Relevant forces from ten ASEAN member countries and observers fromChina , Japan , the Republic of Korea , Australia , NewZealand , the US and UN bodies took part in a field disaster responsesimulation exercise in Hanoi ’s Ba Vi mountain area on October 23.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai, ASEANSecretary-General Le Luong Minh, Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh andMinister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat attended theevent, which was part of the ongoing 2013 ASEAN Disaster EmergencyResponse Simulation Exercise (ARDEX-13).
The drill,co-organised by the Government of Vietnam and the ASEAN CoordinatingCentre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre),aims to assess standard procedures in operating disaster emergencyresponse activities , and enhance collective response in the region .
The exercise uses the scenario of Super Typhoon‘Neptune’, which makes a landfall in the northern delta provinces ofVietnam and causes a large scale of inundation impacting dike systemsand takes thousands of lives. The typhoon also affects ten thousandpeople whose homes are collapsed and flooded, putting them in need ofemergency assistance.
To deal with situation, theVietnamese Government instructs relevant forces to take urgent rescuemeasures and launches state of emergency, and then asks for regional andinternational assistance via AHA Centre.
Vietnam,together with AHA Centre and ASEAN countries’ forces, sets up amulti-national monitoring centre which operates disaster rescue,humanitarian assistance and health care activities for areas in the westof Hanoi .
On October 24, all participants will evaluate the implementation of procedures and mechanisms during the exercise.
The lessons in organisation, direction, and coordination duringARDEX-13 will be compiled to further improve the ASEAN StandbyArrangements and Standard Operating Procedures (SASOP) and actual jointresponse to disasters.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai, ASEANSecretary-General Le Luong Minh, Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh andMinister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat attended theevent, which was part of the ongoing 2013 ASEAN Disaster EmergencyResponse Simulation Exercise (ARDEX-13).
The drill,co-organised by the Government of Vietnam and the ASEAN CoordinatingCentre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre),aims to assess standard procedures in operating disaster emergencyresponse activities , and enhance collective response in the region .
The exercise uses the scenario of Super Typhoon‘Neptune’, which makes a landfall in the northern delta provinces ofVietnam and causes a large scale of inundation impacting dike systemsand takes thousands of lives. The typhoon also affects ten thousandpeople whose homes are collapsed and flooded, putting them in need ofemergency assistance.
To deal with situation, theVietnamese Government instructs relevant forces to take urgent rescuemeasures and launches state of emergency, and then asks for regional andinternational assistance via AHA Centre.
Vietnam,together with AHA Centre and ASEAN countries’ forces, sets up amulti-national monitoring centre which operates disaster rescue,humanitarian assistance and health care activities for areas in the westof Hanoi .
On October 24, all participants will evaluate the implementation of procedures and mechanisms during the exercise.
The lessons in organisation, direction, and coordination duringARDEX-13 will be compiled to further improve the ASEAN StandbyArrangements and Standard Operating Procedures (SASOP) and actual jointresponse to disasters.
