Tien Giang (VNA) - The Centre for Environment and Community Assets Development(CECAD) and the Finnish Embassy in Vietnam have signed an agreement to fund aproject improving communications capacity to cope with climate change in theMekong Delta.
The signing ceremony took place inthe Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on July 2.
The two-year project, carried out byCECAD via support from the embassy’s Fund for Local Cooperation from July 2020,will total 160,000 EUR (180,400 USD) and benefit Tien Giang, Ca Mau, KienGiang, Ben Tre, and Long An provinces.
CECAD Deputy Director Le Thi Van Huesaid the project is expected to support goals under the Vietnamese Government’sResolution No 120/NQ-CP on the sustainable development of the Mekong Delta inadaptation to climate change. It will also improve the communications capacityof relevant agencies and raise public awareness about saltwater intrusion inthe region.
Activities in the saltwater intrusionresponse model will be piloted in Tien Giang.
The project directly targets localcommunities, poor households in remote and mountainous areas, and those hardhit by saltwater intrusion and the lack of water for daily use. District andprovincial authorities, mass organisations, provincial hydro-meteorologicalcentres, and irrigation branches will benefit indirectly./.
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