ADB Asian Development Bank
AFD Agence Française de Développement (France)
AusAID Australian Agency for International Development
BADC Belgium Administration for Development Cooperation
BMZ Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (Germany)
BOD biochemical oxygen demand
BOT build-operate-transfer
CIDA Canadian International Development Agency
COD chemical oxygen demand
DANIDA Danish International Development Agency
DFID Department for International Development (United Kingdom)
DDC Department for Development Cooperation
DOSTE Department of Science,Technology, and Environment (Vietnam)
DPC District Peoples Committee
EIA environmental impact assessment
EPZ export processing zone
EU European Union
EVN Electricity of Vietnam
FINNIDA Finland International Development Agency
HCMC Ho Chi Minh City
IE industrial estate
IFAD International Fund for Agriculture Development
IFC International Finance Corporation
IP industrial park
IZ industrial zone
JBIC Japan Bank for International Cooperation
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
kWp peak kilowatt
MARD Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Vietnam)
MOSTE Ministry of Science,Technology,and Environment (Vietnam)
MPI Ministry of Planning and Investment (Vietnam)
NASDA National Association of State Development Agencies
NEA National Environmental Agency
NetGov Government of the Netherlands
NORAD Norway Agency for Development Cooperation
ODA overseas development assistance
OECF Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (Japan)
PV photovoltaic
SDC Swiss Development Cooperation
SIDA Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
UNDP United Nations Development Program
WFP World Food Program (United Nations)
Note: Dollar amounts given in the text are, unless otherwise noted, in U.S.dollars. Calculations from Vietnamese currency have been figured at 14,500 dong to the dollar.
