Mainstreaming disaster resilience in Vietnam

This paper is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management (DRM) initiatives. It presents the progress made in building resilience against risk from natural disasters and climate change in Vietnam with large scale impacts across a variety of sectors including transportation, urban and rural development, hydrological and meteorological monitoring services (hydromet), and water resource management. It describes: (i) its context; (ii) the World Bank approach; (iii) the results and achievements; (iv) the lessons learned; and (iv) the next steps, including supporting the implementation of Vietnam’s new DRM law, including the development of a Government-led platform to coordinate the financing and implementation of DRM investments.