DISASTER RISKMANAGEMENT
IN VIET NAM
Kobe, JapanJanuary 2024

FY2023 ADRC visiting researcher

BACKGROUND INFORMATION• Vietnam is located in Southeastern Asia, borderedwith China, Lao PDR and Cambodia.
• Total land area of 33,210 km2 including 310,070
km2 of land and 21,140 km2 of water.
• 3 major areas: The Red River delta to the north; alarge plateau with a narrow coastal plain in themiddle of the country; and the Mekong Delta in thesouth.
• Population: 99.2 million (Jan 2024)• Vietnam has both a tropical climate zone and atemperate climate zone, with all of the country
experiencing the effects of the annual monsoon.
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DISASTER MAPPING AND ZONING

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DISASTERS IN VIETNAM• Vietnam is one of the most hazard-prone countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. With the coastline of 3,300 km, the country is
exposed to hydro-meteorological hazards such as storms, floods, landslides, drought, water intrusion and coastal erosion• Vietnam is ranked among the five countries likely to be most affected by climate change.
• Vietnam experienced 22++ types of disaster• 70% of the country population live in coastal communities with high exposure to storms and flooding, which climate change isintensifying• Over the past 20 years, disasters caused 500 dead and missing persons per year, and an economic loss to the GDP is about1÷1.5%
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Economic losses (million USD)

KEY DISASTER EVENTS
1999
Central Viet Nam Flood• 622 deaths, 70 missings• a need for relief assistance for over1 million people• 15,000 people evacuatedNovember 2017 –Typhoon Damrey
Central of Vietnam affected• 4.3 million people affected• 107 deaths• 3,400 houses destroyed• 141,100 houses damaged

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KEY DISASTER EVENTSOctober to November
2020 – Central Viet NamFloods

August 2020
Floods and Landslides• 13 provinces and cities in northern
Vietnam impacted• 08 deaths and missings• 1,000 damaged houses• 2,000 hectares of rice and cropdestroyed•
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357 deaths and missingsseverely affecting 1.5 million people
500,000 houses damaged
144,000 ha of rice paddies destroyed
787 km of dykes and canals damaged
272 km of coastline eroded
Total economic damage worth US$1,443,850

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INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR DRM• The Law on Disaster
Prevention and Control
2020 (previously 2013)• Under law documents

Legal Basis for
DRM in Viet Nam• The Sendai Frameworkfor Disaster Risk Reduction 20152030• The ASEAN Agreement on Disaster
Management and Emergency
Response (AADMER)• APEC Emergency Preparedness
Working Group (EPWG)

Global Legal
Basis
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KEY TASKS ON
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IN VIET NAM

8NATIONAL STRATEGY on natural disasterprevention and control• For a period of 10 year: to 2030, vision to 2050

NATIONAL PLAN on natural disaster prevention and control• For a period of 5 years: from 2021 – 2025
• Centrally to locally (province, district, commune level)

9VIET NAM DRM ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTUREGovernment
VINASARCOM
National Committeefor Response toIncidents andDisaster and S&R

Ministrial, MinistrialequivalentCommittee for NDPC- SR

NSCNDPC
National Steering
Committee for Natural
Disaster Prevention andControl

Provincial
Committee for
NDPC – SRStanding
Office forDistrict Committee
for NDPC – SR

VDDMAViet Nam Disaster andDyke Management
Authority

Communal
Committee for NDPC
- SR

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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN DRM

5,000
resilienthousesTens of thousands ofchildren are provided
with DRR knowledge
and skills

Hundreds of tons ofrelief goods

Women get acess to and are
improved with DRR
knowledge>50,000 people /1,000
communes
with DRR knowledge are raised

Commune-based First
disaster responders
support community inpreparedness andproactive response tonatural disasters

Livelihood models

DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PARTNERSHIPBỘ QUỐC PHÒNGBỘ CÔNG THƯƠNGDISASTER RISK REDUCTION PARTNERSHIP

Established on
October 11,
2019, approvedby the Ministerof Agriculture
and RuralDevelopment

Co-chair by MARD
vice Minister andADB Director (20192022)/UN Resident
Coordinator in Viet
Nam (2023-present)- 22 NGOs andiNGOs- 4 Ministries

07 Technical infrastructure projects have been
and are being implemented
03 Technical infrastructure projects are about tocome into operation

DRM COOPERATION AMONG ASEAN

ACDM

AMMDM
AADMER

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INFORMATION FOR SHARINGWebsite
www.phongchongthientai.mard.gov.vn

Facebook pages••

Natural disaster prevention and control information
World natural disaster
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RESEARCH THEME
Topic:Development of Disaster Risk Reduction Plan in Vietnam – Lessons learnt from Japan
Expected Results:• An overview picture of Disaster Risk Management system and Disaster Risk Reduction Plan in Japan• The experiences and lesson learn from Japan experience• How Vietnam develop the comprehensive local disaster risk reduction plan to enhance itsresilience to natural disasters
How it apply in Vietnam:• Adapting Japan’s strategies to Vietnam’s context: Vietnam can learn from Japan’s experience inunderstanding disaster risks, strengthening disaster risk governance, investing in disaster risk
reduction for resilience, and enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response.
• Developing a comprehensive disaster risk reduction plan
• Strengthening community-based disaster risk management• Enhancing cooperation and coordination

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Thank you very much!
ADRC visiting researcher 2023
Vu Thuy Duong
Department of Science Technology and International Cooperation
Viet Nam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority