CENTRAL COMMITTEE FOR FLOOD AND STORM CONTROL
STANDING OFFICE OF CCFSC
VIETNAM
DISASTER REDUCTION AND CLIMATE
CHANGE ADAPTATION
TYPICAL NATURAL DISASTER IN VIETNAM
River Flooding
Flood
Flash floods
Flash flood
Typhoons
Storm
and typhoon
Storm Surges
Storm surges
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Drought
Salt intrusion
Forest fire
River bank and shoreline erosion
Disaster and Climate change in Viet nam
Natural Disaster:
1. Natural disasters in Vietnam have been increasingly severe in
terms of magnitude, frequency and volatility
2. Natural disasters such as typhoons, floods and droughts have
caused significant losses, and asset damage equivalent to 1.5%
of GDP
Climate change:
1. Vietnam is one of the 5 countries worst affected by climate
change. Climate change will worsen natural disasters
2. If the sea level rises by 1 meter, 90% of the Mekong River
Delta area will be flooded during the flood season, and 71%
will be salted during the dry season, and about 20 million
people will be affected in terms of housing.
ORGANIZATION CHART OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE FOR FLOOD AND STORM
CONTROL
NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR NATURAL DISASTER PREVENTION,
RESPOND AND MITIGATION UP TO 2020
The principles used for disaster prevention, response and mitigation in
Vietnam is the “four-on-the-spot” (command on the spot, man-power on the
spot, materials on the spot and logistics on the spot) and proactive
prevention, timely response, quick and effective recovery.
Radical Flood Prevention for the Red river delta
and Northern Central Region
Active preparedness, Mitigation and Adaptation
for Central Region
Living together with flood for development for
Southern Region
A roadmap for establishing
National Platform for Disaster Risk
Reduction in Vietnam
Basis for establishing the National Platform
in Viet Nam?
1. National Strategy for Natural Disaster Prevention, Response and
Mitigation to 2020.
2. Action plan for implementing National Strategy for Natural Disaster
Prevention, Response and Mitigation to 2020.
3. Community Based Disaster Risk Management Program
4. National target program to respond to climate change.
5. Climate change and sea level rising scenarios
6. Action Plan Framework adapting to Climate change of Agricultural and
Rural development sector in stage 2008-2020
7. Law of Disaster Management (under construction)
……Today, the most urgent work is to
link climate change and disaster
prevention, response and mitigation. In
fact, due to the impacts of climate
change, disasters have been, and will
continue to be increasingly severe. ….
….In order to promote and implement disaster risk reduction activities in the context of
climate change, it is very necessary to establish an official national forum which attracts
extensive participation from organizations, donors, NGOs and individuals, both
domestically and internationally. I hope that this National Platform will be a good starting
point based on which a national forum can be established annually. And after this forum, I
would suggest that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development coordinate with the
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and other ministries, localities and related
agencies to promote the establishment of the national platform for information sharing,
institutional development, contributing to effective implementation of natural disaster
prevention, response and mitigation…….
What should be the structure of the National
Platform in Viet Nam?
 The National Platform will be established based on the existing
organizations which have been working on the field of DRR. (Natural
Disaster Mitigation Partnership - NDMP)
 Recommending new memberships, donors, NGOs and other
stakeholders involved in DRR in Viet Nam.
 The Platform, in the shape of a partnership, will have as members the
government, donors, NGOs, academic institutions,
regional/international organizations, media and private sector
representatives.
 Under the NDMP, MARD is the Chair for the partnership.
 There are a also number of different departments and levels within
MARD that should be involved in the National Platform, including the
Vice Minister for MARD, DMC, DDMFSC, ICD, ISG, OCCA, and
MoNRE, etc
Objectives of National Platform for Disaster Risk
Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

To serve as a coordination mechanism to enhance multistakeholder collaboration and coordination for the
sustainability of DRR activities
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To foster an enabling environment between stakeholders for
awareness-raising on DRR, integrating DRR into development
policies, planning and programmes;
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To discuss and address the urgent need issues on DRR in
context of CCA in order to strengthen and maximize the
effective of DRR activities
Stakeholders should be involved
in the National Platform
Government
-
MARD (Chair)
MoNRE
MoFA
NCSAR/MoD
MoH
MoLISA
MoC
MoT
MPI
MoF
Vietnam Red
Cross Society
Women’s Union
Youth Union
Fatherland Front
PACCOM
Representatives
from provinces
Academic
bodies/institutes
-
Water Resources
University
Hanoi School of
Public Health
Hanoi National
University
Hue University
Danang
University
Ho Chi Minh
University
Can Tho
University
DRAGON
institute
Institute of
Geophysics
Donors
-
UN agencies
World Bank
AusAID
JICA
ADB
Norwegian
Embassy
Netherlands
Embassy
EC/DIPECHO
Representatives
from
business/private
sector
INGOs/NGOs
-
CARE
Oxfam
Save the Children
CECI
World Vision
DWF
ADRA
PLAN
ADPC
IFRC
The Institutional Framework of the Natural Disaster
Mitigation Partnership (NDMP) in Viet Nam
Government-led
Secretariat
establishment
Partners
involvement
Government
MARD (Chair)
MONRE
MoFA
MoH
MoT
MPI
MoF
Academic
bodies
Institutes
Universities
UN agencies
Donors
UN agencies
World Bank
AusAID
JICA
ADB
Norwegian Embassy
Netherland Embassy
NGOs/ INGOs
CARE
Oxfam
Action Aid
World Vision
DWF
ADRA
PLAN
ADPC
Steering committee
Case studies,
Draft NP form
Fist consultation workshop of partners
Commitment of
Partners
Second workshop of partners on the
structure of the National Platform
Government
Approved
Launching NP
Private sectors
Companies
Individual donors
Step
Responsibility
Due
1. Discussion on the roadmap of establishing
National Platform
Government
7th October, 09
2. Proposal of this roadmap submitted to the
Government
MARD
The end of October,
09
3. Involving partners
MARD
November, 09
All partners,
MARD lead
MARD
UNISDR
UNDP
February, 2010
Feb.-April, 2010
All Partners
May – June, 2010
MARD
July, 2010
10. Government Approved
Government
August, 2010
11. Launching the National Platform/first
meeting of the National Platform
All Partners
October, 2010
4. Fist consultation workshop of partners
5. Case studies on institutional, policy, enabling
environment between partners
6. Draft a suitable structure for a National
Platform for Viet Nam
7. Second workshop of partners
structure of the National Platform
on
the
8. Completed National Platform form with
intuitional, policy and commitments from
partners for implementation
9. A structure for a National Platform to be
submitted to the Government
Thank you for attention