MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT (MONRE) THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM THE PROJECT FOR INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT MAY 2015 JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. SUURI-KEIKAKU CO., LTD. GE JR 15-068 MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT (MONRE) THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM THE PROJECT FOR INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT MAY 2015 JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. SUURI-KEIKAKU CO., LTD. Tay Ninh Binh Duong Vinh Phuc Ho Chi Minh Dong Nai Hanoi Phu Tho Long An Hung Yen Hoa Binh Ha Nam Tien Giang Location Maps of the Project The Project for Institutional Development of Air Quality Management in Vietnam Project Completion Report SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM The Project for Institutional Development of Air Quality Management in Vietnam Project Completion Report Table of Contents Page CHAPTER 1 GENERAL ..................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Background and Objectives ....................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Project Design Agreed in the Record of Discussions on March 26, 2013................................. 1-1 1.3 Approach for Project Implementation ....................................................................................... 1-3 1.3.1 Technical Approach ........................................................................................................... 1-3 1.3.2 Operational Approach ........................................................................................................ 1-5 1.4 Overall Implementation Flow and Actual Schedule of the Project ........................................... 1-7 CHAPTER 2 ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PROJECT ....................................... 2-1 2.1 Output 1: Technical and Institutional Development as Preparedness for the Law on Environmental Protection (LEP) Amendment .......................................................................... 2-1 2.1.1 Amendment of LEP ........................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.2 Results and Key Findings of Survey on Air Quality Management (AQM) Activities at the Central Level ........................................................................................... 2-3 2.1.3 Results of Technical Cooperation Products ..................................................................... 2-15 2.2 Output 2: Roadmap to Develop the Air Quality Management Plans of Hanoi City and Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) .................................................................................................... 2-26 2.2.1 Results and Key Findings of Survey on AQM Activities in Hanoi City and HCMC ............................................................................................................................. 2-26 2.2.2 Sharing Technical Knowledge of Output 1 with the Two Cities for Formulating the Roadmap under Output 2 ........................................................................................... 2-44 2.2.3 Results of Roadmap Formulation .................................................................................... 2-45 2.3 Other Activities ....................................................................................................................... 2-48 2.3.1 Support to PCD for Emissions Inventory Development of the Selected Subsectors ....... 2-48 2.3.2 Support to CEM for Improving Flue Gas Measurement ................................................. 2-57 2.3.3 Provision of Policy Recommendations for Drafting the New Decree on Waste and Scrap Management .................................................................................................... 2-58 2.3.4 Coordination with Other JICA-related Projects, JICA Advisors, and Other Donors’ Activities ............................................................................................................ 2-58 2.4 Capacity Assessment ............................................................................................................... 2-62 2.4.1 Objective and Method of Capacity Assessment .............................................................. 2-62 2.4.2 Summary of Capacity Assessment Results and the Project Activities based on CA .................................................................................................................................... 2-62 2.4.3 Improved and Enhanced Capacity through the Project Activities ................................... 2-67 2.5 Process of Document Legalization .......................................................................................... 2-70 CHAPTER 3 INPUT TO THE PROJECT ........................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Inputs of the Vietnamese Side ................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1.1 Counterpart Personnel (CP) ............................................................................................... 3-1 3.1.2 Operational Expenses Borne by the Vietnamese Side ....................................................... 3-2 3.1.3 Provision of Facilities ........................................................................................................ 3-2 3.2 Inputs of the Japanese Side ........................................................................................................ 3-3 The Project for Institutional Development of Air Quality Management in Vietnam Project Completion Report 3.2.1 Dispatch of Experts............................................................................................................ 3-3 3.2.2 Equipment Procured .......................................................................................................... 3-5 3.2.3 Operational Expenses Borne by the Japanese Side ........................................................... 3-5 CHAPTER 4 PROJECT MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES .................................................................. 4-1 4.1 JCC Meeting .............................................................................................................................. 4-1 4.2 Overall Workshop ..................................................................................................................... 4-2 4.3 TWG Meeting ............................................................................................................................ 4-3 4.4 Other Activities for the Project Management and Operation .................................................... 4-5 4.4.1 Meeting with Hanoi DONRE ............................................................................................ 4-5 4.4.2 Meeting with Ho Chi Minh DONRE ................................................................................. 4-5 4.4.3 Others ................................................................................................................................. 4-6 4.5 Subcontract Works Conducted under the Project ...................................................................... 4-6 CHAPTER 5 LESSONS LEARNED AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................ 5-1 5.1 Lessons Learned ........................................................................................................................ 5-1 5.2 Recommendations ..................................................................................................................... 5-3 List of Attachments Attachment 1: Record of Discussions on the Project on March 26, 2013 Attachment 2: Minutes of Meeting for the Project on March 9, 2012 Attachment 3: Minutes of the First Joint Coordination Committee Meeting on November 28, 2013 Attachment 4: Decision No. 2524/QD-BTNMT on 12 December 2013 Approving Project Document Attachment 5: Minutes of the Second Joint Coordination Committee Meeting on September 25, 2014 Attachment 6: Minutes of the Final Joint Coordination Committee Meeting on March 13, 2015 Attachment 7*: Technical Working Group Meeting Materials Attachment 8: Terms of References for Subcontract Surveys Attachment 9*: Materials Offered from JET for Technical Instruction and Consultation Attachment 10*: Materials Offered from JET for Mini-WS in Ho Chi Minh City, and Hanoi City Attachment 11*: Materials Offered from JET for 1st Overall WS on November 11, 2014 Attachment 12*: Materials Offered from JET for Final Overall WS in March 2015 Attachment 13*: Comparison Table between LEP 2005 and Revised LEP 2014 Attachment 14: Thematic Brief for Technical Improvement of Existing Legal Documents Attachment 15: Thematic Brief on Registration System Attachment 16: Thematic Brief for Point Pollution Source Control Attachment 17: Technical Cooperation Product of Emission Inventory Development Attachment 18: Roadmap to Development Air Quality Management Schemes of Hanoi City Attachment 19: Roadmap to Development Air Quality Management Schemes of Ho Chi Minh City Attachment 20: Organizational Chart of MOT, MOIT, MOC, MOST, MOH *Note: Attachments 7 and from 9 to 13 are available only in electronic version and are enclosed in the CD. The Project for Institutional Development of Air Quality Management in Vietnam Project Completion