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EU, AFD support climate resilience, recovery in north central Vietnam

The EU and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed several agreements on December 1 to fund a project on improving urban infrastructure to mitigate climate change impact in four coastal provinces in the north central Vietnam.
EU, AFD support climate resilience, recovery in north central Vietnam ảnh 1A flooded road in Ha Tinh city of central Ha Tinh province in October (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – TheEU and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed several agreements onDecember 1 to fund a project on improving urban infrastructure to mitigateclimate change impact in four coastal provinces in the north central Vietnam.

This project is provided with an EU grant of 5million EUR (6 million USD) and an AFD loan of 123 million EUR. Another 28million EUR for project implementation will be sourced from the beneficiaryprovinces’ budget.

It will be carried out in five small flood-pronecities: Phat Diem in Ninh Binh, Ngoc Lac in Thanh Hoa, Hoang Mai in Nghe An,and Huong Khe and Thach Ha in Ha Tinh.

The project is set to promote safety and securityfor local people and minimise flood-triggered damage by improving floodprevention infrastructure and developing water drainage and dyke systems.

Roads will also be upgraded to serve theevacuation and rescue of flood-hit people.

Besides, the project is set to organisewastewater collection and treatment activities, improve local authorities’capacity of ensuring the sustainability of their investments, and boost thelocalities’ sustainable development.

The central Vietnam has frequently suffered fromextreme weather conditions, and back-to-back storms over the last two monthshave caused huge losses. Amid climate change, such extreme weather conditions mayincrease in terms of both intensity and frequency, according to the EU andAFD./.
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