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VIETNAM<br />
<strong>Cities</strong> <strong>Alliance</strong> supported three activities in Vietnam as a follow-up to the Country<br />
Programme. The first activity involves technical support that the Asian Development<br />
Bank is providing to the Government of Vietnam to implement a National Urban<br />
Development Strategy (NUDS), which was conceptualised and developed through<br />
the Country Programme.<br />
For the second activity, <strong>Cities</strong> <strong>Alliance</strong> supported UN-Habitat in building capacity<br />
for the participatory city development strategies formulated during the Country<br />
Programme. The project aims to replicate the CDS approach and build the capacity<br />
for the Ministry of Construction to provide training for cities to undertake a CDS.<br />
Finally, the partnership supported the Association of <strong>Cities</strong> in Vietnam (ACVN)<br />
to expand the Community Upgrading Fund established through the Country<br />
Programme. The fund is growing and thriving, and ACVN has used the approach to<br />
set up a fund for local economic development. The association has also leveraged<br />
funding from Canada to further support the fund.<br />
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