Japan helps operate reservoirs, manage floods

A Japan-funded project on operating reservoirs in emergency and manage floods effectively using a comprehensive disaster management platform was signed in the capital city of Hanoi on August 10.
Japan helps operate reservoirs, manage floods ảnh 1At the signing ceremony (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – A Japan-funded projecton operating reservoirs in emergency and manage floods effectively using  a comprehensive disaster management platformwas signed in the capital city of Hanoi on August 10. 

Signatories were the Ministry of Agriculture andRural Development and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

The project has a total investment of over 18.2million USD, including 16.65 million USD (1.8 billion JPY) of Japan’s officialdevelopment assistance. It will be carried out in 36 months since the signingof the Grant Agreement (G/A) was signed.

It aims to mitigate human and property losses causedby rains and floods, contributing to sustainable socio-economic development viaestablishing a framework on operating reservoirs in emergency, developing aforecast system, and warning vulnerable areas along the Huong River in thecentral province of Thua Thien – Hue.

The outcomes of the project will be applied forother river basins across the nation. 

Addressing the signing ceremony, Deputy Ministerof Agriculture and Rural Development Hoang Van Thang said the ministry and JICAhave piloted the development of flood management plans for Huong River’s basin.

He expressed his hope that the project will notonly supply equipment for forecasting and warning floods in Huong River’sbasin, but also open up a new approach in terms of technology and floodprevention methods.

Fujita Yasuo, Chief Representative of JICA Vietnam,suggested the ministry allocate sufficient budget to facilitate the implementationof the project while completing paper work for a number of the project’s activities.

The Deputy Minister also urged the projectmanagement board to work closely with Japanese experts and relevant agenciesduring the project implementation.-VNA 
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