The Nordic Assistance to Vietnam (NAV) has helped the central province of Thua Thien-Hue implement a project on climate change adaptation and mitigation in the 2011-2012 period.

Targeting Phong Binh, a low-lying commune in Phong Dien district, the 2 million USD project has reduced the community’s vulnerability to climate change.

The project has helped local people build tanks to produce biogas from animal waste for cooking and encourage them to use energy-saving cookers.

It has assisted locals build flood-proof houses and turn agricultural by-products into fuel and micro-biological fertiliser, as well as develop mushroom growing models to improve their lives.

Nguyen Ngoc Khanh, Vice Chairman of the Phong Binh communal People’s Committee, said that the project has helped increase the quality and productivity of the local animal husbandry, especially in raising pigs.-VNA