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Directorate of Water Resources

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Disaster Risk Management

in the Water Resources Sector

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CONTENTS

• Overview of water-related disasters in

Vietnam

• Achievements

• Opportunities and challenges

• Orientations and solutions

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Overview of water-related disasters in

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• Flood

• Flash flood

• Landslide

• Drought

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5• In that period, every year, natural disasters cause more than 400 missing persons and

death, damage to properties estimated to account for about 1% of GDP

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• In recent years, natural disasters cause for missing persons and death reduced .

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ACHIEVEMENTS

1. Develop legal documents

• Dyke Law (2006)

• Disaster Law (6/2013)

• Decrees and Circulars

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2. Strategy and planning

1) National Strategy on disaster prevention and mitigation

by 2020 (2007);

2) National Strategy on climate change (2012);

3) Irrigation Development Strategy by 2020 (2007);

4) Water Resources Planning in the context of climate

change and sea level rise for the Mekong River Delta,

Red River Delta and the central region;

5) Developing plan against flooding for large cities such as

Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Can Tho, Hai Phong, Vinh Long,

Ca Mau;

6) Flood control planning for Red River, Thai Binh and Central River system

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Irrigation systems have been built, including 6,648 reservoirs,

about 10,000 big electric pumping stations, 5,000 large

irrigation drains, 255,000 km canals , 6,100 km river dykes

and 2,500 km coastal dykes and 25,800km embankments in

the Mekong river delta.

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4. Non-structural measures

1) Develop operating procedures to regulate irrigation

system for disaster prevention (floods, droughts)

2) - “Community awareness raising and community-based

disaster risk management (CBDRM)"

• “Community awareness raising and community-based

disaster risk management (CBDRM)" Project, (2009)

• Issued implementation guidelines

• Organizing training course at provincial level. So far, 900

people of 63 provinces trained courses for provincial

staff; until now, there have been 718 people from

63 provinces/cities trained

Organize training courses for provincial staff; untilnow,

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5. Science, Technology and International Cooperation

1) Cooperate with the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) of the

University of Hawaii, United States, to build an early warning

system to support decision making, VinAWARE

2) Cooperate with the Japanese Space Agency and UNSPIDER in

the application of disaster management and mitigation

3) Cooperate with the University of Milan, Italy, to study

assessing changes in river bed of Red River sediment balance

issues, developing management models to improve

effectiveness of flood protection for the Red River system

4) Cooperate with the Netherlands to develop Mekong Delta

plan

5) Develop the Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems Mekong

Delta program (GIZ)

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5. Science, Technology and International Cooperation

6) Join the delegation, sharing learning experiences of

countries in the field of disaster risk management and

climate change adaptation

7) Develop tsunami warning systems for high risk areas.

8) Participate in ASEAN and APEC forums on disaster

management.

9) Develop information system for monitoring reservoirs:

installed testing automated equipment in 10 reservoirs,

set up a system for collecting information via SMS

semiautomatic. The system work well, supporting

disaster preventing direction.

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OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Opportunities

1) National Target Programme on Adaptation to

climate change by the year 2020 (2008)

2) Resolution No 24 NQ / TW, dated 06/03/2013

of the 11th Central Committee of adapting to

climate change, protection of natural resources

and environment

3) Community donors and sponsors interested in

the field of disaster risk reduction, climate

change adaptation

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Challenges

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1) Vietnam is one of the 5 countries severely affected by

climate change

2) Uneven distribution of water resources, the major river

systems originating from abroad.

3) The process of industrialization and unsustainable

development increase the risk of danger.

4) Lack of resources for investment, infrastructure is not solid

enough and vulnerable,

5) Lack of equipment and professional staff, especially at

grassroots level.

6) People and communities have not enough knowledge

about disasters and disaster prevention and mitigation

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ORIENTATION AND SOLUTIONS

1. To further improve the system of legal documents:

• Developing Irrigation Law

• Developing decrees and circulars guiding disaster Law.

2. Complete system of standards and regulations for disaster

management.

3. Build a complete, self-contained and synchronous irrigation

construction system.

4. Continuous implementation of the Project Community awareness

raising and disaster risk management community based.

5. The application of information technology, space technology in

disaster management and mitigation.

6. Application of advanced technology for more efficient water

management in drought regions

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Thank you for your attention