Hanoi (VNA) – Participants to a seminar in Hanoion April 16 sought ways to strengthen integrated flood risk management in thecontext of climate change in Vietnam.
The event took place within the framework of acooperation programme between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Developmentand the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Tran Quang Hoai, deputy head of the Central SteeringCommittee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and head of the VietnamDisaster Management Authority, pointed out unexpected rains and floods inVietnam’s northern and north central regions over the past time.
Reservoirs would not sustain extreme rainfall that islikely to cause flooding and harm dyke systems, he said.
To cope with flood risks in climate change andensure the safety of the dyke systems, the Prime Minister has approved the climatechange adaptive integrated flood risk management project worth 275 million USD,using ADB loans.
The project will be carred out in nine cities andprovinces – Bac Giang, Hai Duong, Thai Binh, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Ha Nam, NamDinh, Ninh Binh and Thanh Hoa that are located in the basins of Red, Thai Binhand Ma rivers.
It will support the government to achieve theoutcome: effective and sustainable flood risk management systems madeoperational and well maintained. There are three outputs: institutional andplanning capacities for flood risk management improved; dike systems inRed-Thai Binh and Ma rivers rehabilitated and upgraded; and flood forecastingand early warning systems for Red-Thai Binh and Ma rivers modernised.
ADB Deputy Country Director in Vietnam KeijuMitsuhashi said the Vietnamese government has paid attention to naturaldisaster prevention and control in general, and dyke system safety inparticular.
The ADB also has paid heed to disaster risk management, particularlyflood prevention and control, in Vietnam, he said, adding the bankpledges to help the VietnamDisaster Management Authority and the nine cities and provinces implement theproject./.
A delegation from the World Bank (WB) met with local authorities in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to discuss a project to help the city reduce flood risk.
Vietnam was excluded in the list of 17 countries facing the risk of extremely high water stress, according to the Washington D.C.-based World Resources Institute (WRI)’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas.
Vietnam records from 10-15 flash floods each year, mostly in the northern mountainous, central, Central Highlands and southeastern regions, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Vu Duc Long said on January 15.
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The tremor occurred at 7:39:46 am (Hanoi time), with the epicentre located at latitude 14.924°N and longitude 108.236°E, at a depth of approximately 8.1 kilometres. The natural disaster risk level was classified as 0 – the lowest on the scale.
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Renowned artists including Ha Anh Tuan, Den Vau, and Phan Manh Quynh, along with many directors and attendees, took part in planting hundreds of rare tree species such as mun (Diospyros mun) and cho chi (Parashorea chinensis) in the Thung Bong area of the Cuc Phuong National Park, contributing to forest ecosystem restoration.
The dispatch noted that since the beginning of 2025, natural disasters have claimed 29 lives and left several others missing. A total of 67 houses have collapsed, and 2,342 homes have been unroofed or damaged.
Its Forest Protection Sub-department has applied various specialised software and information technologies in forest management and protection and fire prevention.
At the seminar (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn) 
