Vietnam needs to improve the quality of weather forecasting and enhance international co-operation to prepare for natural disasters, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a meeting on April 17.
The first two typhoons to hit Vietnam this year have caused damage worth more than 6.7 trillion VND (297.7 million USD), announced the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD).
The Philippine government is implementing a comprehensive programme to lessen the impact of La Nina, stated Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma on June 1.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the China Meteorological Administration held the 11th meeting of the Vietnam-China joint working group on meteorological cooperation on April 12.
The northern provinces will experience three to four cold spells in
March, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Weather Forecasting
has predicted.
At least 24 people have lost their lives to landslides, flash flood
triggered by prolonged torrential rains and strong winds as a result of
typhoon Rammasun that swept through northern mountainous provinces last
week.
A collection of Nguyen dynasty administrative documents was listed as
a UNESCO world documentary heritage on May 14. The papers are not only a
repertory of treasured documents about Nguyen dynasty but also
convincing evidence of Vietnam’s sovereignty over its sea and islands,
said the Nhan Dan (People) online newspaper.
Vietnam and India on November 20 issued a Joint Statement on the
occasion of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen
Phu Trong’s State visit to India.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has pinpointed Vietnam’s response
to climate change as one of the top national tasks as it has caused
natural calamities in the country, resulting in serious losses of human
life and property.
The number of dead and missing people as the result of natural disasters
in Vietnam fell from 2,030 in the 2002-2007 period to 1,868 during
2008-2012, as a result of a series of preventive measures.
The National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting (NCHF) has been
connected to the Vietnam Research and Education Network (VinaREN)
since 2006, which has significantly helped the centre improve the
quality of weather forecasting and disaster warnings.
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Viet Thanh has called for
scientific researchers and educators to play more active roles in
implementing advanced-network infrastructure applications to improve the
capacity and efficiency of VinaREN, the Vietnam Research and Education
Network.
Experts urged Vietnam to renew its weather forecasting
technology in order to improve its effectiveness in predicting extreme
weather phenomena, at a meeting held in the capital on May 21.
A national project to explore and assess the management of sea
resources and the environment during the 2006-11 period was able to
yield important results, including building centres to cope with oil
spills in three regions and collecting important data on sea resources
to help boost the country's marine economy potential.
On Feb. 29 representatives from the Vietnamese and Indian governments
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on upgrading Vietnam ’s
capacity to carry out high efficiency calculation.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
