An online conference was held in Hanoi and Vinh city, central NgheAn province, on August 21 to promote communication and education onclimate change response and natural disaster prevention at school.
Experts warned that Vietnam sits in the region dominated bymonsoon tropical climate and near one of the world’s storm hotspots.
Over the past 15 years, natural disasters, including storms, floods,droughts and landslides, have killed and injured more than 10,700people, while causing economic losses of about 1.5 percent of GDP eachyear, according to the Hydrometeorology and Climate Change Department.
The education sector is particularly vulnerable tothe impact of environmental changes so the Ministry of Education andTraining has issued an action plan to realise the national strategy ondisaster prevention and mitigation between 2011 and 2020.
It has also enhanced cooperation with international andnon-governmental partners in disaster risk management as well as set up acoordinating group in the field with the engagement of over 20 foreignorganisations.
From now to 2015, the ministry plansto design PowerPoint lessons to equip teachers and students – who makeup 25 percent of the national population, with necessary skills forclimate change adaptation.
It will build schools that can resist natural disasters in vulnerable areas and concentrate on human resources training.-VNA