Vietnam Takes Disaster Risk Management as Key Task of Climate Change Fight
Vietnam has worked out policies, strategies, and plans in response to climate change, and taken disaster risk management as a key task, local media reported.
The work has been integrated into socio-economic plans as well as investment programs and projects, especially those on infrastructure development, transport, and new urban area construction.
Deputy Head of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration Hoang Duc Cuong said that the administration has been assigned to keep a close watch on weather conditions and water sources to issue both early and long-term warnings.
Professor, Dr. Huynh Thi Lan Huong from the Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment proposed solutions to fulfill climate change adaptation targets in Vietnam, such as restoring forest resources and ecosystems, paying more attention to agriculture and food security, investing more in infrastructure, establishing early warning systems, building climate facilities, and relocating residents in climate risk areas.