The strong
provincial focus of the first phase GCF has proven successful as it facilitated
the emergence of localised and very targeted business services in the provinces
where the BSPS operated. It assisted to bring services directly to where they
are needed thus stimulating growth beyond the economic growth centres of Vietnam. This
success, however, was only possible through the presence of the GCF in the
provinces. The next phase GCF will therefore maintain the provincial focus. It
will continue to work in the provinces Nghe An, Khanh Hoa and Lam Dong, to
capitalize on the existing networks and the trust GCF has built in the
meantime, and to further strengthen the value chains that were previously
targeted. However, to extend the impact of GCF in its final phase, the number
of target provinces will be increased to eight, i.e. five new provinces will be
included into the new component...