Vietnam pledges to carry out a number of activities to cope with theclimate change, said Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.
Hai, who is also Deputy Head of the National Steering Committee forResponse to Climate Change, made the remark at a conference in Hanoi onOctober 28, which saw the participation of sponsors for the SupportProgramme to Respond to Climate Change (SP-RCC).
Vietnam has exerted efforts to deal with the issue, Hai stressed, addingthat climate change is also taken into consideration in the country’ssocio-economic development plans and strategies.
TheDeputy PM; however, cited poor coordination between these sectors,irregular assessment of climate change projects, and failure to mobilisesocial human resources as limitations in the field.
He asked ministries, sectors and localities to regularly updatescenarios to settle the issue, scrutinise plans to adjust thesealternatives, duplicate pilot projects of the National Target Programmeto Respond to Climate Change (NTP-RCC), and promote science technologyresearch activities.
SP-RCC donors praised the roleof the government in directing the implementation of policies in theSP-RCC programme, and affirmed that they will provide financial supportfor the country during the 2013-2014 period and the following years.
They will also provide technical assistance in building and realising action plans on climate change adaptation.
Deputy Minister of the Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Hasaid the Prime Minister last year approved the SP-RCC’s 2013 capitalallocation for 11 projects with a total cost of 350 billion VND (16.45million USD).
The beneficiaries include provinces of Hau Giang, An Giang, Kien Giang, Lao Cai, and Lai Chau.
As of June this year, the country disbursed 86.6 billion VND (4.07million USD), accounting for 21.9 percent of the total capital, whichwill be fully distributed by late December.-VNA