Mr. Tran Quang Hoai and Mr. Keiju Mitsuhashi co-chaired the Meeting
The meeting with the theme "Disaster risk management in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Solutions" is aimed at sharing updated information on disasters in Vietnam, identifying disaster challenges faced.
Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Tran Quang Hoai - Vice Chairman of the Central Steering Committee - Director General of the VNDMA- Vice Chairman of the DRRP, said: Currently, the prevention of natural disasters must be carried out simultaneously with the prevention and control of epidemics, so it is necessary to exchange experiences to find proactive and appropriate solutions. The DRRP is quite a relevant forum to exchange, learn from experiences and best practices and to better support Vietnam in the preparedness, prevention and response to dual risks and disasters.
Mr. Tran Quang Hoai gave opening speech at the Meeting
At the meeting, delegates gave many comments and feedbacks on the most effective solutions and recommendations on following- up activities as part of proactive planning to cope with disasters in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. This is to minimize disaster related damages, and especially, save lives and stabilize lives of local people in the new normal context of disasters and pandemic.
Representative of the DRRP Office briefly presented the situation of natural disasters in the World and Vietnam in 2020
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Representative of National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting presented predictions of meteorological trends between september 2020 and january 2021
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Representative of Natural disaster response and recovery department shared experience of directing responses to Storm No. 02
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Representative of Catholic Relief Services shared about drought and saltwater intrusion response in light of COVID-19 Pandemic via cash assistance
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Representative of UNICEF Vietnam shared about managing dual challenges of COVID-19 and climatic events/natural disasters: Initial lessons learnt and recommendations
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Representative of UNDP spoke at the meeting
Representative of World Vision spoke at the meeting
Representative of The Asia Foundation spoke at the meeting
Overview of the meeting
Concluding at the meeting, Mr. Tran Quang Hoai put forward a number of actions for the coming time, in which he emphasized considering the formation of a number of medical warehouses in areas prone to natural disasters in case of a natural disaster.
In terms of disaster prevention communication - an important task, but at present, in the context of the epidemic, communication materials and methods are still limited. Therefore, the development of documents and propaganda on the mass media and grassroots information should be paid attention. In localities, it is necessary to review coping options when natural disasters occur, ensure safety for epidemic prevention and essential services. There is a need for procedural documents to ensure the safety of the people such as evacuation and relocation. In the face of complicated rain and flood events, scenarios for coping with heavy rain and floods in the context of COVID epidemic must be ready, facilities and tools to support rapid response are required.
Mr. Tran Quang Hoai suggested that the DRRP Office continue to strengthen information, knowledge, experience sharing and form a Technical support group to regularly exchange information, strengthen coordinate to support the Government and people to ensure safety from natural disasters in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic.
Presentations at the meeting:
DRRP Office: ENG | VIE
Natural disaster response and recovery department: ENG | VIE
National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting: ENG | VIE
Catholic Relief Services: ENG | VIE
UNICEF Vietnam: ENG | VIE
