Viet Nam: Urban Environment and Climate Change Adaptation ...

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Environmental Monitoring Report

Semestral Report Period: January to June 2021 October 2021

Viet Nam: Urban Environment and Climate Change Adaptation Project

Dong Hoi Subproject

Prepared by Dong Hoi City Environment and Climate Change Project Management Unit for

the Asian Development Bank.

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CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS

(as of August 2021)

Currency Unit - Viet Nam Dong (VND)

VND1.00 = $ 0.00004

$1.00 = VND 22,797.7

ABBREVIATIONS

ADB - Asian Development Bank

AH/AP - Affected Household/ Affected People

BOD5 - Biochemical oxygen demand

CBOs - Community-based organizations

cEMP - Environmental Management Plan of Contractor

COD - Chemical oxygen demand

CPC/PPC - Commune People's Committee/ Provincial People's Committee

CSC - Construction Supervision Consultant

DONRE - Department of Natural Resources and Environment

DOT - Department of Transportation

DPI - Department of Planning and Investment

EHSC - Environment, Health, Safety and officer of the Contractor

EMP - Environmental Management Plan

GoV - Government

IMO - Independent Monitoring Organization

IEE - Initial Environmental Examination

M&E - Monitoring and Evaluation

PMU - Project Management Unit

QCVN - Vietnamese Quality Standard

RP - Resettlement Plan

SEMP - Site Environmental Monitoring Plan

TOR - Terms or References

TSS - Total suspended solids

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

dB(A) - Decibel (weighted average)

ha - hectare

kg/d - kilogram per day

km - kilometer

km2 - square kilometer

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m - meter

m2 - square meter

m3 - cubic meter

m3 /d - cubic meters per day

m3 /s - cubic meters per second

mg/m3 - milligrams per cubic meter

mm - millimeter

NOTES

In this report, "$" refers to US dollars.

This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature.

In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Introduction 7

A. Project background 7

B. Project Implementation Progress 8

II. Institutional Setup and Responsibilities for EMP Implementation and Supervision 11

A. Institutional setup for Environmental management 11

B. Incorporation of Environmental Requirements into Project Contractual Arrangements 16

III. Compliance with the environmental covenants of the project 17

IV. Environmental impacts mitigation measures implemented in the reporting period 23

A. The compliance status with environmental requirements during the ADB Mission 23

B. Monitoring of the EMP Compliance by PISC1 25

C. Environmental mitigations measures implemented by the contractor 26

V. Environmental impact monitoring 45

A. Monitoring plan and responsibilities 45

B. Environmental monitoring component, number of samplings and monitoring methods 46

C. Monitoring results 49

VI. Public consultation, grievance redress mechanism 57

A. Public consultation and information disclosure 57

B. Grievance redress mechanism 58

VII. Capacity building activities 59

VIII. KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 60

A. Key identified environmental issues and corrective actions in the previous reporting period 60

B. Environmental issues should be resolved in the first six months of 2021. 63

IX. Conclusions and recommendations 67

A. Overall Progress of Implementation of Environmental Management Measures 67

B. Proposed actions 68

APPENDIXES

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Project Implementation Progress ................................................................................ 7

Table 2: Institutional Responsibilities for Environmental Management ..................................... 10

Table 3: List of Personnel for EMP implementation of the Project ............................................ 13

Table 4. Project environmental reporting system assessment ................................................. 14

Table 5. The schedule of updating EMPs ............................................................................... 15

Table 6: Status of Compliance with ADB Loan Covenants ...................................................... 16

Table 7: Environmental issues have been resolved as required by ADB mission ..................... 21

Table 8. Assessment on the EMP Compliance ....................................................................... 25

Table 9: Sampling locations of environmental monitoring ........................................................ 42

Table 10: Results of air quality monitoring .............................................................................. 46

Table 11: Results of surface water quality monitoring ............................................................. 53

Table 12: Key environmental issues in the previous reporting period ....................................... 57

Table 13: Key environmental issues in this reporting period .................................................... 60

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Organization structure for implementing Environmental management of the Project

Figure 2: Map of sampling locations

Figure 3: Comparison of TPS in March and June 2021 with the background environment in May

2018 and QCVN 05:/2013/BTNMT

Figure 4: Comparison of NO2 in March and June 2021 with the background environment in May


Figure 5: Comparison of SO2 in March and June 2021 with the background environment in May


Figure 7: Comparison of noise in March and June 2021 with background environment in May


Figure 8: Comparison of surface water monitoring results in March and June 2021 with the

background environment

Figure 9: Training on ADB environmental safeguard policy for the PMU staff and contractors

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I. Introduction

A. Project background

1. Objectives of the Project

The Urban Environment and Climate Change Adaptation Project funded by ADB will construct and upgrade the urban environmental infrastructures, stormwater and wastewater management, and flood control in order to minimize environmental pollution, improve urban environment and climate change adaption for the two coastal cities, namely Dong Hoi (Quang Binh Province) and Hoi An (Quang Nam Province). The objective of the project is to increase people's accessibility to climate change adapting infrastructure. The project was approved by ADB Board on 27 November 2015. The loan agreement, project agreement, and grant agreement were signed on 25 March 2017 and became effective on 17 July 2017.

2. Basic information of Dong Hoi Project

- Project title: Urban Environment and Climate Change Adaptation Project - Dong Hoi City.

- Funding source: Asian Development Bank (ADB).

- Executing agency (EA): People's Committee of Quang Binh province.

- Project Owner/Implementing Agency (IA): People's Committee of Quang Binh province.

- Total investment: 38,800,000 USD (of which 31,739,000 USD of ADB loan and co-

financing by ADB and 7,070,000 USD counterpart funds of the Government of Vietnam).

- Overall project duration: 2017 - 2022.

- Location of the project: Dong Hoi city, Quang Binh province.

3. Components and main packages of the Project

Component 1: Improvement of wastewater management for the city center.

This component focuses on the construction of wastewater system for the center city in Dong Hoi

city, which includes wastewater drainage system, tertiary sewer system, and 01 lift pumping

station. This component includes package DH/W1.

Component 2: Development of climate change resilient infrastructure for Bao Ninh

Peninsula.

This component focuses on the construction of a new Vertical Road No. 3 with 36m in width from

Km0 to Km2,919 and 03 Horizontal roads connecting the new route with the old one (Vo Nguyen

Giap street); construction of rainwater drainage system D1500 and wastewater drainage route;

construction of 03 pumping stations for levelling and 01 pumping station for transferring

wastewater; construction of 02 regulating lakes; construction of medium voltage lines, transformer

stations, and attached control electrical cabinets. This component is divided into four (4) packages

DH/W3, DH/W4, DH/W5, DH/W8.

Particularly, package DH/G1 provides equipment and materials for all pumping stations under the

two above-mentioned components.

Component 3: Management of flood and other infrastructure.

In this component, the implementation of flood management measures and construction of other

infrastructure to cope with climate change adaptation will eliminate economic, social and

environmental damage due to floods, riverbank/ coastal erosion. The component 3 is divided into

two (2) packages DH/W7, DH/C1.

Component 4: Site clearance and Resettlement.

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The main features of this component include: carry out the graves and architectural objects

relocation to create ground for the construction process and resettlement process for the local

people soon stabilize their life as well as develop the local economy.

Component 5: Project Management and Capacity Building.

This project will improve the capacity of project management, implementation and operation

agencies and raise community awareness of climate change. This component includes three (03)

packages:

- Package DH/PISC1: Project implementation support and capacity development.

- Package DH/PISC2: Independent Auditing Consultant.

- Package DH/PISC3: External Resettlement Monitoring

B. Project Implementation Progress

By June 2021, most of the project’s packages have been in construction process. The Project implementation progress is summarized in table 1 as follows:

Table 1: Project Implementation Progress

No Name of package Date of

contract Construction unit

Project Implementation

Progress

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Package DH/W1: Improvement of wastewater management for center city

28/05/2020

Vietnam Water and Environment Investment Corporation Joint Stock Company

10,27%

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Package DH/W3: Bao Ninh wastewater

31/01/2020

Vietnam Water and Environment Investment Corporation Joint Stock Company

41,50%

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Package DH/W4: Horizontal Road No. 3 (36 M: KM1.387-2.919)

30/7/2019

Joint Venture of Tien Dat Construction Company Limited, Long Thanh Construction Joint Stock Company, 688 Consulting Joint Stock Company

11,2%

4 Package DH/W5: Vertical roads (03 routes) 16/10/2020

Infrastructure Development and Construction Joint Stock Company

14,57%

5 Package DH/W8: Horizontal Road No. 3 (36 M: KM0-1.387)

31/10/2019 471 Joint Stock Company

26,82%

Main construction activities during the reporting period

• DH/W1: The contractor implements the construction of the following items:

- Construction of wastewater drainage route R3 No. T3, T17, T17C in Bac Ly ward; - Reinstatement of the asphalt road pavement on routes No. T1, No. T1A on Hoang Xuan

Han Street; reinstatement of cement concrete road pavement on routes No. T10, T14 on Dao Tan street, Bac Ly ward, route No. T33

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- Construction of wastewater routes No. T14, T14A, Bac Ly ward.

• DH/W3:

The contractor implements the construction of the following items: - Construction of wastewater drainage route, installation of manholes on Vo Nguyen Giap

street: 3F, route No. 3. - Installation of sewer pipes and manholes for drainage route No. 1, 1B, 1C, 3, 3A, 3E on

Vo Nguyen Giap street;

• DH/W4 The contractor implements the construction of the following items:

- Utility trench No. 4, casting manhole components for rainwater drainage and wastewater drainage, box culvert 2x2m

- Installation of sewer pipes D1500 from T61-T65, construction of ditches - Installation of sewer pipes D1500 from manholes T57-T61, P72-P73, construction of

ditches connecting regulating lake No. 1 and No. 2, construction of the regulating lake No. 1.

- Drainage ditch from pile 13 to TD 2 with the length of 130m; installation of manholes for drainage route No. 2E, 2F

- Tiling work to reinstate the utility trench No. 4

• DH/W5:

The contractor implements the construction of the following items:

- Utility trench of the vertical road No. 2; - Installation of rainwater drainage pipe D800 of vertical route No. 3, rainwater drainage,

wastewater drainage, construction of utility trench route No. 2 - Embankment K95, K98 on the vertical road No. 5, route No. 1,2,3 - Casting culvert base, manhole

• DH/W8:

The contractor implements the construction of the following items:

- Construction and reinstatement of asphalt pavement of route R3 No.5 on Nguyen Thi Dinh street; asphalt coating to reinstate the wastewater drainage route R3 No. 8, 8B

- Construction of route R3 No. 6,7 on Nguyen Thi Dinh street; rainwater drainage route at the section P20-P26, P34-P37, T18-T27; wastewater drainage route No. 2, 2C; route R3 No. 5, 6, 7, 8, 8B, wastewater drainage route R3 No.4A, installation of rainwater drainage pipe on right side of the section Km0.335-Km0.557

- Construction of utility trench Ht22-Ht29; - Casting components - Embankment K98, constructing the base layer of base course at section Km0.759-

Km1.318,

Main construction activities in the next reporting period

• DH/W1: - The contractor continues to implement the construction of drainage routes in Bac Ly, Nam

Ly and Phu Hai wards ▪ In Bac Ly ward: Route No.17A, 17B, 14B, 14C, 14 (Pile 14.6 to Pile 14.13), 12, 12A,

15, 16, 04, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2 with an estimated length of 1,588m ▪ In Nam Ly ward: Construction of the routes No. 15, 15A, 07, 09, 10, 16, 1, 11, 12, 21,

23, 31, 38, 38B, 21A, 01, 01B, 01A, 02 with a total length of about 2,400m ▪ In Phu Hai ward: Construction of a pressurized wastewater collection system,

installation of sewer pipe HDPE D160, PN10 with a total length of about 2,200m, pumping station No. 04.

• DH/W3:

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Construction of rainwater route No. H13 on the sidewalk of Tran Hung Dao street with a total length of 222m, wastewater drainage routes No. 3, 1B, 1, 1C, 35, 3E, 1A with a total length of 2,356m, pumping stations No. 01, 03, 03.

• DH/W4:

Complete the construction of utility trench on the vertical road No. 4, continue the construction and installation of the surface water drainage system, the wastewater drainage route, the ditch system for the construction of the embankment of the regulating lake No. 1.

• DH/W5:

Construction of the rainwater drainage system, wastewater drainage system, utility trench system on the vertical road No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and the power system on the vertical road No. 2

• DH/W8:

Construction of aggregate subbase, aggregate base, utility trench, rainwater drainage system, wastewater drainage system at the chainage Km0+330,51÷Km0+557,76, and Km0+759,34 ÷ Km1+387,33.

II. Institutional Setup and Responsibilities for EMP Implementation and Supervision

A. Institutional setup for Environmental management

The Institutional Relations for Environmental Management has been determined since the EMP reporting and shown in Table 2.

Table 2: Institutional Responsibilities for Environmental Management

Name of organization

Institutional Responsibilities for Environmental Management

Status of compliance

PMU - Take responsibilities for supervising the overall project implementation, including the status environmental compliance. The PMU will have the ultimate responsibility for the implementation of the EIA and environmental performance of the project during the construction phase. - Specifically, the PMU will: (i) closely coordinate with local authorities in the participation of communities in project preparation and implementation; (ii) monitor and supervise the implementation of the Environmental-Social Management Plan (ESMP) including the integration of the ESMP into detailed technical designs, bidding documents and contract; (iii) ensure that an environmental management system will be established and operated properly; (iv) report the implementation of the ESMP to DONRE and ADB

Fully complied with

- Ensure that all environmental requirements are considered in the detailed technical design, bidding documents and contracts of contractors;

- Prepare semi-annual environmental reports of the project to submit to ADB for consideration and approval.

- Assigned the environmental officer of PMU to perform relevant tasks

Environmental Officer of PMU

- Assign an environmental officer who resolves environmental issues of the Project, oversees the implementation of the environmental

Fully complied with

- Assigned Ms Dao Ngoc Phuong (environmental

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safeguards policy of ADB and Vietnam throughout the Project.

- Assist the PMU leadership in solutions for environmental issues to meet the requirements of ADB environmental safety policies and requirements under Vietnamese regulations

engineer) as the environmental officer.

- Monthly and quarterly assess the EMP compliance of the Project by reviewing and approving labor safety, environmental sanitation reports submitted by PISC1.

Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) / Environmental Specialist of PISC1 (ES)

- Take responsibility for overseeing construction activities and ensure that the Contractor has fulfilled the contract requirements. Environmental Specialist (ES) of the Construction Supervision Consultants (CSC), is responsible for supervising and monitoring construction activities and ensuring that the Contractor fulfills the requirements stated in the contract with the Project Owner (in the approved EIA and EMP report).

Periodically report the results of environmental monitoring to the PMU.

Fully complied with

- The PISC1 consultant and environmental expert daily supervise the contractor’s EMP compliance during the construction of the package of the Project.

Submit monthly and quarterly reports on labor safety and environmental sanitation to the PMU.

- Assist the PMU to prepare the semi-annual environmental monitoring report to submit to ADB for approval

Contractor/ EHSC

- Prepare the Environmental and Social Management Plan - Commit to sufficiently implement the contents of environmental protection in the approved EIA report. Strictly and fully implement environmental impacts mitigation measures during construction. Under the supervision of the Environmental Monitoring Officer and adjust or strengthen measures when required.

- Actively interact with local people and take actions to avoid disturbance during the construction process.

Complied with

The contractor’s EMP was approved. The contractor assigned an environmental officer to perform this task (list of personnel is presented in table 3).

The contractor is always willing to listening to local people’s opinions or complaints on the environment during the construction of the workers’ camp.

Environmental monitoring unit

- The contract signs a contract with this unit to monitor environmental components and identify emission sources during the construction process of the Project.

Complied with

During this reporting period, the contractor signed a contract with the environmental monitoring unit to carry out environmental monitoring in March and June 2021.

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Local community

Community: According to Vietnamese practice, the community has the right and responsibility for regularly monitoring environmental activities during construction to ensure that their rights and safety are sufficiently guaranteed, and mitigation measures are taken effectively by contractor and PMU. If an unexpected incident occurs, they will report it to the supervision consultant and the PMU

Fully complied with

During the reporting period, there have been no complaints of the local community on environment during the construction process.

Provincial People's Committee (PPC), Quang Binh Department of Natural Resources and Environment

(DONRE)

Supervise the Project implementation based on the recommendations of DONRE and PMU to ensure the compliance with the Government policies and regulations.

DONRE is responsible for supervising the compliance with the environmental requirements.

Fully complied with

The EIA of the Project was approved by PPC of Quang Binh according to the Decision No. 2131/QD-UBND dated June 28, 2018.

Organizational structure of environmental management

The current organization structure for implementing Environmental management of the Project is illustrated in Figure 1.

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Figure 1: Organization structure for implementing Environmental management of the Project

Personnel for Environmental Management

Table 3: List of Personnel for EMP implementation of the Project

Name of organizati

on

Name Educational background

Position Contact

PMU/ ESO

Đào Ngọc Phương Environmental engineer

Environmental management officer of PMU

[email protected]

PISC1/ES Nguyễn Văn Bảy Bachelor of Environment

Environmental specialist

[email protected]

EHSC Lê Minh Thành EHSC of DH/W1 [email protected]

Construction sites

Environmental Safeguards Officer ESO (of the PMU)

Community Supervision

Required mitigation measures/actions

Monitor on environmental

issues

Coordinate Information

Supervision of environmental

issues

Report

Environmental Specialist

ES

Construction Supervision Consultant

CSC

Construction Contractor

Environmental health

and safety consultants

(EHSC)

- MONRE - Quang Binh DONRE - Other relevant agencies

Periodic Monitoring on environmental quality

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE PMU

ADB

Environmental

monitoring unit

mailto:[email protected]

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Name of organizati

on

Name Educational background

Position Contact

Nguyễn Văn Thắng EHSC of DH/W3 [email protected]

Hoàng Nguyên Lưu EHSC of DH/W4 [email protected]

Bùi Thế Tài EHSC of DH/W5 hoangnhan2211@ gmail.com

Bùi Hữu Hùng EHSC of DH/W8 [email protected]

Environmental Reporting System

In accordance with the approved EMP, monthly monitoring reports on EMP compliance as well as semi-annual environmental monitoring reports must be prepared by relevant stakeholders. The detail status of current reporting is described in Table 4.

Table 4. Project environmental reporting system assessment

Agency Required reports in approved IEE

To Whom Current status

of reportage

Construction contractors

Monthly monitoring report PISC1

Complied with:

The contractors have submitted the monthly health safety and environment report to the PISC1

PISC1 Monthly monitoring report

Dong Hoi PMU

Complied with:

PISC1 consultant have submitted the monthly and quarterly environment, health and safety and semi-annual environmental monitoring reports in 2020 to PMU.

Dong Hoi PMU Semi-annual monitoring report

ADB

Complied with:

The semi-annual environmental monitoring reports in 2020 have been submitted to ADB for review and approval.

B. Incorporation of Environmental Requirements into Project Contractual Arrangements As required by ADB, the original EMP must be updated based on the detail design of each project

package and the updated EMPs should be incorporated in the biding documents instead of the

original EMP. The contractors are responsible for preparing their own CEMP that will include a

COVID 19 risks management plan. The succeeding table showing the schedule of updating uEMP,

preparing CEMP and COVID 19 risks management plan.

Table 5. The schedule of updating EMPs

No Package Status of updating EMPs

Status of preparing CEMPs

Status of preparing COVID 19 risks management plan



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1 DH/W1 Approved by ADB in March 2019

CEMP was submitted and approved on August 12, 2020.

The contractor is preparing the Covid-19 prevention plan to submit to the PMU for approval.

2 DH/W3 Approved by ADB in January 2019

CEMP was submitted and approved on June 18, 2020.


3 DH/W4 Approved by ADB in September 2018

CEMP was submitted and approved on June 16,2020


4 DH/W5 Approved by ADB in September 2018

CEMP was submitted and approved November 10, 2020


5 DH/W8 Approved by ADB in January 2019

CEMP was submitted and approved on June 16, 2020


During this reporting period, all of packages are developing Covid-19 prevention plans to submit to the PMU for approval. Besides, during the construction process, the contractors also seriously take measures to prevent Covid-19 epidemic including wearing masks when working, washing hands with hand sanitizer, checking the temperature daily for workers, keeping a safe distance on the construction site as recommended by the Government, the Ministry of Health and local authorities. Contractors should post the Covid-19 prevention posters at the workers’ camp and construction sites. PISC1 supervises the contractors' compliance with Covid-19 prevention measures and promptly reports any non-compliance cases to PMU. PISC1 Consultant and PMU also strictly implement the local Covid-19 prevention recommendations such as providing hand sanitizer, checking temperature daily for the staff, officers, and guests to the office, wearing facemasks and arranging staff to work from home…. As of the end of this reporting period, there have been no cases of COVID-19 infection in the project units.

III. Compliance with the environmental covenants of the project The status of compliance with Environmental Covenants of the Project is presented in the table

below.

Table 6: Status of Compliance with ADB Loan Covenants

Para. Content Status of compliance

11 Environment The Borrower shall ensure and shall cause the Project Executive Agencies and the Project

Complied with

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Implementing Agencies to ensure that the preparation, design, construction, implementation, operation and decommissioning of the Project and all Project facilities comply with: (a) all applicable laws and regulations of the Borrower relating to environment, health and safety; (b) the Environmental Safeguards; and;

(c) all measures and requirements set forth in the IEEs, the EMPs, and any corrective or preventative actions set forth (i) in a Safeguards Monitoring Report or (ii) which are subsequently agreed between ADB and each Project Executing Agency (on behalf of itself and the Borrower)

a. The EIA of the project was approved by Quang Binh PPC in Decision No. 2131/QD-UBND dated June 28, 2018. The contractor is required to comply with all applicable labor laws and core labor standards during construction. b.

The preparation and approval of uEMP is in compliance with the requirements. The EIA report of the project was approved according to Decision No. 1231/QD-UBND dated June 28, 2018; uEMPs of package DH/W4 and DH/W5 were prepared and approved in September 2018; uEMPs of package DH/W3 and DH/W8 were approved in January 2019; uEMP of package DH/W1 was approved in March 2019. The uEMPs have been included in the bidding documents and the contract with the contractors. Contractors prepare the Environmental Management Plan and submit it to the the PISC1 consultant and the PMU for approval prior to the commencement of construction. c. The Monthly Safeguard Monitoring Reports of contractors are submitted to the PISC1 consultant. The consultant prepares a Quarterly Safeguard Monitoring Reports for the PMU and assists the PMU in preparing the Semi-annual Safeguard Monitoring Reports to submit to ADB. Corrective actions at the request of the PISC1 consultant, PMU or ADB have been implemented.

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Safeguards – Related Provisions in Bidding Documents and Works Contracts: The Borrower shall cause the Project Executing Agencies and the Project Implementing Agencies to ensure that all bidding documents and contracts for Works contain provisions that require contractors to: (a) comply with the measures relevant to the contractor set forth in the IEE, the EMP and the RPs (to the extent they concern impacts on the

Fully complied with

The requirements (a, b, c, d, e) are clearly presented in the bidding documents as well as the civil contract of the contractor. (a) the requirement (a) was provided in SCC 74 (b) the requirement (b) was provided in SCC 74 (c) the requirement (c) was provided in SCC 40.1

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respective affected people under the Environmental Safeguards and the Involuntary Resettlement Safeguards during construction), and (i) any corrective or preventative actions set forth in a Safeguards Monitoring Report; or (ii) which are subsequently agreed between ADB and each Project Executive Agency (on behalf of itself and the Borrower); (b) make available a budget for all such environmental and social measures; (c) provide the Borrower, the Project Executing Agencies, and ADB with a written notice of any unanticipated environmental, resettlement or indigenous peoples risks or impacts that arise during construction, implementation or operation of the Project that were not considered in the IEEs, the EMPs and the RPs; (d) adequately record the condition of roads, agricultural land and other infrastructure prior to starting to transport materials and construction; and

(e) reinstate pathways, other local infrastructure, and agricultural land to at least their pre-project condition upon the completion of construction.

(d) the requirement (d) was provided in SCC 22.1 (e) the requirement (e) was provided in SCC 63.1.

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Safeguards Monitoring and Reporting The Borrower shall cause the relevant Project Executing Agency to: (a) submit Safeguards Monitoring Reports to ADB (i) in respect of implementation of and compliance with Environmental Safeguards and the EMPs, semi-annually during the construction and the implementation of the Project and the EMPs, and thereafter annually during operation, until the issuance of ADB’s Project completion report unless a longer period is agreed in the EMPs; and (ii) in respect of implementation of and compliance with Involuntary Resettlement Safeguards and of the RPs, semi-annually during the implementation of the Project, and the RPs until the issuance of ADB’s Project completion report unless a longer period is agreed in the RPs; and disclose relevant information from such reports to the respective affected people under the Environmental Safeguards, and the Involuntary Resettlement Safeguards promptly upon submission;

Fully complied with a. SEMR for the last six months of 2019 and SEMRs of 2020 have been submitted to ADB and approved b. Reported the current status and impacts of Covid-19 epidemic to ADB. The Covid-19 prevention plan of the contractors is being implemented to submit for approval. c. Presented in the Chapter IV of this report

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(b) if any unanticipated environmental and/or social risks and impacts arise during construction, implementation or operation of the Project that were not considered in the IEEs, the EMPs, and the RPs, promptly inform ADB of the occurrence of such risks or impacts, with detailed description of the event and proposed corrective action plan. c) report any actual or potential breach of compliance with the measures and requirements set forth in the EMPs or the RPs promptly after becoming aware of the breach

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Grievance Redress Mechanism The Borrower shall ensure that separate safeguards grievance redress mechanisms acceptable to ADB are established in accordance with the provisions of the IEEs and the RPs at the PMUs and within the timeframes specified in the relevant IEEs and the RPs to consider safeguards complaints. The Borrower shall further ensure that within three months of the Effective Date, a grievance redress mechanism, acceptable to ADB, is established and a task force is functioning effectively to review and document eligible complaints of Project stakeholders related to the Project, any of the service providers, any person responsible for carrying out the Project, complaints on misuse of funds and other irregularities as well as gender issues. The grievance redress mechanism and the task force shall (i) proactively address grievances; (ii) provide the complainants with notice of the chosen mechanism/action; and

(iii) prepare periodic reports to summarize (1) the number of complaints received and resolved; (2) selected actions; and (3) final outcomes of the grievances and make these reports available to ADB upon request

Fully complied with - The Grievance Redress Mechanism of the Project presented in IEE and uEMP was approved by ADB.

- The Grievance Redress Committee was established to perform the tasks (i, ii, iii) - (1, 2, 3) is presented in Chapter VI. B of this report.

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Health risks and Covid-19 epidemic In coordination with the local health center, the Borrower shall cause the Project Executing Agencies and the Project Implementing Agencies to ensure that: (a) training for construction workers and local communities on HIV/AIDS prevention and control methods is carried out;

Partly complied with a. As of this reporting period, the contractor has not conducted trainings for HIV/AIDS prevention and control measures for workers and local community. b, c. Currently, the Covid-19 pandemic has negatively affected the human health. At all construction sites, there have been

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(b) the Works contractors disseminate information and conduct awareness training on the risks and preventive measures of HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases to their employees, temporary laborers and family members, and subcontractors during Project implementation;

(c) measures to prevent other communicable diseases are implemented, within the construction sites, as specified in the IEEs; and (d) the requirements of sub-clauses (b) and (c) are included in the Works contracts, monitored and reported quarterly to ADB.

posters on Covid-19, some activities including daily temperature checking, sanitizer handwash, wearing facemask are being seriously implemented in this reporting period. d. The requirements (a, b, c) are clarified in DKCT 24.2.

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Labor standards The Borrower shall, and shall cause the Project Executing Agencies and the Project Implementing Agencies to ensure that the construction contractors: (a) provide timely payment of wages and safe working conditions to all workers; (b) pay equal wages to female and male employees for equivalent labor; (c) provide safe and healthy working conditions for both male and female workers; (d) do not employ child labor as required by the relevant laws and regulations of the Borrower; (e) maximize the employment of local people, particularly women and ethnic minorities, who meet the job and efficiency requirements for Project construction, operation and maintenance; and

(f) provide such workers with adequate on-the- job training and safety training

Complied with

a. The contractors have timely provided payment of wages for workers. b. The contractors have pay equal wages to female and male employees for equivalent labor c. The personal protective equipment including clothes, shoes, hats, gloves, masks, antiseptic handwash are sufficiently provided for workers. d. All contractors do not employ child labor, the PMU and PISC1 have strictly monitored the contractor's labor contract with the workers to ensure that the contractors comply with this one. e. The Contractors mainly hire local labor, there are some suitable jobs that hire women to do

f. The contractor has implemented training on labor safety for the workers.

IV. Environmental impacts mitigation measures implemented in the reporting period

A. The compliance status with environmental requirements during the ADB Mission

During the review in December 2020, ADB identified a number of environmental issues that should be resolved. PMU and PISC1 consultant have requested contractors to implement these measures and have been recognized by ADB during the monitoring period in May 2021. Besides, some assessments of the ADB mission team in May 2021 have also been taken into consideration and adjusted by PMU and PISC. The detailed measures are presented in the following Table.

Table 7: Environmental issues have been resolved as required by ADB mission

No. Issues during ADB mission in

December 2020

Corrective actions Photos at the site

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1 All packages lack the diary of environment, health and labor safety.

PISC1 Consultant have provided the new form of the diary including the environmental implementation and Covid-19 management.

The contractors have written the construction daily diary.

Daily site diary of the contractors

2 The camps and construction sites of the packages have not been well implemented measures to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic, including lack of posters Covid-19 prevention, daily temperature checking for staff and workers, hand sanitizer, as well as medical masks

Contractors have posted COVID-19 prevention posters, provided hand sanitizer and masks, and checked daily workers' temperatures.

PISC1 regularly supervise and inspect contractors' implementation of COVID-19 prevention

Poster about 5K, facemask, hand sanitizer at the workers’ camp

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Daily temperature monitoring dairy for workers

Fire prevention and fighting signs

3 The information board is insufficiently updated, particularly the contact address of the PMU, contractor and the PISC1 supervision consultant.

The contractors have updated the information board including contact address of the PMU, contractor and the PISC1 supervision consultant.

The information board is now sufficiently updated.

4 The contractor of DH/W8 has removed the temporary excavated sand on the route to avoid the air pollution that affects the households living near the river.

The contractor of DH/W8 has removed the temporary excavated sand on the route; as a result, the phenomenon of sand flying causing air pollution has been mitigated.

There is no longer excavated sand on the route

Besides, the ADB mission expressed concern about the quality of two semi-annual environmental monitoring reports in 2020. The mission requested the PMU to work with PISC1 Consultant to mobilize qualified consultants in order to complete the reports and resubmit to ADB by May 31, 2021. PMU coordinated with PISC1 Consultant on the revision of the reports. In May 2021, the two above reports were updated and submitted to ADB for approval.

B. Monitoring of the EMP Compliance by PISC1

PISC1 daily supervises the contractors' compliance with EPM on site as well as the monthly environmental reports. In terms of the environmental and labor safety issues that fail to meet the requirements, PISC1 will issue the official letter to request for resolution. In this reporting period, PISC1 has issued official letter No. RHDHV/PICS1/210630.1 dated June 30, 2021 requesting the contractor of package DH/W1, DH/W3 to take measures to ensure traffic safety. The letter is attached in Appendix 1 of the report.

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The contractors frequently report the status of compliance with EMP and environmental impacts mitigation measures to the PMU in monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual environmental reports.

In the context of social distancing due to the COVID-19 epidemic, technical staffs, environmental experts of CSC/PISC1, and PMU staff carry out site supervision in compliance with regulations of the local government.

From January to June 2021, Quang Binh province applies the Government's CT15 directive, so the contractors still work on the construction site and implement epidemic prevention measures as required by the local government. The PMU has mobilized the environmental expert of PISC1 consultant, who is living in Dong Hoi city, to supervise the implementation of environmental impact mitigation measures at the sites of the packages DH/W1, DH/W3 DH/W4, DH/W5, DH/W8. The environmental specialist of PISC1 was mobilized for a total of about 1 month to do site supervision during this reporting period. Specifically, the environmental specialist carried out site supervision 4 days in March from 23th to 26th, 5 intermittent days in April from 1st to 7th, 5 intermittent days in May, on 6th , 17th – 18th and 24th - 25th, and 3 intermittent days in June, on 4th, 21th and 30th .

Besides, because PISC1 Consultants does not have a position of safety engineer, monitoring activities on occupational safety, traffic safety, COVID-19 prevention, etc. are further supported by the site inspectors of PISC1. These site inspectors still work normally when Quang Binh province applies Directive 15 in the first 6 months of 2021. The officer who is in charge of the environmental and social safety policies of the PMU also performs supervision as usual. Both the staff of the PMU and PISC1 Consultant comply with the requirements of epidemic prevention in accordance with the requirements of the locality.

The contractor's COVID prevention measures are outlined in Table 8 below..

C. Environmental mitigations measures implemented by the contractor During the construction of site office of package DH/W1, DH/W3, DH/W4, DH/W5, DH/W8, the

contractor has implemented the environmental impacts mitigation measures as committed in

EMP. The implementation of environmental impacts mitigation measures of the contractors is

summarized in Table 8.

Table 8. Assessment on the EMP Compliance

Package EMP requirements

Status of the EMP compliance

DH/W1, DH/W3, DH/W4, DH/W5, DH/W8

1. Launch of EMP and sub-plans

All packages including DH/W1, DH/W3, DH/W4, DH/W5, DH/W8 partly complied with this requirement.

The contractors’ EMP, labor safety plan, fire prevention plan, HIV training plan, solid waste management plan has been approved.

The contractors are preparing the Covid-19 prevention plan to submit to PMU for approval, and they also apply the prevention measures during the construction process.


Training and capacity building

All packages including DH/W1, DH/W3, DH/W4, DH/W5, DH/W8 have not complied with this requirement yet.

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Contractors cannot carry out training activities on capacity capacity, as it is difficult to organize a mass gathering in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic.

DH/W1 Health and safety for workers

Partly complied with

The issues have been complied during the reporting period

- The workers are provided the personal protective equipment

- Workers' camps are equipped with fire extinguishers and medicine cabinet. - Periodical health checkup plan has been prepared for workers. The workers are provided facemask, sanitizer hand wash to prevent the Covid-19, but it is still insufficient, they have not had their daily temperature checked. The workers’ camp has a rest room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a toilet that meets their demands.

The issues have not been fully complied with during the reporting period

The workers have not been trained on HIV, labor safety and environmental sanitation yet.

DH/W3 Partly complied with



- Workers' camps are equipped with fire extinguishers and medicine cabinet. - Periodical health checkup plan has been prepared for workers. - The workers are provided facemask, sanitizer hand wash to prevent the Covid-19, but it is still insufficient, they have not had their daily temperature checked. - The workers’ camp has a rest room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a toilet that meets their demands.


The workers have not been trained on HIV, labor safety and environmental sanitation yet.



- Periodical health checkup plan has been prepared for workers.

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- The workers are provided facemask, sanitizer hand wash to prevent the Covid-19, but it is still insufficient.

- Workers' camps are equipped with fire extinguishers and medicine cabinet.

- The workers’ camp has a rest room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a toilet that meets their demands.


- The workers have not been trained on HIV, labor safety and environmental sanitation yet.

- The contractor has not mobilized labor safety and environmental safety personnel; has not provided the personal protective equipment for workers sufficiently.



- Periodical health checkup plan has been prepared for workers.

- The workers are provided facemask, sanitizer hand wash to prevent the Covid-19

- Workers' camps are equipped with fire extinguishers and medicine cabinet.




- The contractor has not mobilized labor safety and environmental safety personnel; has not provided the personal protective equipment for workers sufficiently.




- Periodical health checkup plan has been prepared for workers. - The workers are provided facemask, sanitizer hand wash to prevent the Covid-19 - Workers' camps are equipped with fire extinguishers and medicine cabinet.

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The issue has not been fully complied with during the reporting period


- The contractor has not mobilized labor safety and environmental safety personnel.

DH/W1 Waste management


- Before the construction, the contractor has prepared a solid waste management plan and prepared to sign a contract with the waste treatment unit. - At the construction area of workers’ camp, the contractor arranged trash cans. The contractor also arranged a construction waste collection area. - Before being collected and disposed by a licensed waste carrier, solid waste is temporarily stored at the site in a prescribed area approved by the CSC and local authorities. - Waste packaging is protected against corrosion. - There is no fire at the burial or landfill of solid waste.

- Reusable materials such as wooden planks for trenching, steel, scaffolding materials, packing materials, etc. will be collected and separated from other waste sources for reuse as filler or for sale.


- Up to now, the contractor has not yet signed a contract with a functional unit to treat hazardous waste generated during the construction process.


- At the construction area of workers’ camp, the contractor arranged trash cans. The contractor also arranged a construction waste collection area. - Before being collected and disposed by a licensed waste carrier, solid waste is temporarily stored at the site in a prescribed area approved by the CSC and local authorities. - Waste packaging is protected against corrosion. - There is no fire at the burial or landfill of solid waste.


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The issue has not been complied with during the reporting period






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DH/W1 Mitigation of impacts on traffic activities


- The contractor has set up barriers, warning signs, traffic signs at construction routes.


- The concrete slabs at some manholes on routes T3, T6, T17C were broken or not installed yet, this negatively affected the traffic safety, the PISC1 consultant have issued Document No. RHDHV/PICS1/210630.1 dated June 30, 2021 to request the contractor to resolve the problems.


The contractor has provided barricade, warning sign, road sign on roads being under construction process


- The incomplete construction at route 3 on Nguyen Thi Dinh Street negatively affects traffic safety, PISC1 consultant have issued Document No. RHDHV/PICS1/210621.2 dated June 21, 2021 and

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Document No. RHDHV /PICS1/210630.1 dated June 30, 2021, to request the contractor to resolve the problem.

DH/W4 Complied with


DH/W5 Complied with


DH/W8 Complied with


DH/W1 Management of Air Quality, Dust and

Noise

Fully complied with

- During the construction process, on hot days, the contractor uses watering trucks to minimize dust emission (4 times/day) and the trucks carrying construction materials are covered to prevent spillage of materials during transportation.

- The workers are provided with facemask to avoid dust.

- All the equipment must be obtained "Regulation on quality inspection, technical safety and environmental protection" according to Decision No. 35/2005/QD-BGTVT.

- The construction area is frequently cleaned to avoid dusts in the surrounding area.

- Machine is frequently maintained to prevent noise and vibration during transportation and construction.

DH/W3 Fully complied with





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- The trucks carrying construction materials are covered to prevent spillage of materials during transportation.





The issue has not been fully complied with during the reporting period:

- The contractor should increase watering on vertical roads No. 2, No. 3, especially on hot and dry days (4-6 times/day).


- The trucks carrying construction materials are covered to prevent spillage of materials during transportation.


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The issue has not been fully complied with during the reporting period:

- The contractor should increase watering, about 4-6 times/day at the section of Km0.330-Km0.557 and the adjacent roads that the material transport vehicles often pass through.

DH/W1 Mitigation of the impacts of domestic wastewater

Fully complied with

- The worker’s camp area has a septic toilet, domestic wastewater is collected into a septic tank for treatment.

- The contractor and workers have complied with the regulations on environmental sanitation and maintained general sanitation.

- Mobile toilets have been built on the construction site for workers.


- The contractor mainly employs local workers and assigns one guard at night, so domestic wastewater is inconsiderable.









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Protection of cultural resources

- This issue is not applied for all packages including DH/W1, DH/W3, DH/W4, DH/W5, DH/W8

- The road construction does not affect to any cultural resources.

DH/W1 Purchase, transportation and storage of materials

Fully complied with

- Materials are transported to the construction site based on the construction plan, so there is no excess material on the construction site.

- Materials that are easily affected by weather such as cement and steel are carefully covered.


- Materials that are easily dispersed such as sand and gravel are daily cleaned after construction










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DH/W1 Control of erosion and landslide

Fully complied with

- The contractor applies the successive construction method to avoid prolonging excavation of open ditches and result in landslides.

- The embankment is carried out during the dry season.

- The deep ditches at the soft soil location are reinforced by piles to avoid landslides.


- The contractor applies the successive construction method to avoid prolonging excavation of open ditches and result in landslides

- The embankment is carried out during the dry season

- The deep ditches at the soft soil location are reinforced by piles to avoid landslides.




- The deep ditches at the soft soil locations are reinforced by piles to avoid landslides.




- The deep ditches at the soft soil locations are reinforced by piles to avoid landslides.


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DH/W1 Impacts on community services and facilities

Complied with

During the reporting period, no utility services were affected due to the contractor's activities.

DH/W3 Complied with


DH/W4 Complied with


DH/W5 Complied with

During the construction process, if there are any underground construction works, the contractor should announce the local people and coordinate with the stakeholders to resolve.

In this reporting period, route No. 1 and 2 still have problems with substations and power poles that have not been relocated.

DH/W8 Complied with

During the construction process, if there are any underground construction works, the contractor should announce the local people and coordinate with the stakeholders to resolve.

DH/W1 Public health and safety

Complied with

- The contractor has set up the barriers, warning sign around the construction site

- The speed of construction and materials transport vehicles is limited in accordance with regulations when passing through roads

DH/W3 Complied with



DH/W4 Complied with

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DH/W5 Complied with



DH/W8 Complied with




Covid-19 prevention

All packages DH/W1, DH/W3, DH/W4, DH/W5, DH/W8 complied with this issue.

Contractors have posted COVID-19 management posters, provided hand sanitizer and masks, and checked workers' temperatures.

During the Covid-19 outbreaks, the Contractor have requested workers to daily declare their personal diseases, travel schedules, wash their hands with antibacterial hand sanitizer before and after finishing work, suspended construction or performed work rotation, mobilized fewer than 10 workers at the construction site.

PISC1 regularly monitor and inspect contractors' implementation of COVID-19 prevention

Some photos of the compliance with environmental safety measures of the packages in the reporting period

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The barrier on Nguyen Thi Dinh street – DH/W3

The barrier at the construction area of pumping station No. 3 – DH/W3

Regulations on labor safety and fire prevention

Regulations on labor safety and fire prevention

Portable toilet for workers at construction site

Medicine cabinet at the worker's camp

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Transportation of sewer pipes to ensure traffic safety– DH/W5

The workers do not wear the personal protective equipment sufficiently – DH/W5

Trash cans at the construction site

Hazardous waste is collected

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Construction site warning sign

Construction and traffic warning signs

Hand sanitizer for workers at the workers’ camp

Workers wear personal protective equipment sufficiently

V. Environmental impact monitoring

A. Monitoring plan and responsibilities

PISC1 Consultant take responsibilities for environmental monitoring. The environmental monitoring program is implemented quarterly. The environmental parameters include air quality, surface water quality, noise and vibration. The three air quality monitoring parameters include: Noise, Dust, CO, SO2, NO2, and surface water quality monitoring parameters include: pH, Suspended Solids, BOD5, COD, Ammonium, Chloride, Iron, Lead, Total grease. During this reporting period, environmental monitoring activities have been carried out in March and June 2021.

B. Environmental monitoring component, number of samplings and monitoring methods

Sampling locations for environmental quality monitoring of the packages are determined in uEMP, air quality is monitored at 15 locations of the packages DH/W1, DH/W3, DH/W4, DH/W5

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and DH/W8, surface water quality is collected at 1 location on Nhat Le river (in the South of Nhat Le 1 bridge). Sampling locations have been kept unchanged in March and June 2021.

The specific sampling locations of each package are presented in the table 9 as below:

Table 9: Sampling locations of environmental monitoring

Location Parameter Package

Air quality monitoring

K1: At the intersection Tran Hung Dao and Quach Xuan Ky streets;

Noise level, Dust, CO, SO2, NO2

This location is outside the scope of the packages (the nearest package is DH/W3)

K2: At the intersection of Tran Hung Dao and Vo Nguyen Giap road;

Noise level, Dust, CO, SO2, NO2 DH/W3

K3: At junction between Nhat Le 2 Bridge and National Highway 1A;


K4: On Vo Nguyen Giap road, in front of Hai Dang guest house;


DH/W3

K5: At junction between Vo Nguyen Giap road and the end of Horizontal road 1, at Km 0 + 263.19;

Noise level, Dust, CO, SO2, NO2 DH/W3 and DH/W5



DH/W3 and DH/W5

K7: At junction between Vo Nguyen Giap and the end of Horizontal road 3, at Km 0 + 544.13;


DH/W3 and DH/W5

K8: At junction with the road passing Nhat Le Bridge 1 and Nguyen Thi Dinh Street;


K9: At the beginning of the road along the Nhat Le river (on the right of the bridge);

Noise level, Dust, CO, SO2, NO2 DH/W3.

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Location Parameter Package

K10: In front gate of Secondary School No.2 Bac Ly, TK11, Bac Ly Ward;


K11: On Quang Trung Street, in front of Bao Minh Trading Limited Company;


K12: On Truong Chinh street, turn to the new market Bac Ly;


DH/W1

K13: At junction between Huu Nghi Street and the road to Vietnam-Cuba Hospital;


K14: At the intersection of Tran Hung Dao Street and Ton That Thuyet Street (one side of Dong Phu Market);


DH/W1

K15: On National Highway 1A, at the short bridge.


DH/W1

Surface water monitoring

Nhat Le river (in the South of Nhat Le 1 bridge)

pH, Suspended Solids, BOD5, COD, Ammonium, Cl, Steel, Pb, Total Grease.

DH/W3

Specific sampling locations on the map are presented in the below figure

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Figure 2: Map of sampling locations

Note that Surface water monitoring sampling location is adjacent sampling location of K9 on the map

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C. Monitoring results

1. Results of air quality monitoring

Details of the results of the two monitoring periods are shown in the following table:

Table 10: Results of air quality monitoring

No. Location

March 2021 June 2021

TPS μg/m3

SO2

μg/m3

NO2

μg/m3

CO μg/m3

Noise dBA

TPS μg/m3

SO2 μg/m3

NO2 μg/m3

CO μg/m3

Noise dBA

1 K1: At the intersection Tran Hung Dao and Quach Xuan Ky streets;

200 32 41 4560 69,2 180 26 35 3675 66,7

2 K2: At the intersection of Tran Hung Dao and Vo Nguyen Giap road;

90 29 56 4215 63,7 70 19 28 3210 60,2

3 K3: At junction between Nhat Le 2 Bridge and National Highway 1A;

180 48 63 5230 73,5 150 36 47 3970 70,8

4 K4: On Vo Nguyen Giap road, in front of Hai Dang guest house;

80 26 32 3265 61,2 70 <10 <10 <3000 62,4

5


90 35 40 3415 61,8 110

<10 <10 <3000 58,6

6


130 42 51 3875 62,4 170

29 41 3455 63,7

7

K7: At junction between Vo Nguyen Giap and the end of Horizontal road 3, at Km 0 + 544.13;

70 29 38 3250 58,2 190

38 52 3570 61,1

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No. Location


TPS μg/m3

SO2

μg/m3

NO2

μg/m3

CO μg/m3

Noise dBA

TPS μg/m3

SO2 μg/m3

NO2 μg/m3

CO μg/m3

Noise dBA

8 K8: At junction with the road passing Nhat Le Bridge 1 and Nguyen Thi Dinh Street;

140 41 59 5630 68,3 160 22 35 3300 65,9

9 K9: At the beginning of the road along the Nhat Le river (on the right of the bridge);

60 38 46 3920 57,9 60 <10 <10 <3000 58,9

10 K10: In front gate of Secondary School No.2 Bac Ly, group 11, Bac Ly Ward;

120 44 58 4360 68,0 90 <10 <10 <3000 60,5

11 K11: On Quang Trung Street, in front of Bao Minh Trading Limited Company;

130 32 41 4975 68,7 150

40 56 3890 70,8

12 K12: On Truong Chinh street, turn to the new market Bac Ly;

90 43 65 5390 72,5 100 26 39 3325 60,4

13 K13: At junction between Huu Nghi Street and the road to Vietnam-Cuba Hospital;

80 34 48 4265 74,1 140

30 51 4010 73,3

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K14: At the intersection of Tran Hung Dao Street and Ton That Thuyet Street (one side of Dong Phu Market);

110 39 45 4360 75,6 130

34 49 4245 72,6

15 K15: On National Highway 1A, at the short bridge.

170 42 61 4610 73,1 140 37 52 3960 68,6

QCVN 05:2013/BTNMT

300 350 200 30.000 70 300 350 200 30.000 70*

(*): QCVN 26:2010/BTNMT (8h): National Technical Regulation on Noise

QCVN 05:2013/BTNMT: National Technical Regulation on Ambient Air Quality

The results of ambient air quality monitoring in this reporting period show that all parameters are within the permissible limits of the standards according to QCVN 05:2013/BTNMT, except for noise at locations K3. , K12, K13, K14, K15 in the monitoring period in March 2021 and the

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location at K11, K13, K14 in the monitoring period in June 2021 are higher than the permissible limits. The reason for this issue is the participation of many other means of transport at the time of monitoring.

Comparing the monitoring results in March and June 2021 with the background environmental monitoring results sampled and analyzed during the preparation phase of the EIA report in May 2018 (The background environment results are included in Appendix 3 of the report), it shows that the monitoring parameters fluctuate as follows:

- TPS: The results at the sampling locations in March 2021 and June 2021 are higher than the background environment results in May 2018. However, all values of the TPS parameters are below the permissible limits.

- NO2: The results at 14/15 sampling locations in June 2021 are lower than the background environmental results in May 2022, while the results in March 2021 had 9/15 locations which are lower than the background environmental results, but all locations are within the permissible limits.

Figure 3: Comparison of TPS in March and June 2021 with the background environment in May 2018 and QCVN 05:/2013/BTNMT

Figure 4: Comparison of NO2 in March and June 2021 with the background environment in May 2018 and QCVN

05:/2013/BTNMT

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

K1

K3

K5

K7

K9

K11

K13

K15

TPS μg/m3

TPS μg/m3 Mar-21 TPS μg/m3 May-18 TPS μg/m3 Jun-21

0 50 100 150 200 250

K1

K3

K5

K7

K9

K11

K13

K15

NO2 μg/m3

NO2 μg/m3 Jun-21 NO2 μg/m3 Mar-21 NO2 μg/m3 May-18

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- SO2: The results of all sampling locations in March and June 2021 are lower than the background environment in May 2018 and lower than the permissible limits.

Figure 5: Comparison of SO2 in March and June 2021 with the background environment in May 2018 and QCVN 05:/2013/BTNMT

- CO: In March 2021, the results of 5/15 sampling locations are lower than the background environment while in June 2021, the results of 10/15 locations are lower than the background environment. In general, all results of the 2 monitoring periods are within limits of QCVN 05:/2013/BTNMT

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

SO2 μg/m3

SO2 μg/m3 Jun-21 SO2 μg/m3 May-18 SO2 μg/m3 Mar-21

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Figure 6: Comparison of CO in March and June 2021 with the background environment in May 2018 and QCVN 05:/2013/BTNMT

Noise: Most of the monitoring results in March and June 2021 are lower than the background environment in May 2018 because most of the results in May 2018 are above the permissible limits. During the monitoring period in March 2021, the results of noise at 5 locations K3, K12, K13, K14, K15 and 3 locations K11, K13, K14 in the monitoring period in June 2021 were higher than the permissibe limits of QCVN 26:2010/BTNMT. Many means of transport at the intersections at the monitoring time is considered to be the primary reason for the noise problem at these monitoring locations. Mitigation measures of contractors have been mentioned above.

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

CO μg/m3

CO μg/m3 May-18 CO μg/m3 Mar-21 CO μg/m3 Jun-21

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Figure 7: Comparison of noise in March and June 2021 with background environment in May 2018 and QCVN 05:/2013/BTNMT

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

Noise dBA

Noise dBA Mar-21 Noise dBA May-18 Noise dBA Jun-21

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2. Results of surface water quality monitoring:

Surface water is monitored at a location of the package DH/W3 with 9 parameters. Monitoring results in 2 sampling periods in March and June 2021 are presented in the table 11 below.

Table 11: Results of surface water quality monitoring

No. Parameter Unit Result MT 08-MT: 2015/BTNMT


1 pH 8,1 7,9 5,5 - 9

2 TSS mg/l 22 18 ≤100

3 BOD5 mg/l 13,1 16,5 ≤25

4 COD mg/l 29,6 30,4 ≤50

5 NH4+ (based on Nitrogen)

mg/l 0,27 0,21 ≤1

6 Chloride mg/l 6665 6688,92 -

7 Total iron mg/l 0,8 0,1 ≤2

8 Pb mg/l <0,002 <0,002 ≤0,05

9 Oil & grease mg/l <0,3 <0,3 ≤0,3

The results show that all monitoring parameters are within the permissible limits of QCVN 08-MT: 2015/BTNMT – National technical regulation on surface water quality.

Comparing the surface water monitoring results in March and June 2021 with the background environmental results during the preparation phase of the EIA report in May 2018 shows that the pH, TSS, BOD5, COD are higher, but all of the parameters are below the permissible limits.

In terms of the ammonium, iron, and lead, the monitoring results in March and June also show that they are all higher than the background environmental results, except that the Total grease remains unchanged in all three monitoring times.

The results of background environmental are included in Appendix 3 of the report

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Figure 8: Comparison of surface water monitoring results in March and June 2021 with the background environment

VI. Public consultation, grievance redress mechanism

A. Public consultation and information disclosure The EIA of the Project, the environmental protection plan of DH/W1, DH/W3, DH/W4, DH/W5,

DH/W8 have been published in Bao Ninh commune. Besides, the contractor also provided an

information board about the project including name, package, design consultant, supervision

consultant, construction contractor, and location.

In this reporting period, the DH/PISC1 supervision consultant only conducted the public

consultations in the form of direct interviews with a few households surrounding the construction

site of DH/W1, DH/W3, DH/W4, DH/W5, DH/W8. The results of the interview are as follows:

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Mar-21 May-18 Jun-21 QCVN 08-MT:2015/BTNMT

Nước mặt (mg/l)

Surface water

pH Chất rắn lơ lửng BOD5 COD

Surface water (mg/l)

TSS

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

Mar-21 May-18 Jun-21 QCVN 08-MT:2015/BTNMT

Surface water

Amoni (tính theo N) Sắt Chì Tổng dầu mỡIronAmmoniumAmmonium Lead Total gease

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- All participants were well-aware of the construction and supported the construction. Local

people living around the construction site in Phu Hai ward, Bac Ly junction, Nguyen Thi

Dinh street, Truong Chinh, Nhat Le, Ly Thuong Kiet, Huu Nghi, Hoang Xuan Han street

confirmed that they had not been affected by the construction activities and there had been

no labor accidents or environmental incidents since the commencement of construction of

the packages.

- The list of the interviewees is added in Appendix 4 of the report

B. Grievance redress mechanism Before the construction of DH/W1, DH/W3, DH/W4, DH/W5, DH/W8, the grievance redress

mechanism (GRM) has been established and operated since 2019 in order to address community

concerns and assist the project to maximize environmental and social benefits.

The GRM has been disclosed to APs through the meetings, public consultations with

representatives of the PMU, PISC1, contractors, and local authority & AHs.

When the construction of the packages starts, the contractor will publish information board at the

gate of the construction area or close to the construction area including information about the

project name, package, design consultant, supervision consultant, construction contractor,

location, so that the AHs can know and contact if any complaints occur.

PMU has been setting up a system to monitor and record complaints. This system includes:

- Tracking forms and procedures for grievance redress.

- Processes for informing stakeholders about the status of a case;

- Procedures to retrieve data for reporting purposes, including the periodic reports to the

ADB.

Additionally, the procedure available under the Civil Law and the Land Law No. 45/2013/QH13;

Law on Complaints No. 02/2011/QH13; and Decree No. 47/2014/ND-CP

In the public consultations, the GRM was discussed and all AHs agreed with the proposed GRM.

By the reporting period, the PMU found out that

- Number of new grievances, since the last follow up, if any: 0

- Number of resolved complaints: 0

- Number of unresolved complaints: 0

VII. Capacity building activities The implementation of capacity building activities for the Project is essential and should be

integrated in the project construction process.

In July 2020, with the assistance of the PISC1 Consultant, PMU organized the training on ADB environmental safeguard policy for contractors of package DH/W3, DH/W4, DH/W8 and PMU staff. Contractors were provided with basic information about the environmental management system, environmental compliance requirements according to ADB policies, as well as experience in implementing mitigation measures at the construction site. In addition, the consultant also guided the contractor on how to prepare monthly environmental reports.

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Figure 9: Training on ADB environmental safeguard policy for the PMU staff and contractors

Plan of capacity building training on environmental safeguards for the remaining contractors DH/W1, DH/W8… was submitted by PISC1 and approved by PMU in June 2021. However, due to the complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic and the State's regulations on the Covid-19 prevention (limiting mass gatherings), training sessions on environmental capacity building have not been carried out in this reporting period.

The PISC1 consultant proposes the expected training plan in the near future as follows:

- Training on environmental safety policy for contractors of package DH/W1, DH/W8.

- The training period: 01 day in October 2021 or November 2021, the specific training time will be agreed with the PMU after the COVID19 epidemic is basically under control.

- The training content will introduce ADB safeguard policy, the contractor's compliance with the EMP, mitigation measures at the site, supervision process of the contractor's environmental safety staff, and reporting the environmental compliance. Specific training program and training materials will be submitted to the PMU for consideration and approval.

- Environmental Expert of PISC1 Consultant is responsible for conducting the training. In case the expert cannot conduct offline training in Dong Hoi, an online training plan will be developed and submitted.

VIII. KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

A. Key identified environmental issues and corrective actions in the previous reporting period In the previous reporting period, the existing environmental issues and the status of corrective

actions are shown in the following table:

Table 12: Key environmental issues in the previous reporting period

Package Key issues Schedule Status of compliance

DH/W1 - Sign contract with a functional unit for hazardous waste collection and treatment.

4th quarter 2021

The contractor is seeking for a service provider to sign the contract

- Supplement personal protective equipment for workers

January 2021 Complied with

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- Lack of Covid-19 preventive measures

January 2021 Fully complied with

- The information board is insufficiently updated, particularly the contact address of the PMU, contractor and the PISC1 supervision consultant.


- Lack of documents of environmental, labor health and safety



4th quarter 2021







January 2021

Fully complied with


January 2021

Fully complied with


4th quarter 2021



January 2021 Not fully complied with



- The information board is insufficiently updated, particularly the contact address

January 2021

Fully complied with

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of the PMU, contractor and the PISC1 supervision consultant.


January 2021

Fully complied with


4th quarter 2021







January 2021

Fully complied with


January 2021

Fully complied with


4th quarter 2021







January 2021

Fully complied with


January 2021

Fully complied with

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- Excavated sand on the road resulted in the air pollution and negatively affected the households living near the river.

January 2021

Fully complied with

B. Environmental issues should be resolved in the first six months of 2021.

There are several issues that contractors have not carried out since the beginning of the contract, including:

- Organizing training on labor safety for workers

- Signing a contract with a hazardous waste collection unit (waste oil and grease).

- Developing the Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control plan

The prolonged and complicated development of the Covid-19 epidemic is considered the primary reason that has affected the contractors’ performance. PISC1 Consultant have requested the contractors to remind and disseminate safety measures at every weekly meeting, so far there have not been any labor safety incidents occurring in all packages. Waste oil and grease are currently being collected by contractors into boxes and stored at the camp to find a collection and treatment unit. Besides, the contractors are preparing the Covid-19 prevention plan to submit to PMU for approval, and the contractor still applies epidemic prevention measures during the construction process. Specific details of each issue and implementation responsibilities are shown in Table 13 below.

The remaining environmental issues of each package in this reporting period are listed in Table 8, with corrective actions and schedule shown in Table 13.

Table 13: Key environmental issues in this reporting period

Key environmental issues

Corrective actions Schedule Responsibility

The remaining environmental issues in the previous reporting period

- Labor safety training for workers

The contractors prepare the plan for labor safety training for workers

- Organize on-site training in small groups to ensure safety and epidemic prevention

- Report the training implementation in the monthly report

4th quarter 2021

The contractors of package DH/W1, DH/W3, DH/W4, DH/W5, DH/W8

PISC1 supervises the implementation

- Sign contract with a functional unit for hazardous waste collection and treatment. (waste grease).

Contractors review the expected volume of waste oil and grease of all packages, the utilization of waste grease and the remaining volume that should be treated; Propose a proper treatment plan

4th quarter 2021


PISC1 supervises the implementation

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- Development of Covid-19 prevention plan

Based on the Covid-19 epidemic prevention regulations of Quang Binh province, the contractors develop the plan

The contractors are implementing

(3rd 2021)


PISC1 Consultant reviews and approves

Remaining environmental issues in this reporting period (specified in Table 8)

DH/W1

The concrete slabs at some manholes on routes T3, T6, T17C were broken or not installed yet, this negatively affected the traffic safety.

The contractor has inspected these concrete slabs and supplement new ones.

The PISC1 consultant have issued Document No. RHDHV/PICS1/210630.1 dated June 30, 2021 to request the contractor to resolve the problems.

July - August 2021

Contractor - Vietnam Water and Environment Investment Corporation- JSC

PISC1 Consultant /PMU

DH/W3

The incomplete construction at route 3 on Nguyen Thi Dinh Street negatively affected traffic safety,

Contractors should use soft fences and warning signs to ensure traffic safety. PISC1 consultant have issued Document No. RHDHV/PICS1/210621.2 dated June 21, 2021 and Document No. RHDHV /PICS1/210630.1 dated June 30, 2021, to request the contractor to resolve the problem.

July - August 2021

Contractor - Vietnam Water and Environment Investment Corporation- JSC


DH/W4

The contractor has not mobilized labor safety and environmental safety personnel; have not provided enough personal protective equipment for workers

The contractor should implement the following measures:

- Check the insufficient types of personal protective equipment and fully provide for the workers

- Supervise and remind the workers to wear personal protective equipment when

July - August 2021

Joint Venture of Tien Dat Construction Company Limited, Long Thanh Construction Joint Stock Company and 688 Consulting Joint Stock Company


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working on the construction site

- Mobilize labor safety and environmental safety officers to supervise the implementation of environmental impacts mitigation measures on the construction site.

DH/W5

The vertical routes No. 2, No. 3 are dusty due to contractor' construction vehicles

Contractor should increase watering, about 4-6 times/day on these routes on the hot and dry days.

July - August 2021

Infrastructure Development and Construction Joint Stock Company PISC1 Consultant/PMU

The contractor has not mobilized labor safety and environmental safety personnel; has not provided enough personal protective equipment for workers

The contractor should implement the following measures:

- Check the insufficient types of personal protective equipment and fully provide for the workers

- Supervise and remind the workers to wear personal protective equipment when working on the construction site

- Mobilize labor safety and environmental safety officers to supervise the implementation of environmental impacts mitigation measures on the construction site.

July - August 2021

Infrastructure Development and Construction Joint Stock Company PISC1 Consultant/PMU

DH/W8

The contractor has not mobilized labor safety and environmental safety personnel.

PISC1 Consultant requests the contractor to mobilize labor safety and environmental safety officers to supervise the implementation of environmental impacts mitigation measures on the construction site.

July 2021 471 Joint Stock Company

PISC1 Consultant/PMU

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Contractor's material transport vehicles often pass through and generate dust at the section of Km0.330 - Km0.557 and adjacent roads.

Contractor should increase watering, about 4-6 times/day on these routes.

PISC1 supervises the contractor's implementation

July - August 2021

471 Joint Stock Company

PISC1 Consultant/PMU

IX. Conclusions and recommendations

A. Overall Progress of Implementation of Environmental Management Measures The environmental management system of the project has been established and operated rather

effectively. All environmental requirements from both ADB and the Government have been

implemented.

During the reporting period, the stakeholders namely the Project Management Unit, PISC1 Consultant, the construction supervisor, and the Contractor, have sufficiently performed the required tasks in compliance with the environmental safety policy. Specifically:

PISC1 consultant taking responsibilities for construction supervision and capacity building conducts monitoring of EMP compliance activities of contractors at the construction site, requests immediate corrective actions for unsatisfactory issues. Periodic monitoring in the first 6 months of 2021 has been carried out by PISC1 as planned. Monitoring results of environmental components are updated in this reporting period. The PISC1 consultant will continue to carry out the monitoring in the last 6 months of 2021 as planned. Monitoring results will be updated in the next reporting period. The PISC1 consultant prepares the environmental safety monitoring report for the first 6 months of 2021 for the PMU to consider and approve. The PISC1 consultant complies with the requirements of COVID-19 prevention according to local regulations, and simultaneously, monitors and reminds contractors about this work. During the site monitoring process, the PISC1 consultant also consulted the people around the construction site about the impacts of construction activities, so far, in the current reporting period, there have been no complaints from the local people.

Contractors of packages DH/W1, DH/W3, DH/W4, DH/W5, DH/W8 have taken corrective actions as required from the previous ADB review; complied with COVID-19 prevention measures including the preparation of a COVID19 prevention plan in order to carry out construction under new normal conditions. The contractors are preparing the Covid-19 prevention plan to submit to PMU for approval. During construction, the contractors not only relatively effectively implement the environmental mitigation measures, but also maintain and comply with the report preparation.

The PMU conducts site inspections, discusses and reminds contractors to improve the implementation of environmental measures. The PMU has reviewed the Environmental Safety Monitoring Report for the first 6 months of 2021 prepared by the PISC1 consultant and submitted it to ADB for consideration and comments. The PMU also regularly supervises the opinions of people around the construction site of the packages in order to propose timely measures.

B. Proposed actions The remaining environmental issues of the Project during this reporting period are clearly

presented in section B, part VIII. Relevant agencies are required to mobilize resources to urgently

resolve these issues.

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In the context of complicated developments of the Covid-19, the contractor is required to

sufficiently comply with the Covid-19 preventive measures during the construction process to

ensure the workers’ health and safety.

The environmental monitoring program should be carried out as planned in the next reporting period. According to the construction progress and the current status of Covid-19, PISC1 Consultant and the sampling unit should arrange a reasonable sampling plan to ensure the safety and comply with the requirements of the Government.

When the Covid-19 epidemic is under control, training courses on labor safety, environmental sanitation and HIV should be promptly implemented.

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APPENDIXES

1. Document of site supervision of PISC

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Appendix 2: Monitoring results in phase 1, March 2021

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Monitoring results of phase 2, June 2021

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Appendix 3: Background environmental monitoring results according to the EIA report of the Project

Results of measurement of air quality in the project area

No Location

Parameter

Temperatur

e

(0C)

CO

(mg/m3)

NO2

(mg/m3)

SO2

(mg/m3)

Dust

(mg/m3)

Noise

(dBA)

1 K1 30 4,504 0,056 0,08 0,07 74,1

2 K2 31 4,488 0,074 0,10 0,07 80,2

3 K3 31 3,366 0,055 0,08 0,07 72,6

4 K4 32 <3 0,037 0,05 0,06 68,2

5 K5 32 <3 0,055 0,08 0,07 67,5

6 K6 32 <3 0,037 0,05 0,06 68,5

7 K7 32 3,354 0,055 0,08 0,07 67,1

8 K8 33 3,345 0,055 0,08 0,06 70,3

9 K9 32 <3 0,037 0,05 0,06 63,9

10 K10 31 4,488 0,055 0,08 0,07 72,8

11 K11 31 3,366 0,055 0,08 0,07 74,2

12 K12 32 3,354 0,055 0,08 0,07 75,0

13 K13 32 4,472 0,074 0,10 0,07 79,3

14 K14 32 4,472 0,055 0,08 0,08 78,2

15 K15 31 3,366 0,074 0,10 0,07 73,5

Permissible

limits - ≤ 30 ≤ 0,2 ≤ 0,35 ≤ 0,3 ≤ 70

Notes:

- Date of sampling: 02/05/2018;

- Sampling locations as required in the uEMP of the Project.

Results of analysis of surface water quality in the project area

No. Parameter Unit

Result QCVN 08-

MT:2015/BTNMT

(Column B1) M1 M2 M3

1 pH 7,36 7,60 7,65 5,5 - 9

2 Suspended solids mg/l 6 9 8

3 BOD5 mg/l 8,7 9,6 7,6 ≤ 15

4 COD mg/l 14 16 12 ≤ 30

5 Ammonium (in N) mg/l 0,06 0,58 0,10 ≤ 0,9

6 Chloride mg/l 83,8 91 91,4 ≤ 350

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7 Iron mg/l 0,05 <0,03 0,05 ≤ 1,5

8 Lead mg/l <0,0012 <0,0012 <0,0012 ≤ 0,05

9 Total grease mg/l <0,3 <0,3 <0,3 ≤ 1

Notes:

QCVN 08-MT:2015/BTNMT - National technical regulation on surface water quality

Date of sampling: 02/05/2018.

Sampling locations:

- M1: Nhat Le river, section passing Nhat Le 1 bridge;

- M2: 100m downstream from M1;

- M3: Nhat Le river, section passing Nhat Le 2 bridge;

Appendix 4: List of local people participating in the consultations/exchanging opinions at the construction site

No. Name Address Phone

Number

1 Trần Thị Cách 10A, Hoang Xuan Han, Bac Ly Ward

932375303

2 Nguyễn Thị Hoa Lane 85 - Ly Thuong Kiet

333044162

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3 Võ Thị Thanh Lane 85 - Ly Thuong Kiet

333425439

4 Nguyễn Thanh Tùng Residential Group 13 - Bac Ly Ward

912912746

5 Ngô Mậu Quân 49 Truong Chinh street 912921672

6 Lê Anh Tuấn 62 Huu Nghi street 978888181

7 Phạm Hải Nam 74 Huu Nghi street 888718678

8 Trần Thị Hải Lý 74 Huu Nghi street 819531352

9 Nguyễn Thị Liên Bac Ly juntions

10 Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng Bac Ly juntions

11 Trương Thị Mùi Bac Ly juntions

912386247

12 Phạm Thị Thu Hoài 57 Huu Nghi street 888968777

13 Phạm Thị Oanh 102 Nguyen Thi Dinh, Bao Ninh commune

14 Lê Thị Loan Nguyen Thi Dinh, Bao Ninh commune

15 Lại Thị Vân Nguyen Thi Dinh, Bao Ninh commune

16 Lại Thị Anh Nguyen Thi Dinh, Bao Ninh commune

17 Nguyễn Thị Thu Huyền Nguyen Thi Dinh, Bao Ninh.

18 Đoàn Văn Năm 203 Nhat Le, Bao Ninh commune

19 Hồ Minh Xuân 125 Nhat Le, Bao Ninh commune

20 Hà Việt Hưng Phu Hai ward

21 Hoàng THám Phu Hai ward

22 Hoàng Giảng Phu Hai ward

23 Trần Thị Hậu Phu Hai ward

24 Phạm Thị Liên Phu Hai ward

25 Võ Văn Nguyên Phu Hai ward

26 Phạm Thị Hoa Phu Hai ward

27 Nguyễn Văn Thái Phu Hai ward

28 Nguyễn Văn Sửu Phu Hai ward

29 Lê Xuân Tiến Phu Hai ward

30 Võ Quốc Phượng Phu Hai ward

31 Lê Thị Tuấn Phu Hai ward

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