Preparatory study on health system development of Mekong Delta Region (13 provinces), re-organisation of healthcare or regionalisation of decentralised system, supply/demand-side constraints and interventions. These involve examination of health status, health system, health provision/utilisation, health seeking behaviour, curative and preventive care, health promotion and financing. Project design for health service strengthening project for curative & preventive care, medical education, healthcare for the poor and management capacity. This includes synthesizing issues within strategic context (sector issues, government strategy and strategic choices); development objectives; integral/coherent project components with detailed outlines, benefits, policy/institutional reform supported, performance indicators; logical framework; implementation arrangements; budget estimate.