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Green City Action Plan — Vinh Yen, Viet Nam

John BachmannAECOM

Vinh Yen is:

• Capital of Vinh Phuc Province, a

rapidly growing industrial and logistics

center near Hanoi

• Serviced by excellent road, rail, and air

connections in northern Vietnam

• Located at the base of Tam Dao

National Park

• Home to Dam Vac Lake, an important

water reserve and flood regulator with

tourism development potential

Snapshot — Vinh Yen City

Dam Vac lake

Vinh Yen

Hanoi

Noi Bai airport

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Business as Usual: Individual actions generate

narrow benefits

Doing Things Differently: The Green Cities Approach

Public access

and livability

Environmental

quality /

resilience

Livability and

public health

Environmental

quality/public

health

Planning / lake shore

Improvement

Wastewater + storm water collection &

treatment

Monitoring lake water

quality

Solid waste collection

Improved livability

Higher land values

Tourism growth

Planning / lake shore

Improvement

Monitoring lake water

quality

Solid waste collection

Wastewater + storm water collection & treatment

Green Cities approach: Actions combine to generate

additional benefits

Substandard wastewater and storm water management system

• Combined wastewater and storm water collection network

• No wastewater treatment facility, but Vinh Yen is building one with JICA

financing

• Deteriorating water quality of Dam Vac lake

No sanitary landfill

• Private contractors collect about 110 tons of municipal solid waste daily

• Dumpsites have low service levels and are nearing capacity

• New sanitary landfill is planned

Flooding of low-lying areas around the Dam Vac Lake

• E.g., Thanh Tru, Nga Ba, Tam Duong and Lien Bao

No systematic monitoring and evaluation of water quality

• Monitoring stations are not systematically used

• Discharges into the lake are monitored, but lake water quality is not

Conditions and Trends – Environment

JICA-financed wastewater facilities under construction

Low SWM service levels

Deteriorating surface water quality

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Economy dependent on FDI in manufacturing

• Low capability of local suppliers

• Local suppliers have not invested in components or

technology to meet international standards

• Less than 10% of the car parts are sourced locally

Falling behind neighboring jurisdictions

• Ranked 43rd nationally in the Provincial Competitive Index

• Declining business support services and unclear property

rights are big impediments

• FDI has slowed down in recent years

Provincial expenditures growing faster than revenues

• High capital expenditures (25% - 27% of total

expenditures)

• Dependent on land sales (21% of provincial revenue)

Conditions and Trends – Economy

Honda assembly plant in Phuc Yen, Vinh Phuc

Only 85% of urban residents receive potable water

• Plan to extend the water supply system was approved but funds are insufficient

No public transportation

• Motorcycles account for 70% of trips

Conditions and Trends – Equity

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• To become an eco-business satellite city within metropolitan Hanoi

• To take advantage of its locational and transport advantages to become the logistics center of

northern Vietnam

• To enhance and preserve its environmental assets to capture a larger share of the regional eco-

tourism market

• The People’s Committees of Vinh Phuc Province and Vinh Yen City will implement the following

initiatives in service of its vision:

1. Promote logistics and eco-business development

2. Improve the urban environment, including Dam Vac lake

3. Promote regional eco-tourism focused on Dam Vac lake and Tam Dao National Park

Vision — A Green Vinh Yen

• Service northern Vietnam with logistics and shipping services, becoming a packaging and trans-shipment

point for goods produced in the north

• Develop a competitive local auto parts industry

• Position Vinh Phuc as a center for Green Manufacturing

Initiative 1. Promote logistics and eco-business development

Elevated section of the Noi Bai – Lao Cai Expressway Smart eco-logistics and transport development

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• Improve water quality of Dam Vac lake: wastewater, storm water,

water quality monitoring

• Strengthen solid waste management

• Prepare a detailed plan for the area around the lake

• Establish Dam Vac Lake Environmental Protection Committee to

engage the local community and public sector organizations

Initiative 2. Improve the urban environment, including Dam Vac lake

Redevelop the lake shore

• Position Vinh Yen to attract more overnight regional tourists

• Strengthen transportation linkages to Hanoi and Tam Dao National Park

Initiative 3. Promote regional eco-tourism focused on Dam Vac lake and Tam Dao National Park

Vinh Yen railway stationDam Vac lake Tam Dao National Park

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Enablers and PartnershipsInitiative 1. Promote logistics and eco-business development

Examples of Enablers

� Use the One-Stop-Shop to facilitate

business registration and start-up.

� Promote logistics development by marketing

iwarehousing capacity and shipping

services to public and private entities in

northern Vietnam.

Examples of Partnerships

� Bring together vehicle assembly firms and

local parts suppliers.

� Vinh Phuc PC to work with DPI and the

Industrial Zone Management Unit to

establish relations with other provincial

governments in northern Vietnam.

� DOIT and Chamber of Commerce to

explore the possibility of creating circular

economies within industrial parks.

Enablers and PartnershipsInitiative 2. Improve the urban environment

Examples of Enablers

� Reach out to utility customers to improve

their understanding of technical and

financial needs for system development.

Prepare and distribute “citizen charts” with

technical and price information on water and

wastewater services.

� Issue decrees and guidelines for

implementation of the local area plan.

Regulate the growth of high-value lakefront

property for the benefit of the whole

community.

� Provide one-time grants to factory owners

as an incentive to relocate.

Examples of Partnerships

� Work with Vin Phuc Water Supply and

Drainage Company and JICA to

coordinate new investments with ongoing

and planned projects.

� Form public-private partnerships with land

lease holders and developers for lakeside

development projects.

� Create a Dam Vac Lake Environmental

Protection Committee.

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Create a platform for collaboration among stakeholders, including international mentors.

Objective: To create and maintain a northern Vietnam logistics hub in Vinh Yen

Urban Management Partnership for Logistics Development

Vinh Phuc Logistics

Development Partnership

Association of local

industrial enterprises

Vinh Phuc Department of

Transport

FDI companies

Vinh Phuc industrial

promotion agency

Industrial zone management

unit

Northern Vietnam producer

associations

International mentor in

logistics development

International mentor in

investment promotion

Vinh Phuc People’s Committee

• GCAP Implementation

Committee will consist of

vice-directors of key

provincial departments and

representatives of Vinh Yen

People’s Committee

• Project Delivery Unit will

identify, prepare and

implement GCAP actions;

acts as the technical arm

of the implementation

committee

Implementation – Institutional Arrangements

Supervise Mobilize expertise/personnel from Monitor and evaluate

GCAP Implementation

Committee

Proposed Action 1 Implementation

Team

Proposed Action 2 Implementation

Team

Proposed Action 3 Implementation

Team

Resource PoolDPI, DONRE, DOC, DOIT, DOT, DOF;

officials of relevant disciplines at the city level

Project Delivery Unit

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Implementation – Indicative Costing and Timeline

Action

Initiative 1. Promote logistics and industrial development -- US$ 500,000

Develop marketing plan for logistics services

Promote local car parts to foreign manufacturers

Develop plan to expand green manufacturing

Initiative 2. Improve the urban environment, including Dam Vac lake -- US$75,000,000

Expand wastewater collection and treatment

Expand storm water collection and disposal

Improve disposal of sludge from water treatment

Dredge Dam Vac lake

Enhance water quality monitoring system

Improve solid waste collection

Build a sanitary landfill

Prepare a Dam Vac lake local area plan

Make improvements to the lake shore

Relocate factories to the industrial parks

Implement a community scorecard

Initiative 3. Promote regional eco-tourism focused on Dam Vac lake and Tan Dao park -- US$ 500,000

Feasibility/marketing study for Dam Vac Lake

Prepare a transport study for Vinh Yen city

Y4 Y5Y1 Y2 Y3 Y3

GCAP Actions People Covered Assets Covered

Economic resilience� Diversified local economic base: Industry +

Logistics + Tourism

80,000 N/A

Disaster resilience� Flood protection (storm water improvements)

� Continuity of waste treatment following natural

hazards :

� Wastewater treatment plant

� Sanitary landfill

Pop of 3 wards

Pop of 3 wards

80,000

Assets in 3 wards

Assets in 3 wards

All Vinh Yen

Water conservation� Treated wastewater re-use Pop of 3 wards Aquifer, Pho Day river,

Lo river

Greenhouse gas reduction� Dam Vac Lake shuttle bus + biking promotion

� Relocation of highly polluting old factories

80,000 N/A

Note: Benefit figures to be refined as data become available.

Resilience Benefits of Vinh Yen Green Cities Action Plan

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Environmental Improvements Generate Socioeconomic Benefits

Real estate values

Small business

Quality of life

• 57% increase in value of

adjacent apartments, compared

to 12% in comparable areas farther from the harbor

• 300% increase in cafés and

restaurants (10 -> 39) adjacent to

the habor

• Residents and tourists reporting

high level of satisfaction

photoSurface Water Clean-Up:

Dam Vac Lake

• Wastewater

• Storm water

• Dredging

• Solid waste

• Water quality

monitoring

Copenhagen example: Impact of

harbor clean-up over the period

2002-2011

Thank you!

john.bachmann@aecom.com