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Viet Nam: Government leads region in climate change challenge

9 Mar 2010, IRIN

Serious efforts are under way to respond to the impact of climate change in Vietnam but a lack of capacity and resources remains a challenge, experts say. Vietnam is the country most threatened by rising sea levels, according to World Bank studies...


National Platform
Human Exposure
Hazard type Population
exposed
Percentage of population
Cyclone 872,234
Drought 1,518,480
Flood 3,403,041
Landslide 14,538
 
Earthquake 52,545
Tsunami 269,834
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Storm 1980 9,027,174
Storm 1980 6,624,710
Flood 2000 5,000,004
Storm 1989 4,635,762
Flood 1999 3,504,412
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
Data version: v11.08   *: Including tsunami
Data displayed does not imply national endorsement.
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