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Over 30 million USD for Vietnam to enhance climate resilience

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a non-refundable aid worth 30.2 million USD to help Vietnam enhance climate resilience, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Over 30 million USD for Vietnam to enhance climate resilience ảnh 1Rice dries up due to drought (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Green ClimateFund (GCF) has approved a non-refundable aid worth 30.2 million USD to helpVietnam enhance climate resilience, according to the Ministry of Agricultureand Rural Development (MARD).

The sum will be allocated to a projectnamed “Strengthening the resilience of smallholder agriculture to climatechange-induced water insecurity in the Central Highlands and south-central coastregions of Vietnam” (SACCR).

The project will be carried out by the MARDwith the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in sixyears, benefiting over 222,400 residents, or 10 percent of the population inthe provinces of Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Binh Thuan and Ninh Thuan, especially womenand ethnic people.

It is designed to modernise irrigationalsystems, improve water security and livelihoods, provide knowledge in climaterisk and climate resilience agriculture, and strengthen access to agro-climate information,credit and markets.

In addition, the project is expected toassist more than 335,000 indirect beneficiaries through training courses andtechnical assistance, access to climate risk information and best practices ofsmart agriculture aligned with climate change.

The non-refundable aid aims to supplementand foster an investment of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in modernirrigational systems in drought-hit provinces in Vietnam, ensuring benefits ofthe poor and most vulnerable people, said Caitlin Wiesen, UNDP ResidentRepresentative in Vietnam.

It also adds up to efforts of theVietnamese Government to bolster resilience of vulnerable coastal communitiesto climate change-related impacts, with an ongoing project funded by the GCFsince 2017./.
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