The Vietnam Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has extended its training cycle on the new Planning and Investment Law and monitoring and evaluation of Social Economic Development Plan (SEDP) towards another set of provinces and local governments. Topics treated are: Annual and Medium-term public investment planning, appraisal and decision-making on investment within a set government policy framework.  

The least developed provinces were targeted and about 900 officials participated. In an effort to transfer knowledge more efficiently to local governments, a first cycle of Training of Trainers has been organized on the topic, with participants of 10 provinces. These trainings are expected to have a clear impact on quality of planning and implementation of investments, thus contribute to social and economical development.  

CDPR is in a phase of accelerated implementation, inspired by the drive of the Vietnamese Government to implement better planning practices as the soonest.  This also means that disbursements and project implementation is well ahead of schedule. CDPR is in its final phase and is expected to end at the latest by end 2018.  

Capacity Development for Planning Reform (CDPR) is the last remaining project of its kind in supporting the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Its main objective is to strengthen the Vietnamese government capacity at central and local level to improve efficiency of planning and public investment as to foster strong and equitable social progress and economic development. CDPR has supported MPI with expertise to make a new Public Investment Law. Subsequently, CDPR is supporting MPI in the dissemination of the law and its application at local level nationwide.