Viet Nam: Decision of the Prime Minister to approve the project Community awareness raising and community-based disaster risk management, 2009
This document provides the legal approval for a community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM) project. The project aims to raise community awareness and effectively organize the model of CBDRM for all levels and line agencies, particularly for the local authorities and residents at village and commune levels; to minimize fatalities and property loss; to limit the natural resource, environmental and cultural heritage destruction caused by disasters that contribute to guaranteeing national sustainable development, national defense and security.