The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the World Bank (WB) co-hosted a workshop in Hanoi on May 30 to announce the results of the WB’s study entitled “Vietnam: Toward a safe, clean and resilient water system”.
The Coast Guard Region 4 High Command held a ceremony in the southernmost province of Ca Mau on May 30 to launch squadron 42, in response to tasks in Vietnam’s southwest sea area in the new period.
As of May 29, floods, whirlwinds, and landslides in Vietnam’s northern region killed two people and injured two others, while causing heavy property losses, according to the Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
A meeting was held on May 22 at Nguyen Binh Khiem high school in Phuoc Nam commune, the south central province of Ninh Thuan, calling for efforts to mitigate disaster risks in schools and community.
Lawmakers will work in groups discussing the supplementary assessment of the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and State budget in 2018 and early 2019, and the State budget balance in 2017, during the seventh meeting of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on May 22 morning.
Work started on the construction of three classrooms in Hoa My Tay primary school, Tay Hoa district of the south-central province of Phu Yen on May 16 , in the framework of the Pacific Partnership 2019 programme (PP19).
The Pacific Partnership 2019 programme (PP19) opened in the central coastal province of Phu Yen on May 6, aiming to improve capacity in response to natural disasters in the Indo-Pacific region.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project on boosting the application of information technology to support socio-economic development and security in areas inhabited by ethnic minority groups during 2019-2025.
Climate risk management, covering climate risk insurance, is playing an increasingly important role in preventing and mitigating losses caused by climate change, experts said at a workshop in Hanoi on April 8.
A ceremony in response to the World Meteorological Day 2019 was held in the northern port city of Hai Phong on March 23, calling for actions to protect human lives and assets in the context of increasing extreme weather phenomena.
The findings of a study on social protection systems in response to potential environmental risks and traumatic incidents for children and their families were revealed during a seminar in Hanoi on March 13.
The Ministry of Health and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on March 7 inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on efficient natural disaster, calamity and emergency response.
Localities have been urged to develop long-term disaster risk reduction plans to better cope with catastrophes, an official said at a workshop held in Hanoi on March 6.
The recent abnormal weather conditions have indicated that natural disasters will be unpredictable in the time ahead, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
More than 24,000 people in Ca Mau province are expected to benefit from a community-based disaster risk reduction project in vulnerable areas in the Mekong Delta, heard a workshop on January 29.
Philippine government officials and employees will no longer be allowed to travel abroad during disasters and emergencies such as typhoons from 2019, according to the Philippine Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
At least 32 people were killed, three were injured and another went missing due to landslides triggered by torrential downpours in Magelang district of Indonesia’s Central Java province on January 18.
The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) of Indonesia has warned of potential natural disasters such as floods, landslides and whirlwinds as the Southeast Asian country is entering the peak of the rainy season.
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