Besides,
whenever natural or man-made disasters occur, Luxembourg strongly supports
rapid humanitarian assistance through crisis management and life saving
operations. Disaster prevention and post disaster transition work are part of
Luxembourg's humanitarian assistance strategy.
In parallel,
Luxembourg development cooperation is actively involved in discussions on new
quality standards of international development aid. As such, Luxembourg, as the
acting Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2005, was
instrumental in the negotiation and adoption of the Paris Declaration on Aid
Effectiveness, and Luxembourg also endorsed the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA)
and is committed to the European Code of Conduct on Complementarity and
Division of Labor.
The general
strategy and principles of Luxembourg Development Cooperation are complemented
by ten sector strategies covering the main areas of the Luxembourg global
cooperation, namely health, humanitarian action, agriculture and food security,
local development, water and sanitation, education, training and employability,
environment protection, climate change, gender, governance and microfinance.
Luxembourg's
development cooperation and humanitarian assistance policy is characterized by
a constant and progressive effort in quantitative and qualitative terms at the
service of the poorest. This policy is an expression of true international
solidarity and as such an important vector of the Luxembourg's government
foreign policy.
1.2
Development Strategy Summary of Vietnam
Viet Nam is
in the progress of completing its Socio-Economic Development Strategy 2001-2010
end the Socio-Economic Development Plan 2006-2010. Although the country is
suffering from the recent globe: economic crisis, the country's economy still
keeps growing at a fairly good speed compared with many other countries. Viet
Nam has been crossed out of the list of low income countries. The average GDP
growth of the five-year plan 2006-2010 is estimated to reach 7%. In 2010 GDP
per capita is estimated to be 1,200 USD. Poverty reduction gets special
attention by the Government and poverty reduction programmes are implemented
effectively. By the end of 2005, the proportion of poor households of the
country was 20.2% (that is approximately equal to 3.6 million households).In
2010, this proportion is estimated to decrease to less than 10% (equal to 1.7
million households). Viet Nam receives strong support and commitment from the
international donor community for its economic development track record.
Commitments in ODA by the donor community have been continuously increasing
throughout the years. This expresses the trust of the donor community in the
short and long term development of Viet Nam's economy.
Viet Nam is
in the progress of drafting the 10 year Socio-Economic Development Strategy
2010-2020 and the 5 year Socio-Economic Development Plan 2011-2015. The key
development orientations in this period are:
- Fast and
sustainable growth in order to meet the requirement in narrowing the gaps with
other countries and at the same time to ensure the stable development of the
economy;
- Development
of the economy that is going along with social security, especially in
mountainous areas, meeting the needs of ethnic minorities and other areas with
difficulties;
- Development
of the economy that integrates with natural resource management and environment
protection for a sustainable development;
- Development
of human resources is considered as a top priority and one of the key factors
in the development of the country;
-
Mobilization of different sources of income, both inside and outside the
country;
- Enhancement
of international cooperation and integration.
1.3
Strategic Objectives of ICP 2011 - 2015
The ICP
2011-2015 is a second consolidation programme with stronger geographic and
sector concentration, pro-poor and aligned on the Socio-Economic Development
Plan (SEDP) 2011-2015. It also focuses on the needs of a lower middle income country
and the new challenges of an emerging market economy in areas in which
Luxembourg has a comparative advantage.
The ICP
targets poverty reduction through support to social sectors and, responding to
the needs of a middle income country, to key economic areas through
institutional capacity building and human resource development in the banking
and finance sector and the hospitality and tourism industry.
Whereas
previous ICP support more specifically targeted infrastructure development and
provided equipment in areas such as health, education, tourism and rural
development, the present ICP gives particular attention to consolidating these
investments in a sustainable way through Technical Assistance support for
institutional capacity building and human resource development, thus
strengthening local governance, public accountability and service delivery
quality at a sub-national, decentralized level.
In the health
sector, Luxembourg's decade long investments in cold chain equipment will be
assessed and consolidated to build improved national capacities in managing
this equipment and ensuring sustainable quality service delivery. Similarly,
education infrastructures supported in previous ICPs, such as the Bac Kan
Vocational Training School and the tourism and hospitality vocational schools,
will be consolidated by strengthening staff management, operational capacities
and curriculum development and by pursuing a pro-jobs and market oriented
approach.
Support to local/rural
development in the two geographic focus areas of Bac Kan and Cao Bang Provinces
and Thua Thien Hue Province will be consolidated by strengthening capacities at
a sub-national level for improved social service delivery with an emphasis on
the poor. Support to Thua Thien Hue province, one of the two geographic focus
areas, will have a strong environmental component targeting disaster mitigation
and preparedness activities in the low-lying disaster prone districts.
1.4 Past
and Present Bilateral Agreements between Vietnam and Luxembourg
• General
Cooperation Agreement, signed in Luxembourg on 24 September 2002;
• First
Indicative Cooperation Programme (2002-2005, Budget: 35 million EUR), signed in
Luxembourg on 24 September 2002;
• Agreement
on Cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Higher Education and Research, signed
in Luxembourg on 21 May 2003;
• Second
Indicative Cooperation Programme (2006-2010, Budget: 50 million EUR), signed in
Luxembourg on 8 March 2006.
2. CHAPTER 2: COUNTRY ASSESSMENT
Vietnam, like
many other countries throughout the world, is more than two-thirds of the way
to fulfilling the Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs), and is putting a lot of effort into achieving the MDGs by 2015. Vietnam
is regarded by the international community as one of the developing countries
which has made outstanding achievements in economic reform targeting growth and
poverty reduction. During the past ten years, Vietnam's economy has been
growing fast yet steadily. The average GDP growth rate per annum reached 7.2
percent during the period 2001-2010. The average GDP per capita in 2010 is
expected to reach USD 1,200, three times what it was in 2000. As a result,
Vietnam is now moving from being one of the poorest countries to lower middle
income status.
Together with
the fast and steady economic growth, there has been a considerable shift in the
economic structure. The proportion of GDP from agriculture, forestry, and
fisheries has reduced from 23.2 percent in 2000 to 17 percent in 2009; the
proportion from industry and construction has increased from 35.4 percent to
41.6 percent, while the proportion from the service sector has remained at 41.3
percent throughout the same period. This shift in the economic structure has
brought about important changes in the labor structure. During this period, the
proportion of labour in the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector declined
from 65 percent to about 50 percent, while the proportion in the industry and
construction sector increased from 13 percent to 23 percent, and in the service
sector from 15 percent to about 27 percent.
Vietnam pays
special attention to and places a high priority on fulfilling its commitments
toward the international community with regard to the Millennium Declaration
and the MDGs. They have been nationalized in accordance to Vietnam's conditions
and been mainstreamed into the country's most important socio-economic
strategies and plans. The Socio-Economic Development Strategy from 2001 to 2010
sets out the goal of "fast, efficient and sustainable development,
economic growth must go in parallel with social advancement and equality, and
environmental protection"; the 5-year Socio-Economic Development Plans
from 2001 to 2005, and consequently from 2006 to 2010 elaborate further on this
attitude towards development, setting out a specific roadmap and policies to
implement successfully the tasks and targets for socio-economic development in
Vietnam, in line with the process of fulfilling the MDGs by 2015.
These strategic
documents have established the groundwork for the development of a system of
strategies and development plans covering different sectors. The Comprehensive
Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (CPRGS), approved in 2002, closely
combined the targets for economic growth and poverty reduction, ensuring social
equality and sustainable development. The CPRGS also emphasizes that
"poverty reduction is not only one of the fundamental social policies
receiving special attention from the Government of Vietnam, but it also forms
an indispensable part of the overall development goal"; CPRGS also
emphasizes the goal of "pursuit of reforms and promotion of fast economic
growth coupled with the implementation of poverty reduction and hunger
eradication efforts and social equality in order to limit the gap between the
rich and the poor in different population groups and regions". In
particular, this Strategy puts forward development goals specific for Vietnam
(referred to as the Vietnam Development Goals VDGs), which support the
promotion and enhancement of the MDGs implementation.
Vietnam has
been able to mobilize considerable resources from domestic sources and
international donors to support the implementation of the MDGs and VDGs. A
number of National Target Programme (NTPs) have been carried out to balance the
resources distribution and involve the public in poverty reduction, job
creation, universal education, vaccination and combat against malnutrition
among children, control HIV/AIDS and dangerous diseases, improve sanitation,
clean water supplies, cultural development and expand information networks for
the public, etc. In addition, the Government of Vietnam has also made important
strides in realizing MDGs for certain population groups, such as ethnic minorities
and the poor in remote areas.
Vietnam has
secured important achievements in poverty reduction, employment creation,
health care services for the public, especially for women and children, and
continued to make significant progress in gender equality. Annual income per
capita has increased three times within ten years. In terms of poverty
reduction, by the end of 2002, Vietnam had managed to halve the poverty rate
from 58.1 percent in 1993 to 28.9 percent in 2002. The poverty rate continued
to drop to 14.5 percent in 2008. The proportion of extreme poor (hunger),
measured by the food poverty line, decreased from 24.9 percent in 1993 to 10.9
percent in 2002 and to 6.9 percent in 2008. Poverty has been alleviated among
all demographic groups, in urban and rural areas, and across geographical
regions. The social security system has been gradually expanded. The proportion
of the budget expenditure for social welfare in education, health care,
retirement pensions and social insurance has increased markedly. Other aspects
of the public's material and spiritual life have also experienced major
improvements.
Vietnam has
achieved or even exceeded many of the goals set for 2010 (See Appendice A). The
country, however, still needs to make considerable efforts in order to achieve
other goals, such as reducing the maternal mortality rate, ensuring
environmental sustainability and controlling the transmission of HIV/AIDS.
3. CHAPTER 3: STRATEGIC AREAS OF ICP 2011-2015
3.1
Intervention modalities
Luxembourg
development cooperation, through its multi-year Indicative Cooperation Program,
supports bilateral projects and programs, implemented i.a. by Lux-Development,
the Luxembourg agency for development cooperation. It also supports
multilateral partners, such as the UN system and the European Commission. It
co-funds accredited Luxembourg NGOs which are active in development cooperation
in Vietnam.
3.1.1
Bilateral cooperation
Bilateral
cooperation constitutes the main implementation modality of the present ICP and
is i.a. implemented through Lux-Development, the Luxembourg agency for
development cooperation.
3.1.2
Multilateral cooperation
Vietnam is
one of the eight pilot countries for the "Delivering as One" reform
initiative of the UN system. From the outset Luxembourg has been supportive of
this approach geared towards enhancing delivery and coordination among the UN
Funds and Programmes, through the One Plan, the One Fund, the One Leader and
eventually the Green One UN House. In the spirit of coherence and with the aim
to capitalize on the outcomes of its bilateral cooperation, Luxembourg will
support the One Plan 2012 -2016 outcomes in priority sectors (health, local
development, vocational training, environment, disaster risk reduction). The
multilateral component of the ICP represents up to 20% of the overall budget.
Luxembourg
closely collaborates with the European Union Delegation in Hanoi based on the
principles of the Paris Declaration, the Accra Agenda for Action and the EU
Code of Conduct. In the health sector, Luxembourg has signed a transfer
agreement with the European Commission to contribute to the Heath Sector
Capacity Support Programme.
This ICP will
also give special impetus to environment protection at a regional level by
providing support to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Climate Change and
Adaptation initiative for the period 2010-2015.
3.1.3
Cooperation with NGOs
The
Government of Luxembourg encourages Luxembourg NGOs to work in Vietnam and
continues its cooperation with NGOs already active in the country. The present
ICP will be shared with Luxembourg NGOs and will be taken into account when
analyzing funding requests submitted by these NGOs
3.1.4
Program Support
Program
support is provided through the supply of qualified human resources for
development cooperation. This encompasses Junior Professionals to the ONE UN in
Vietnam or Junior Experts to the European Union delegation, United Nations
volunteers, aid workers and related professionals and interns.
3.2
Priority sectors
1. Rural and local
development remains a high priority to reduce the social and economic gaps
between rural and urban populations by achieving improved and sustainable
capacities at provincial, district and commune levels for improved service
delivery. The ICP concentrates its efforts in two geographic target areas, Cao
Bang and Bac Kan Provinces in the North and Thua Thien Hue Province in the
centre. While adopting a pro-poor approach aimed at improved service delivery
capacities, the ICP will pay increased attention to climate change in Thua
Thien Hue Province, which threatens to exacerbate the scope and threats of
natural disasters.
2. Support to
the health sector: The ICP aligns with Vietnam's on-going efforts to develop a
new strategy for health sector development and continues its assistance to
invigorate efforts to apply Hanoi Core Statement/Paris Declaration principles
to health sector support. The ICP focuses its assistance in the three main
areas, as agreed by the Health Partnership Group in April 2009, namely strengthening
country ownership, building more effective and inclusive partnerships for
development, and delivering and accounting for development results. Part of
Luxembourg's assistance to the health sector will continue to be channeled
through the European Union in the form of a so-called "delegated
cooperation" agreement.
Furthermore,
the ICP will consolidate its assistance in the areas of blood safety end
immunization, started in 1996 following the recommendations of an impact
assessment study of past and on-going Luxembourg support.
On a
decentralized level, ICP support will directly intervene at the province and
district levels in Cao Bang and Bac Kan aiming at building capacities for
improved social service delivery with a strong pro-poor focus. Possible future
interventions will build on the findings and recommendations of the on-going
project VIE/027 - Supporting health care policy for the poor in Cao Bang and
Bac Kan.
Luxembourg
will continue its support to Thua Thien Hue province by focusing on small scale
interventions aimed at improving the quality of health service delivery.
3. Vocational
trailing and human resource development: ICP support will concentrate in 3
areas: hotel and hospitality industry, formal education, finance and banking.
The overall development objective is to increase the adaptability of current
and future generations to the profound and rapid economic transformations in
Vietnam and to combine access and inclusiveness with relevance and quality of
the vocational education and training system.
In the hotel
and hospitality industry, Luxembourg will continue to strengthen Vietnam's
vocational training system for tourism. In the education sector, ICP
support will consolidate project VIE/021 - Bac Kan Vocational Training and
Education and provide the Northern provinces of Bac Kan and Cao Bang with a
centre of excellence for market oriented and demand driven technical vocational
training. The ICP will also focus on a skills and knowledge sharing program in
the finance and banking sector in partnership with the Luxembourg Agency
for Transfer of Financial Technology (ATTF) and other centres of excellence in
the financial sector. This program will focus on the priorities set out in the
SEDP 2011-2015 and will respond to the needs of an emerging market economy in
support of banking sector reforms, new regulatory frameworks and fast growing
capital markets, and in line with Vietnam's WTO commitments.
3.3
Geographic concentration
ICP support
will concentrate on two geographic areas: Cao Bang and Bac Kan provinces in the
North and Thua Thien Hue province in the center. Luxembourg will continue its
support on a national level in the health sector through donor coordinated
support, the tourism and hospitality industry as well as the finance sector by
further strengthening human resources and improving institutional capacities.
3.4
Capacity building
The majority
of the total ICP budget will be spent at sub-national levels, with a focus on
the two geographic focus areas. TTie key issue will consist in strengthening
capacities at the sub-national level by providing Technical Assistance support
to provincial and district technical institutions enabling them to provide
improved service delivery.
Projects and
programmes will have a strong Technical Assistance component to further
strengthen decentralisation, participation and empowerment, considered to be
key themes in the Vietnamese national poverty targeted programs.
Human
resource development activities in the education (vocational training) and
health sectors will specifically pursue improved administrative, operational
and financial management skills.
In the
finance and banking sector, capacity building activities will be pursued in the
form of a skills and knowledge sharing program in response to the needs of an
emerging market economy.
4. CHAPTER 4: CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES
4.1 Gender
With
reference to the Millenium Development Goals 3 and 5 as well as to the
principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and of the Hanoi Core
Statement, which recognize the bonds between effectiveness of foreign aid,
development effectiveness and equality man-woman, the two parties take into
account gender equality in all their projects and programs. The
"Gender" strategy paper of the Luxembourg Cooperation is used as an
orientation and the main areas of cooperation with regard to gender issues are
identified during the strategic dialogue between Parties, in particular during
Partnership Commissions. Gender equality will be integrated during
identification, formulation, implementation and evaluation of projects and
programs. Specific actions in favour of one or the other gender can be financed
by Luxembourg's cooperation and the equality man-woman can be the subject of a
specific evaluation.
Viet Nam has
a strong track record of promoting gender equality and women's empowerment
including ratification of the Convention for Elimination of all forms of
Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1982, and passage of the Law on Gender
Equality in 2006 and Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control in 2007. A
National Strategy and National Targeted Programme for Gender Equality, the
Vietnamese Family Development Strategy period 2011-2020 and Vision to 2030, and
the National Action Plan for Domestic Violence period 2010-2015 and Vision to
2020 are being developed to embed the principles established by these laws. All
projects and programmes in the present ICP promote the implementation of these
policy commitments made by Vietnam. Specific gender analyses will be conducted
in rural/local development projects and programmes during participatory rural
appraisals.
4.2
Governance
In
partnership with their multilateral partners and civil society and in reference
to the strategy "Governance for development" of the Luxembourg Cooperation,
the two parties promote during identification, formulation, implementation and
evaluation of projects and programs:
- citizen's
information and socio-economic and political participation, while paying an
special attention with the most vulnerable groups, in particular women,
children and ethnic groups;
- social and
cultural dynamics likely to favour participatory processes;
- the process
of decentralization, in particular through the reinforcement of local
capacities and local governance;
- local and
central government responsibility;
- the
sustainable management of the natural resources;
Projects and
programmes specifically favour efforts to improve the quality of Viet Nam's
governance and, more specifically, its public administration in order to ensure
that citizens are able to fully participate in social and economic life and
receive good quality services in areas such as health, education and improved
accessibility to economic development. Projects and programmes in the two
geographic focus areas target good local governance for improved service
delivery with a specific focus on improved transparent and accountable planning
and development at provincial and district levels.
4.3
Environment and Climate Change
In reference
to the Kyoto Protocol (1997), to MDG 7 and to the Copenhagen Agreement (20G9),
the two parties promote policies in favour of sustainable development,
safeguarding of natural resources and biodiversity, adaptation to climate
change and natural disaster risk reduction. The two parties favor interventions
that maximize environmental and social benefits on a local and global level.
For this purpose, the strategy paper "Environment and climate change"
of the Luxembourg Cooperation is taken into account during identification, formulation,
implementation and evaluation of projects and programs, including in
procurement. Where appropriate, environmental impact assessments will be
undertaken.
The
Luxembourg Cooperation can assist the Vietnam to identify interventions which preserve
natural resources and fall under the adaptation efforts to climate change. It
can also support Vietnam with regard to capacity building for institutions
responsible for clean development mechanisms. Technology transfer, access to
environmental information and collaboration with research centres can be under
consideration for this purpose.
Vietnam is
among the most vulnerable countries to climate change worldwide, with 10% of
the population under direct threat in case of a sea level rise, and the issue
has climbed high on the agenda of the leadership. The Government started
implementing a new National Target Programme on Climate Change, approved by the
Prime Minister in December 2008, which mainly focuses on adaptation. A number
of mitigation measures have been taken through large investments in hydropower,
renewable energy and reforestation. The Government has also committed to
improving linkages between Climate Change and disaster risk reduction.
Luxembourg
views Climate Change as a threat to both economic and human development in
Vietnam and the region and encourages Vietnam's efforts for a long-term climate
change strategy by supporting the Mekong River Commission's Climate Change and
Adaptation Initiative 2010 -2015.
In Thua Thien
Hue province, one of the two geographic concentration areas, Luxembourg support
specifically targets the province's improved resilience to climate change in
the low-lying disaster prone districts.
5. CHAPTER 5: PARTNERSHIP, COMPLEMENTARITY AND COHERENCE
5.1
Complementarity with other donor interventions
Luxembourg
development cooperation actively pursues complementarity by coordinating with
the international donor community on a regular basis through technical working
groups and the bi-annual Consultative Group meetings. On an EU level,
Luxembourg actively participates in political and development-related
coordination meetings to ensure complementarity and pursue the division of
labour agenda among EU member States and the European Commission.
The ICP
strongly favors complementarity between its bilateral and multilateral
components by engaging in partnerships with the UN system and the European
Commission. Projects and programmes also cooperate with other bilateral donors
in specific areas such as vocational training.
In the health
sector, Luxembourg has signed a transfer agreement with the European Commission
to contribute to the Heath Sector Capacity Support Programme.
The ICP
actively pursues synergies with the UN system, channeling up to 20% of its
support via UN agencies and fonds, in sectors and areas in which the latter
have a so-called "comparative advantage". Luxembourg development
cooperation has teamed up with WHO and UNICEF in the health sector. In the
tourism and hotel industry, the ILO receives support for a pilot project to
explore an innovative and sustainable approach that contributes to pro-poor and
pro-jobs tourism development to complement Luxembourg's decade long bilateral
support. In the area of local and rural development, Luxembourg collaborates
with IF AD in order to better respond to the needs of fee rural poor.
Luxembourg
will continue to support the UN reform process ("One UN") in Vietnam
for a more coordinated assistance and greater effectiveness of the UN's work in
Viet Nam.
In vocational
training, Luxembourg Development Cooperation collaborates closely with the
German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) for implementing the Technical Assistance
components of its projects.
5.2
Partnership and progress towards harmonization
The common
goals of cooperation agreed upon between the two Parties will follow the major
principles of development cooperation, as defined in the Paris Declaration on
Aid Effectiveness (2005), in the Accra Plan of Action (2008) and, for
Luxembourg, in the Code of Conduct of the EU on Complementarity and Division of
Labour in Cooperation Policy (2007):
Ownership:
Activities will be in line with national policies, in particular the NSEDP and
relevant sector policies. The sectors of concentration are defined in the
regular dialogue between the two governments, including the Partnership
Commissions.
Alignment:
Activities are systematically based on requests expressed by the Government of
Vietnam, and are consistent with national policies, strategies and action
plans. Special attention is paid to the reinforcement of capacities of
Vietnamese institutions, and to the use of national systems instead of parallel
implementation structures.
Harmonization:
At all levels of implementation of the ICP, an improved coordination of
development partners is essential. Existing coordination mechanisms will be
reinforced and, as far as possible, common analyses and implementation
procedures will be encouraged.
Managing for
Development Results (MfDR): The ICP takes into account the MfDR strategy that
focuses on using performance information to improve decision making. MfDR
involves using practical tools for strategic planning, risk management,
progress monitoring, and outcome evaluation. The ICP will follow in particular
five principles of MfDR: (i) focusing the dialogue on results at all phases of
the development process, (ii) aligning programming, monitoring, and evaluation
with results, (iii) keeping measurement and reporting simple, (iv) managing
for, not by, results, and (v) using results information for learning and
decision making.
Delegated
cooperation mechanisms and operational partnerships: Where appropriate,
delegated cooperation and operational partnership agreements will be
encouraged.
The Ministry
of Planning and Investment acts as the principal body for guiding, coordinating
and managing ODA and plays a key role in formulating, monitoring and evaluating
ODA funded projects and programs within the present ICP. Regular formal and
informal bilateral consultations take place in order to monitor alignment of
ICP projects and programmes with national and sector policies and strategies as
well as national procedures. The high-level Partnership Commission convenes
annually.
Luxembourg
Actively participates in the bi-annual Consultative Group Meetings, co-chaired
by MPI and the World Bank, which provides a forum for discussions between the
Government of Vietnam and its development partners on economic policy issues,
strategies for reducing poverty, and ODA effectiveness.
Vietnam is
considered a "best practice" country in terms of Aid Effectiveness
and was one of the first countries to localize the Paris Declaration into the
"Hanoi Core Statement". Luxembourg Development Cooperation favors an
increasingly harmonized approach by contributing in the Aid Effectiveness Forum
(AEF), chaired by the Ministry of Planning and Investment Luxembourg is also an
active member in the AEF technical working group on national procurement
systems, thus promoting an increased use of national systems and procedures and
contributing to more effective and harmonized implementation of ODA.
Luxembourg
also supports the Aid Effectiveness agenda in Vietnam by actively participating
in EU wide efforts in donor mapping and pursuing Division of Labour via a
transfer agreement with the EU.
In line with
the Hanoi Core Statement, institutional development and organizational
strengthening within projects and programmes will be further developed during
ICP 2011-2015. Results Based Management systems and procedures will be further
enhanced to guarantee perfect compatibility between project/programme
indicators and Vietnam Government development indicators. Furthermore, during
implementation of projects and programmes, specific attention will be given to
the development of output and outcome indicators for Institutional Development
and Organizational Strengthening, thus providing the means to assess the
performance, in terms of efficiency and effectiveness, of the Technical
Assistance support provided within the different projects and programmes.
5.3 Analysis
of policy coherence
The parties
will supervise the coherence of their national policies in order to advance the
shared development objectives and in order to avoid any negative impacts on
their cooperation activities. The policies concerned include trade, environment
and climate change, agriculture, the social dimension of globalisation,
employment and decent work, migration, research and innovation, information
technologies, transport and energy. Each party will inform the other of
possible inconsistencies in order to discuss possible impacts on the
implementation of the ICP, in particular during the bilateral Partnership
Commissions.
6. CHAPTER 6: PROGRAMMING AND MONITORING OF ICP 2011 - 2015
6.1
Budgetary and financial planning
The implementation
of the program is based on an indicative amount of 42 Million Euros over a
5-year period. This budget will be used towards financing all commonly agreed
activities within the framework of the ICP. Budgetary planning will seek to
ensure that disbursements are evenly distributed over the 5-year duration of
the ICP. Financial commitments will be disbursed as far as possible during the
years 2011-2015 but can also be made beyond this date. Commitments are likely
to be adapted during the implementation of the ICP, taking into account the
pace of project and programme implementation and the evolution of Luxembourg's
development assistance.
6.2
Monitoring and Evaluation
The two
parties will continue to convene yearly high level Partnership Commissions to
monitor the ICP. In addition, formal and non-formal consultations between MPI
and the Luxembourg Development Cooperation will take place on a regular basis.
Luxembourg
Development Cooperation actively participates in international donor community
events to monitor the ICP in view- of national and international developments
and commitments.
The two
parties will specifically monitor that the principles of results-based
management, as promoted in the Hanoi Core Statement, will be integrated in
projects and programmes with the objective of gradually and fully aligning
project/programme indicators to Vietnam Development Goals indicators. Technical
staff involved in project/programme implementation will continue to benefit
from results-based management training activities.
MPI and the
Luxembourg Development Cooperation have made efforts to develop a more
consistent approach to monitor project and programmes. A major result of theses
concerted efforts is an improved monitoring system of ICP projects and programmes
by defining clear guidelines for Steering Committees, in line with the
principles of the Hanoi Core Statement. These guidelines will be applied in all
projects and programmes and shall thus permit a greater coherence in monitoring
bilateral projects/programmes at a central level between the two Governments,
while at the time promoting local ownership and empowerment. For ease of
reference the Guidelines are attached to the ICP.
In addition
the Hanoi Development Office will ensure a closer monitoring and evaluation of
bilateral and multilateral projects through regular field visits.
6.3
Mid-Term Review
A mid-term
evaluation of the ICP will be conducted to assess the success of its
implementation and propose adaption measures if needed. The mid-term evaluation
is carried out by an independent consultancy company, selected after a tender
process to be initiated by the Luxembourg party. The terms of reference of the
mid-term evaluation will be jointly elaborated by Luxembourg and Vietnam. A
restitution of the mid-term evaluation will be presented to both parties at a
meeting in Vietnam.
6.4 Study
Fund
A Vietnam -
Luxembourg Study and Consultancy Fund - with an indicative budget of 1% of the
ICP budget - is established to finance, in full or in part, consultancies in
order to undertake studies, missions, seminars, workshops, study tours and
other services in the framework of the development cooperation between
Luxembourg and Vietnam. The beneficiaries of the outcome of the consultancies
will exclusively be Vietnamese government agencies and organizations.
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FOR
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
MINISTER OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT
Vo Hong Phuc
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FOR
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG
MINISTER FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
Marie-Josie Jacobs
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APPENDICE A: Country Assessment
With all the
efforts to achieve the national targets of socio-economic development,
including the fulfillment of the MDGs, Vietnam has made some remarkable achievements
as shown in a Table below. It has achieved the goal of reducing poverty by half
in 2002; achieved universal primary education according to Vietnamese standards
in 2000, has made encouraging results in promoting gender equality and
empowering women, child health continues to be addressed and improved
considerably. Vietnam's almost achieving the MDGs on the mortality ratios among
children under five years and one year of age. Maternal mortality has also
reduced steadily since 1990, the HIV epidemic in Vietnam has began to
stabilize. Vietnam has been actively implementing Agenda 21, pursuing the goal
of ensuring environmental sustainability and has made significant achievements
in this.
KEY
TARGETS FOR ASSESSING VIETNAM'S MDG PROGRESS
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Targets
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Year 1990
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Year 2005
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MDGs 2010 Report
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Prospects for achievement in 2015
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Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and Hunger
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Achieved
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1 Poverty rate
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58%
(1992)
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19.5%
(2004)
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14.5%
(2008)
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2 Poverty gap ratio
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18.4%
(1993)
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4.7%
(2004)
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3.5%
(2008)
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3 Under-five malnutrition rate
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41%
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25.3%
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18.9%
(2009)
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Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
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Achieved
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1 Net enrolment rate in primary education
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87%
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95%
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97%
(2009)
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2 Primary school completion rate
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85.6%
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88.5%
(2009)
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3 Net enrolment rate in lower secondary education
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81%
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83.1%
(2009)
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Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
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Achieved
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1 Percentage of school girls at primary school level
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47.7%
(1998)
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47.7%
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47.9%
(2009)
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2 Percentage of school girls at lower secondary school level
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47%
(1998)
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47.9%
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48.5%
(2009)
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3 Percentage of school girls at upper secondary school level
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46.4%
(1998)
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48.9%
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52.6%
(2009)
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4 Percentage of women deputies in the National Assembly
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19.48%
(IXth session,
1992-1997 term)
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25.76%
(XIIth session,
2007-2011 term)
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5 Percentage of women's representation in provincial People's Councils
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21.1%
(1999-2004 term)
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23.9%
(2004-2009 term)
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6 Percentage of women's representation in district People's Councils
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21%
(1994-2004 term)
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23%
(2004-2009 term)
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7 Percentage of women's representation in commune People's Councils
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16.1%
(1999-2004 term)
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19.5%
(2004-2009 term)
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Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
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Achieved
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1 Under-five mortality rate
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58%o
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27.3%o
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24.4%o
(2009)
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2 Infant mortality rate
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44.4%o
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26.0%o
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16%o
(2009)
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Goal 5: Improve maternal health
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Strive to Achieved
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1 Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 live births
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233
|
80
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69
(2009)
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2 Births attended by trained health workers
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92.71%
(2006)
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94.8%
(2009)
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3 Contraceptive use among women aged from 15 to 49
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73.9%
(2001)
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80%
(2008)
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4 Pregnant women receiving more than three pre-natal checks
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84.3%
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86.4%
(2008)
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Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
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Difficult but strive to achieved
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1 HIV Prevalence
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0.28% (Estimated)
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2 HTV prevalence per 100,000 people
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|
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187
(2009)
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3 Number of adults receiving ARV
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7,812
(2006)
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36,008
(2009)
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4 Number of children receiving ARV
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428
(2006)
|
1,987
(2009)
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5 Number of malaria patients
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293,000
(2000)
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60,867
(2009)
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6 Number of deaths by malaria
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71
(2000)
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27
(2009)
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7 Number of tuberculosis (AFB) positives over 100,000 people
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65
(2007)
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46
(2009)
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8 Percentage of new tuberculosis patients recovering after treatment
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89.9%
(2007)
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89.8%
(2009)
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Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
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Difficult to Achieved
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1 Forest coverage
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27.8%
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37%
|
40%
(2010 estimated)
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2 Proportion of rural population with access to safe drinking water
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30%
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79%
(2009)
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3 Rural -households with sanitary Patrines
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20%
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43%
(2009)
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4 Households with temporary shelters
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22.7%
(1999)
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7.8%
(2009)
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Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development
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Achievable to some extent
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1 Total trade volume (million USD)
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69,206
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127,045
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2 ODA commitments (million USD)
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2,400
(2000)
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3,748
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8,064
(2009)
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These
remarkable achievements result from a combination of various elements, the
majority of which have become valuable lessons. The most important lesson has been
Vietnam's strong commitment and determination to realize the MDGs. This has
been put into action through mainstreaming the MDGs into the socio-economic
development goals and by developing Vietnam's own Development Goals (VDGs) to
support the fulfillment of the MDGs, changing policies to specifically resolve
MDG-related issues through the implementation of the National Target Programmes
(NTPs), targeted programmes and projects, changing methods of mobilizing
resources for development, and prioritizing under-developed regions and the
vulnerable poor.
APPENDICE B: Sector Analysis
Finance
and banking sector
In 2010, the
State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) identified various Technical Assistance (TA) needs
with a strong focus on policy formulation and financial planning. The SBV units
that request TA include Monetary Policy, Credit, Foreign Exchange, Accounting,
Payment, Statistics and Forecasting Departments as well as the banking
Supervision Agency. It is expected that potential TA will cover the following
technical areas:
- Consultancy
support in policy formulation, studies and researches;
- Financial
analysis and planning, macroeconomic analysis, policy scenario formulation;
- Skills for
collecting and analyzing data relating to the macroeconomic situation, money,
banking and financial markets (disposable capital, money supply, BOP, exchange
rate, reserves);
- Forecasting
capacity for policy making;
- Risk
management and risk measurements for inter-bank market: Foreign exchange market
management;
- Analysis of
international investments for Vietnam, evaluation of potential risks of the
capital inflows/outflows;
- Risk-based
integrated supervision for credit institutions, formulation of credit rating,
supervision processes.
Donor support
(past, present and future) is included in the Financial Sector Assistance
Matrix which is updated twice a year under World Bank coordination.
Health
In 2009, a
joint Statement of Intent (SOI) was adopted between the Ministry of Health and
the development partners on improving aid effectiveness in the health sector.
The activities to improve aid effectiveness are summed up in the following 10
milestones, as described in the SOI, co-signed by Luxembourg:
- Matrix of
donor activities produced on annual basis, to an agreed format. First matrix to
be prepared by WHO.
- A study is
carried out to assess the degree to which technical assistance in the health
sector is harmonized and aligned.
Guidance
issued on provision of budget support in the health sector.
- Review of
the approval, procurement and disbursement procedures for the use of health
aid.
Government
approves the TOR for the HPG set out in annex 2, a dedicated fending mechanism
for HPG secretariat is established and supported by interested partners.
Procedures to formally link the HPG and other health-related partnership
agreed.
- Review of
transparency, accuracy and timeliness of financial information provided by
partners.
-
Finalization of expenditure framework linked to the 5-year plan which documents
all external and domestic revenues for health.
- Completion
of a viable 5-year plan with costs estimated for the health sector and
associated monitoring framework.
- Assessment
of the degree to which partner support is aligned with the 5-year plan and
associated annual plans.
- Joint Annual
Reviews carried out, involving all levels of Government, CSOs and donor
partners, and disseminated.
Vocational
training
The draft
Vocational Training Strategy 2011-2020 has been developed with the following
priorities:
- Completing
the Master Plan of the vocational training schools throughout the country.
- Enhancing
monitoring and supervision the quality in vocational training through revision
of the training quality at vocational schools and assessment of professional
skills of the workers basing on the basis of the national professional skills.
This aims at recognizing professional skills for workers within different
areas, creating favorable conditions for Vietnamese labor force to join
regional and international labor markets.
- Development
of vocational training in accordance with the standardization and
modernization, development of criteria in vocational training, criteria in
professional skills, criteria for vocational teachers, criteria in
infrastructure, equipment, schools, factories.
- Development
of mechanism, policies to create favorable conditions for enterprises to become
key factor in vocational training, to facilitate enterprises in establishing
vocational schools, to coordinate with vocational schools in training and
creating jobs.