Viet Nam needs concrete plans for disaster reduction

Viet Nam needs to do more for reducing natural disasters, according to experts at a conference held in Ha Noi today, reports Viet Nam News. The conference, which was organised to introduce Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2015, offered a chance for policy-makers and experts to discuss policy implications for Viet Nam.

Kroos Neefjies, Climate Change Policy Advisor to the United Nations Development Programme, said there are 17 things that can be done. "For example, Viet Nam needs to improve its early warning system so that it can alert the people faster and better, as well as prepare their evacuation more promptly and more quickly."