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The ASEAN Secretariat has organised a forum entitled Trends and Foresight for ASEAN Disaster Management to discuss adaptive approaches to disaster management in the region.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training took over the chairmanship of ASEAN Education for 2022 – 2023 from the Philippines at a ceremony on March 16.

The World Bank has just released its brief updating Vietnam’s economic development in March, stating that the economy continues to show resilience and is recovering although downside risks have heightened.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is supporting Vietnam to enhance gender mainstreaming in the National Adaptation Plans so that it is more gender-responsive and better able to meet the needs, priorities, and challenges faced by women, according to UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Caitlin Wiesen.

The World Bank (WB) on March 11 released its brief updating Vietnam’s economic development in March, stating that the economy continues to show resilience and is recovering although downside risks have heightened.

The People’s Committee of Da Nang city, in collaboration with the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), held a ceremony on March 4 to kick-start the Integrated Centre for Controlling Green and Smart Urban Resilience (ENSURE Centre) in the central city.

Deputy Minister of Finance Tran Xuan Ha and Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Elsbeth Akkerman have signed an agreement for Development Related Investment Infrastructure Vehicle (DRIVE) funded by the Netherlands Invest International, to support the Vinh Long Climate Resilience Project, the Vietnam Government Portal (VGP) reported.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue led a delegation of the Vietnamese legislature to attend the 29th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-29) virtually hosted by the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on December 14, which spotlighted the role of parliaments in strengthening post-COVID-19 resilience.

A ceremony was held in the central province of Phu Yen on December 9 to receive and distribute 100 water purifiers donated by the Vietnam Disaster Management Authority and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Vietnam.

The community is facing severe impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to enhance resilience against ‘shocks,’ new solutions are required to address new challenges.

The Embassy of Japan and UNICEF Vietnam on November 17 signed an exchange of notes for a project on “enhancing resilience to disaster risks and climate change for children”, which runs in Vietnam from 2021 – 2026.

A puppetry show has been staged recently by the Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre, encouraging local people to overcome the formidable challenges brought about by COVID-19.

Singapore’s economy continues to recover steadily from a sharp contraction in 2020 on the back of effective pandemic containment measures, accelerated vaccination rollout, and extended policy support for affected businesses and households, revealed a report of the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) on November 8.

Japan supports ASEAN’s efforts, including the ‘Five-Point Consensus’ which aims to resolve the situation in Myanmar, and its prompt implementation, according to Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.

Vietnam will work with countries and people around the world to prevail over the COVID-19 pandemic, and build a world of peace, prosperity and happiness for all, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at the general debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, the US, on September 22 (local time).

Phyllis Papadavid, Head of Research and Advisory at Asia House, a consulting organisation based in London, the United Kingdom, in her research, pointed out that Vietnam should promote investment to revive its economy and strengthen its ability to respond to new risks despite its success in dealing with a crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to ASEAN, led a Vietnamese delegation to the 12th ASEAN Connectivity Symposium on promoting recovery and resilience through connectivity, which took place virtually on August 26.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 60 million USD financing package to improve the climate resilience of transport and water supply infrastructure in Vietnam’s south-central coastal provinces of Binh Dinh and Quang Nam, especially in remote upland districts with large ethnic minority communities.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced on July 19 its assessment of a six-year project helping boost the capacity of health systems in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam to climate-induced health threats.

The provision of disaster response skill training for people is critically important to the countries vulnerable to natural disasters like Vietnam so as to create response preparedness for each individual, said Kazuko Kori, Mayor of Sendai city in Japan’s Miyagi prefecture.