The Determinants of successful Implementation of Government Projects in Vietnam: A case of Ho Chi Minh City projects
Abstract
The study examined the determinants of successful implementation of government projects in Vietnam in the case of Ho Chi Minh City projects. The specific objectives of the study was to determine the role of stakeholders participation on infrastructural projects implementation in Ho Chi Minh City projects in Vietnam, to establish the influence of human resource on infrastructural projects implementation in Ho Chi Minh City projects in Vietnam, to examine the impact of governance on infrastructural projects implementation in Ho Chi Minh City projects in Vietnam and to establish the effect of adequate budgetary allocation on infrastructural projects implementation in Ho Chi Minh City projects in Vietnam. The study was anchored on two theories, namely, resource-based view and human capital theory. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The targeted population of the study was 893 respondents that were drawn from the employees working in six major projects within Ho Chi Minh City projects. The sample size of the data was 276. The findings of the study established that stakeholder participation, human resource, governance and adequate budgetary allocation were positively and significantly related to the successful implementation of infrastructure projects. The study concluded that that stakeholder participation increases the successful implementation of infrastructure projects in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam since there was a positive and significant relationship between stakeholder participation and the successful implementation of infrastructure projects. The study also concluded that there exists a positive and significant relationship between human resources and the successful implementation of infrastructure projects. Besides, the study concluded that there exists a positive and significant relationship between governance and the successful implementation of infrastructure projects.
Keywords: Stakeholder participation, human resource, governance, adequate budgetary allocation infrastructure projects, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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