Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan thanked Japan for supporting Vietnam in disaster prevention and control and climate change response during her meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in Sendai city on March 15. The two sides voiced their delight at the vigorous growth of the Vietnamese-Japanese relations over the past years, particularly since their ties were lifted to the strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia during Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang’s visit to Japan one year ago. The Vietnamese Vice President, who is in the Japanese city to attend the third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, asked Japan to share more experience and technology to help promote her country’s disaster prevention capacity, including building shelter for fishing boats and maintaining dams. She appreciated Japan’s provision of official development assistance (ODA) over the past two decades while valuing contributions by Kishida, who is … [Read more...] about Bản in : Vietnam thanks Japan for support in disaster prevention
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Bản in : UN conference hears Vietnam know-how in disaster risk reduction
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
Vietnam shares experience in natural disaster mitigation
(VOVworld)- The third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction opened on Saturday in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan led the Vietnamese delegation to attend the event which attracts more than 5,000 delegates. In her address, Vice President Doan highlighted Vietnam’s achievements in reducing disaster risks and coping with climate change. She stressed the importance of legal documents in designating tasks and responsibility before and after disaster and improving the capacity of the steering committee for natural calamity mitigation. She suggested priorities for training and awareness raising programs to help the community be proactive in coping with natural disasters and promoting scientific application to improve the forecast ability. The Sendai conference is expected to adopt a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction. On the sidelines of the conference, Ms Doan paid a courtesy visit to Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife, … [Read more...] about Vietnam shares experience in natural disaster mitigation
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