Environment

Nam Dinh pilots Vietnam Forests and Deltas Programme

The northern province Nam Dinh is participating in the Vietnam Forests and Deltas (VFD) Programme which is tailored to help accelerate Vietnam’s transition to a climate change resilient, low carbon, and sustainable society .
The northern province Nam Dinh is participating in the VietnamForests and Deltas (VFD) Programme which is tailored to helpaccelerate Vietnam’s transition to a climate change resilient, lowcarbon, and sustainable society .

The projectcomprises three technical components with different objectives,including sustainable landscapes and land use; climate change adaptationand resilience; and national coordination and policy development. Eachcomponent is implemented in selected provinces based on localconditions.

Nam Dinh was selected to pilot adaptationapproaches, which aim to increase the resilience of residents,landscapes, and livelihoods in river deltas by providing adaptationassistance and disaster risk management. The project aims to support theNational Strategy for Natural Disaster Prevention, Response andMitigation towards 2020, according to Le Thi Hong Van, a member of theVFD management board.

A series of activities have beencarried out since the project was launched in April 2014, starting witha vulnerability and capacity assessment co-organised by VFD and theprovincial Red Cross to identify potential risks and develop actionplans at commune levels.

Quat Lam, Giao Long, GiaoHai, Hai Dong, Hai Phuc and Hai Hoa are amongst the communes covered bythe assessment. The project plans to have all 30 communes take part inthe evaluation process by 2017.

Vice Chairman of theprovincial Red Cross Pham Minh Phuong said a sub-project will bedesigned for each commune based on the outcomes of the assessment, withapplied resilience models proposed by local authorities.

Additionally, the VFD programme has been supporting the province indesigning communication campaigns and an information centre to increasethe public’s awareness of climate change, learn from best practices inclimate change resilience, evaluate local fresh water resources andorganise workshops on relevant issues.

Moreinterventions are underway to build capacity and mobilise localresources for responding to short-term risks, such as natural disasters,as well as preparing for long-term impacts, such as sea level rises,salt water intrusion and ecosystem degradation.

Vietnam Forests and Deltas is a 5-year programme (2013-2017) funded byUSAID with a grant of more than 26 million USD. It has been implementingnational policies and strategies on climate change response andsustainable development in the four provinces of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An,Long An and Nam Dinh.-VNA
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