Final Presentation
Vu Thanh Liem

Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control - Vietnam
Tel: +84-4-733 5694,
Fax: +84-4-733 5700,
Email: Vuthanhliem@ccfsc.org.vn

BIG FLOOD AND FLASHFLOOD IN NORTHERN MOUNTAINOUS
PROVINCES OF VIETNAM
Damage: 133 people deaths,
 34 people missing, 90 people injured, Collapsed houses:990
 Flooded and damaged
houses: 10,526
 Total flooded areas of
paddy field: 27,260 ha
 Total losses: 1,870
billion VND (USD 115million)

Some images about flood and rescue worksSome images about flood and rescue works

Inundation in Hanoi.
Streets in the capital Hanoi remained submerged with up to 1 metre ofwater after torrential rains, described as the heaviest since 1984.

Overviews

Activities in Japan.
2. Lesson learned form Japan
3. Specific objectives to Disastermanagement in Vietnam.
4. Future action plan.
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Visited Administrative Organizations
Arakawa - Karyu River Office, Kanto Regional Development Bureau,
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Tokyo City)

Visited Administrative Organizations
Arakawa River Office and Edogawa River Office, Kanto Regional
Bureau - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Tokyo City)

Visited Administrative Organizations
Shikoku Technology Office of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism (MLIT) at Takamatsu (Shikoku Island)

Visited Administrative Organizations
Shikoku Mountain Area Sabo Office of MLIT at Awa-Ikeda(Shikoku Island)

Visited Companies
 Shimizu Construction Co. (Tokyo City)

Visited Companies
River Bank & Road Construction Site, and Landslide Protection andSameura Dam in the Yoshino Valley (Shikoku Island)Road Construction: New route 32 “Inohana” Road

River Bank construction, Yoshino River

Visited Universities and Symposium

Visit to Kobe Uni.

Kyoto University.

Kobe University Library

Graduate School of Global
Environmental Studies

Visited Universities and Symposium
Graduate School of TechnicalStudies (Tohoku University,Sendai City)

Visited Universities and Symposium
21st EAROPH World Congress (Himeji City, Hyogo)

EAROPH World Congress

ICHARM Int. Symposium

The Asian Conference on DR 2008

Visited Museums
Disaster Reduction Institution (DRI) museum (Kobe City)

Arakawa Museum of Aqua (Tokyo City)

Studied Subjects
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Disaster insurance policy in Japan.
Current technologies for earthquake
protection in Japan
International Recovery Platform.
Survey Report an Sichuan Earthquake
Total Disaster Risk Management
The activities of ADRC

Learning Activities
 Lectures
 Seminars Participatory drills
 DRR Related Literature Visits to Educational Institutions
 Visits to DRR Related Departments
 Visits to DRR Museums and Memorials

Disaster preparedness IN JAPAN
There are many disaster prevention facilities and equipment: Application of high technology on observation:
Meteorological satellites, weather observation radar andseismometers…
 Materials and machinery required for emergency responseand mitigation nature disaster Systems for liaising and communicating emergency
information such as telecommunication or broadcasting
facilities.
 Transportation vehicles such as helicopters, ships andautomobiles.
 Facilities of evacuation and headquarters for disastercountermeasures. Also, there are many research andprojects such as fireproofing buildings, providing
evacuation routes, areas and facilities for disaster
preparation bases…

Disaster preparedness IN JAPANDisaster prevention in urban areas such as creating green space,spreading a seismic examination and reinforcement of existingbuildings, improving and inspecting public facilities and seismic
retrofit of lifeline facilities.
 There were many erosion control works such as landslide
prevention, Soil and water conservation, flood control, steep
slope prevention and any....
 There are many activities on school Education and DisasterAwareness:
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1st September
30th August to 5th September
17th January
15th to 21st January- Disaster Reduction Day- Disaster Reduction Week
- Disaster Reduction & Volunteer Day- Disaster Reduction Volunteer Week

There are many training to volunteer, local organization andresidents such as: fighting fires, fighting floods, search andrescue, first aid, and evacuation.

Shortcomings and limitations
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Disaster prevention, response and mitigation activities are
passive and mainly focus on addressing specific problems;
The response to disasters is slow due to objective and subjective
reasons;
Unstable production system, inappropriate production structure;
Infrastructure is poor and vulnerable to disaster;
Forecast and warning systems do not meet the requirements,
particularly with regards to disasters like flash floods, landslides,
whirlwinds, etc;
Emergency relief, damage recovery and rehabilitation are limited,sometimes disconcerted and lack of cooperation;
Search and rescue activities are limited due to lack of equipments
and facilities, unprofessional operations and not bringing thecombined strengths of all forces and communities into full play.

Specific objectives to Disaster managementin VietnamImprove forecasting and warning capacity
Ensure that development planning, building codes ofsocio-economic structures suited to regional
standards for flood and storm control
Ensure 100% of local staffs who directly work in
disaster prevention, response and mitigation at alllevels to be trained and strengthened of capacities;ensure more than 70% of population living indisaster prone areas to be disseminated ofknowledge on disaster mitigation.
Complete the relocation, arrangement andstabilization of the life for people in disaster prone
areas according to the planning approved byauthorized government agencies .

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Closely cooperation among forces of search andrescue to gain initiative in responding.
Ensure the safety of dyke systems at provinces;improve the flood-resistance capacity ofembankment system; complete the consolidation
and upgrade of sea dyke system.
Ensure the safety of reservoirs .
100% of construction of parking space for boats andships will have been completed in line with the plan
approved .
Complete the fishery communication system.

Action Plan
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Apply the advanced ideas of disaster
information management into practicalwork
Improve the participation of civilian inactivities of disaster mitigation
Share what I learned in Japan withother departments related to disastermanagement

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Working in groups and always listen
Diligent, painstaking persons
Courteous and respect
On time and always keeping in touch
Tidy persons
Always show interest in everyoneMy special thanks Executive Director

Mr. Koji Suzuki
 Senior Researcher

Mr. Masato Ohori Visiting Research from Nepal

Mr. Shambhu Pd. Marasini And all ADRC staff

ForFor Asian
Asian safer
safer inin natural
natural disasterdisaster

Nha Trang, Vietnam

Tokyo, Japan

Trekking in Nepal

Hanoi, Vietnam