Good adaptation to climate change has helped local residents in flood-prone areas in Vietnam
stablise their lives, said foreign experts to the second Global
Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (AFC), which
is taking place in Hanoi.
Provincial authorities in the Mekong Delta have taken several measures
to improve safety for people, crops and other properties during the 2012
flooding season.
Atchaka Sibunruang, Secretary
General of the Office of the Board of Investment said foreign investments in
Thailand continue to grow steadily, defying the assumption that they have moved
their capital elsewhere in this region.
Agriculture and rural areas have been identified as the top priorities
in the State Bank of Vietnam’s credit policy for 2012, with an aim of
increasing farm production value.
More than 10,000 people in the central province of Quang Nam on Nov. 7
were evacuated from flood-stricken low-lying areas, and the number was
predicted to rise.
The Vietnam Architecture Association has launched a design competition
challenging domestic and overseas Vietnamese architects to come up with
an innovative idea for building houses in flood-prone areas
Staying one step ahead of climate change and not avoiding direct
confrontation with the phenomenon was one of many adaptation strategies
proposed on June 14 at a conference in HCM City.
Individuals and organizations inside
and outside the country have so far this year committed over 14 billion
VND in aid to help Vietnam’s central coastal provinces mitigate
consequences of natural calamities.
Vietnam will provide 225 billion VND
(12.6 million USD) and 10,000 tonnes of rice to central and Central
Highlands provinces to help them overcome the consequences of Typhoon
Mirinae.
By Sept. 7, tropical depression had
left four people dead, nine injured and three missing in the central
region and Central Highlands, reported the regional Centre for Storm
and Flood Control.
