<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif">(Please feel free to inform anyone likely to be interested.)</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dear Sir/Madam,</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">In recent years, a number of countries of the Southeast Asia region have been experimenting with performance based financing (PBF) mechanism in health sector.  Approaches and methods of PBF in health differ, however all of them share the main objective of improving performance of health service providers (health facilities) reaching priority populations with health services of need and with services of higher quality.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Vietnam has been witnessing two co-exiting pilot initiatives (in Nghe An province with support from the World Bank and in Cao Bang and Bac Kan provinces with support from Lux Development) in the last 2 years.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">VIE/027 Project proposes a Workshop to seek to be an international information dissemination event: a practice exchange forum where stakeholders and participants can share their experience and learn from each other. It will be learning to compare developed PBF systems, define their similarities and differences in of design, methodology and effects/impact.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The Workshop also intends to serve a special purpose for Vietnam stakeholders: based on regional experience and lessons from the two pilot initiatives to start national level consultations on the rationale and options of sustaining PBF in the health sector.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Intended participants/audience:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">International guests/participants: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">represent MOH, other key implementing parties and donor agencies supporting the PBF implementation in health</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">VIE participants:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Domestic: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Ministry of Health; Vietnam Social Security (VSS); Provincial Department of Health (Nghe An, Cao Bang, Bac Kan); Provincial VSS (Nghe An, Cao Bang, Bac Kan); representatives of pilot districts Nghe An, Cao Bang, Bac Kan); representatives of pilot facilities (especially those with poster presentations of their work)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">International: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Lux Development; World Bank; EU, WHO, UN; VIE/027 project team; project Central North Region Health Support Project (CNRHSP) team; EU Health Facility project team</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Workshop Agenda:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The event is envisaged for one day and a half, on 22 &amp; 23 October 2015 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Please find detailed agenda in the attached file.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Logistics:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">There will be no fee to pay for attending the Workshop, and lunches and coffee breaks will be provided free of charge.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> However, travel and accommodation expenses will be the responsibility of participants.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Registration:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">If interested in participating, please mark your calendar for the above dates and complete the information in the following link before <b>Friday,</b> <b>25 September 2015.</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"><a href="http://goo.gl/forms/nNr3zt9RqL" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://goo.gl/forms/nNr3zt9RqL</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">For specific inquiries, please contact Ms Yen Pham Thi; email:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"><a href="mailto:vie027@luxdev.lu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">vie027@luxdev.lu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)">; </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Cell phone:   (+84) 901 778 489.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Many thanks for your application and interest in participating in the Workshop.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">With best regards,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a name="14fb0105efac8ec5_14fac08bda2e5129_14fabb004acd3123_14faad" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:green">Raja Chowdhry</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:green">Senior Technical Advisor</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:green">LUX - DEVELOPMENT</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:green">Luxembourg Agency for Development Cooperation</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:green">Cell phone: <span style="letter-spacing:-0.5pt">  091 239 2003  </span>      Email: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><a href="mailto:Raja.chowdhry@luxdev.lu" target="_blank"><span style="color:green">Raja.chowdhry@luxdev.lu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">__________________________</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><a href="http://www.luxdev.lu/" target="_blank">www.luxdev.lu</a></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">DISCLAIMER</span></i></b><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Any views expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual sender only and cannot constitute a formal commitment by LuxDev.</span></i></b><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The information contained herein is intended solely for the attention of the addressee and may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the message and its attachments and notify the sender. Copying, disclosing or using this e-mail for any purpose may be unlawful.</span></i></b><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;color:rgb(39,107,6)">Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.</span></i></b><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;color:rgb(0,100,7)">Be GREEN, keep it on the SCREEN</span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> </p></div>