Vietnam

IAG Chairman, Christiaan Poortman, recently visited the Vietnam CoST pilot. The attached report is written following his visit on 10-12 June 2009. Within the introduction of the document the Chairman writes:

“Together with Jill Wells (CoST Secretariat) and William Paterson (Consultant), I visited Hanoi, Vietnam, during June 10-12, 2009. This was the last of my initial visits to the CoST pilot countries as Chairman of the International Advisory Group. Its purpose was to review the state of progress of the Vietnam CoST pilot, to pass lessons of experience from the other pilot countries, and discuss ways in which the CoST Secretariat and the IAG could provide assistance in accelerating the implementation of CoST in Vietnam. Meetings were held with officials of the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry’s CoST Task Force; OSCAC (Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption); Government Inspectorate; Office of the Government; the Ministry of Planning and Investment; Representatives of the Engineering and Construction Industry; Citizen Representatives; as well as Representatives of DfID, the World Bank and the Royal Norwegian Embassy.”

Further areas covered in his report are:

• General Framework;
• CoST Institutional Set-up;
• Donor Support; and
• Issues and Next Steps.

Download the full report here: BTO report_Vietnam June 2009.pdf (79.15KB)