More than 1.2 million people in 34 communes in the provinces of LaoCai, Binh Dinh and Phu Yen have benefitted from a Norwegian-fundeddisaster risk reduction project over the past five years.
Ameeting was held on September 17 in mountainous Lao Cai province toreview the project, which has been carried out since 2010 at a totalcost of more than 45 billion VND (more than 2.1 million USD) provided bythe Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In Lao Cai alone, it has benefited thousands of people in Nam Khanh, Duong Quy, Hoa Mac, and Gia Phu communes, a report showed.
Theproject, aiming to increase local residents’ resilience to naturaldisasters, focuses on vulnerable groups, including women, children,people with disabilities, the elderly, and those living indisaster-prone areas.
It ran a number of communication campaignsto help the public identify risks posed by natural disasters andimproved the capacity of local authorities and Red Cross staff toundertake community-based mitigation efforts.
The projectimproved infrastructure by building roads, bridges, clean water systemsand flood-proof houses, whilst also equipping facilities with thenecessary tools, such as rescue boats, lifebuoys, and first-aid kits.
On September 18-19, the project’s managing board will embark on a fact-finding tour to beneficiary communes in Lao Cai.
Datashows that over the past three decades, natural disasters killedapproximately 500 people in Vietnam and injured thousands more everyyear, costing the country 1 – 1.5 percent of its gross domestic producteach year.-VNA
Ameeting was held on September 17 in mountainous Lao Cai province toreview the project, which has been carried out since 2010 at a totalcost of more than 45 billion VND (more than 2.1 million USD) provided bythe Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In Lao Cai alone, it has benefited thousands of people in Nam Khanh, Duong Quy, Hoa Mac, and Gia Phu communes, a report showed.
Theproject, aiming to increase local residents’ resilience to naturaldisasters, focuses on vulnerable groups, including women, children,people with disabilities, the elderly, and those living indisaster-prone areas.
It ran a number of communication campaignsto help the public identify risks posed by natural disasters andimproved the capacity of local authorities and Red Cross staff toundertake community-based mitigation efforts.
The projectimproved infrastructure by building roads, bridges, clean water systemsand flood-proof houses, whilst also equipping facilities with thenecessary tools, such as rescue boats, lifebuoys, and first-aid kits.
On September 18-19, the project’s managing board will embark on a fact-finding tour to beneficiary communes in Lao Cai.
Datashows that over the past three decades, natural disasters killedapproximately 500 people in Vietnam and injured thousands more everyyear, costing the country 1 – 1.5 percent of its gross domestic producteach year.-VNA
