USTDA Establishes Partnership with Vietnam on Value-Based Procurement
August 4, 2014
(USTDA)
Provides Training to 150 Public Procurement Officials in Three Cities
HANOI, VIETNAM – Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency signed a
Memorandum of Understanding with the Public Procurement Agency (PPA) of Vietnam,
establishing the Agency's second country partnership under the Global
Procurement Initiative: Understanding Best Value (GPI). Under this partnership,
USTDA will provide training and technical assistance to help the Government of
Vietnam implement a newly revised law focused on achieving greater value for
money in public procurements. By promoting strategic, long-term infrastructure
investments, the Procurement Assistance Program will increase international
competition and facilitate improved development outcomes in Vietnam.
"This program is an invaluable step in strengthening economic ties between the
United States and Vietnam," said Andrea Lupo, USTDA's Director for Global
Programs, during the signing ceremony. "It comes at a critical time when Vietnam
is assessing its current procurement practices in order to enhance its
infrastructure investments and improve development outcomes. U.S. companies see
the revised procurement law as a signal of Vietnam's encouragement of fair and
transparent international competition."
The ceremony took place as USTDA kicked off a series of technical procurement
trainings in Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City for approximately 150 public
procurement officials. USTDA and PPA will lead the trainings alongside officials
from the George Washington University Law School's Government Procurement Law
Program, the GPI's globally recognized partner, and technical specialists in
life-cycle cost analysis from Jacobsen/Daniels Associates. The trainings will
also be attended by observers from the World Bank and the Asian Development
Bank, GPI collaborators who are providing capacity building assistance for
Vietnam's procurement reform.
This Procurement Assistance Program advances the Government of Vietnam's goal to
transition to a more effective, results-driven system of public procurement. It
also supports USTDA's goal of leveling the playing field for U.S companies
competing for large-scale procurements abroad.
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