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The Ministry of Agriculture and UN agencies held a ceremony in Hue for the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction and ASEAN Day for Disaster Management on October 11, highlighting disaster preparedness efforts.
As Vietnam is expected to be in the first 30 'extreme risk' countries affected by climate change related disasters, the Norway Foreign Ministry is helping the nation by financing a US$1.8 million five-year long DRR project...
'These are great losses for developing countries like Vietnam', said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the United Nations Development Programme at the Vietnam launch of the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2011 in Hanoi today...
'It is necessary to raise public awareness on the need to actively prevent natural disasters to cope with the upcoming storm season,' reports VOV. 'If the State and citizens work together to take an active role in preventing and combating natural disasters, human and material losses will be much reduced'....
A seminar on climate change adaptation in Vietnam was jointly held in Hanoi this week aimed at sharing experiences on climate change adaptation, as well as to set up a joint cooperation mechanism on climate change education in Vietnam, reports VOV News...
'Vietnam has been working hard to realize its international commitments to reduce natural calamities and adjust to climate change,' said Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai at the second national forum on natural disaster reduction and climate change adjustment held recently in Hanoi, reports VOV...
The Japanese Ministry of Land and Infrastructure has sent six experts to conduct a survey in Vietnam asking local authorities to identify specific areas affected by flooding in order to propose preventive measures and plan roads for the evacuation of people from flood-prone areas...
VOV interviews Vu Van Tu, deputy head of the Department for Dyke Management and Flood and Storm Prevention and Control on preparations being made to protect the dyke system and cope with disasters during the flood and storm season...
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