Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan shared her country’s experience in mitigating the risk of natural disasters at the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on March 14 in Sendai city of Japan. Vietnam has witnessed a significant reduction of 8 percent in the number of deaths or missing and 17 percent in injuries caused by natural calamities over the past five years thanks to improvements to the legal framework and the national steering committee for natural disaster prevention, she said. She expressed her sympathies over huge losses of hit-countries such as the earthquake-tsunami disaster in Japan and the super typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. She underlined the need to build a system of legal documents clearly stipulating the missions and responsibilities before, during and after natural disasters; set up a competent management and direction apparatus; and mobilise financial sources from the State and the community. She suggested building concrete plans … [Read more...] about Bản in : UN conference hears Vietnam know-how in disaster risk reduction
Un world conference on disaster risk reduction
VN’s Vice President attends 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction which will open on Saturday in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The conference is a venue for assessing and reviewing the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in the period 2005 – 2015. The Framework is a global blueprint for disaster risk reduction with a ten-year plan, adopted in January, 2005, by 168 governments at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Japan. The Sendai conference will discuss experience and proposals and adopt a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction. Japan will share with the other participants the lessons it has drawn from dealing with the severe of tsunami that struck its northern coast in March, 2011. Bui Hung, VOV correspondent in Japan … [Read more...] about VN’s Vice President attends 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
UN conference hears Vietnam expertise in disaster risk reduction
NDO/VNA – Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan shared her country’s experience in mitigating the risks of natural disasters at the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on March 14 in Sendai, Japan. Vietnam has witnessed an 8 percent decrease in the number of deaths or missing and a 17 percent reduction in injuries caused by natural calamities over the past five years thanks to improvements to the legal framework and the national steering committee for natural disaster prevention, she said. She expressed her sympathy over huge losses to countries affected by natural disasters such as the earthquake-tsunami in Japan and the super typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. She underlined the need to build a system of legal documents clearly stipulating the missions and responsibilities before, during and after natural disasters; set up a competent management and direction apparatus; and mobilise financial sources from the State and the community. She … [Read more...] about UN conference hears Vietnam expertise in disaster risk reduction
New opportunity for cooperation between Vietnam and UN
PANO – Vietnamese State President Truong Tan Sang and his spouse will attend the United Nations (UN) Summit for the Adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other related events in New York, from September 25th to 27th, at the invitation of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. On September 23rd (Hanoi’s time), the State President, his wife and a high-ranking delegation, including Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, Chairman of the Presidential Office Dao Viet Trung, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat, Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh and Head of the Vietnam Mission to the UN Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, left Vietnam for New York, the USA. The UN Summit for the Adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will have been the biggest among the UN events since the UN Summit for the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000. The organization of this summit coincides … [Read more...] about New opportunity for cooperation between Vietnam and UN
Sustainable development cannot be achieved unless disaster risk is reduced
(CPV) - Globally, the expected average annual losses (AAL) from earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones and river flooding are now estimated at USD314 billion in the built environment alone. This figure would be even higher if it included other hazards, such as drought, and other sectors, such as agriculture. Average annual loss represents the value of all future losses annualized over the long term and can be understood as the amount that countries should be setting aside ach year to cover future disaster losses. If this risk is not reduced, expected future losses will become a critical opportunity cost for development. Especially in those countries where disaster risk now represents a significant proportion of capital investment and social expenditure, the capacity for future development will be seriously undermined. In such circumstances, it is difficult to achieve sustained, let alone sustainable, development. In many countries, climate change is magnifying risks and … [Read more...] about Sustainable development cannot be achieved unless disaster risk is reduced