A 4.5 million USD project, funded bythe Japanese Government’s ODA, to mitigate damage by natural disastersin Vietnam ’s central region, was launched in Hanoi on July 9.
The project, “Building Disaster-resilient Societies in the CentralRegion of Vietnam”, is to be implemented in Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Ngaiand Quang Nam provinces over five years (2009-2013). It aims toincrease the capacity of local authorities and the community at largein mitigating the effects of natural disasters.
According to a member of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board onWater and Sanitation, Hideaki Oda, public awareness of flood control isthe most important factor to achieve success, along with a range ofefforts undertaken by local authorities.
Central Vietnam has a similar topography to Japan, observed Japaneseexperts in natural disasters and climate change. As a result, theysuggested the region implement synchronous measures, includingstrengthening management by authorities, increasing local people’sawareness and pouring more investment into ‘disaster-resilient’infrastructure projects in order to ensure sustainable natural disastermitigation.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dao Xuan Hoc saidhis ministry is the standing agency supporting the Government’simplementation of its national natural disaster mitigation strategy by2020, the core of which is increasing the people’s awareness of theissue, encouraging them to take responsibility for anti-disasterpreparations upon themselves.
Known as the most disaster prone region, and with a high rate ofpoverty, Central Vietnam suffers from numerous types of naturaldisasters, with annual floods being the most severe. These naturalshocks can erase decades of hard-won development and exacerbate povertyand inequality.
Natural disasters represent a major obstacle to the achievement ofsustainable development and the Millennium Development Goals in acountry like Vietnam , where 70 percent of the population is vulnerableto water related disasters./.
The project, “Building Disaster-resilient Societies in the CentralRegion of Vietnam”, is to be implemented in Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Ngaiand Quang Nam provinces over five years (2009-2013). It aims toincrease the capacity of local authorities and the community at largein mitigating the effects of natural disasters.
According to a member of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board onWater and Sanitation, Hideaki Oda, public awareness of flood control isthe most important factor to achieve success, along with a range ofefforts undertaken by local authorities.
Central Vietnam has a similar topography to Japan, observed Japaneseexperts in natural disasters and climate change. As a result, theysuggested the region implement synchronous measures, includingstrengthening management by authorities, increasing local people’sawareness and pouring more investment into ‘disaster-resilient’infrastructure projects in order to ensure sustainable natural disastermitigation.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dao Xuan Hoc saidhis ministry is the standing agency supporting the Government’simplementation of its national natural disaster mitigation strategy by2020, the core of which is increasing the people’s awareness of theissue, encouraging them to take responsibility for anti-disasterpreparations upon themselves.
Known as the most disaster prone region, and with a high rate ofpoverty, Central Vietnam suffers from numerous types of naturaldisasters, with annual floods being the most severe. These naturalshocks can erase decades of hard-won development and exacerbate povertyand inequality.
Natural disasters represent a major obstacle to the achievement ofsustainable development and the Millennium Development Goals in acountry like Vietnam , where 70 percent of the population is vulnerableto water related disasters./.
