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Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction into Socio-economic Development Planning processes in Viet Nam
Publish date 07/04/2022 | 11:00
Thua Thien – Hue, 7 April 2022 - The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Viet Nam held a joint workshop to introduce the new...
Vietnamese Business Networks Responding to Disasters, Climate Change, and Epidemics
Publish date 15/10/2021 | 12:00
Hanoi, October 15, 2021 - In recognition of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction and Vietnamese Entrepreneur’s Day on 13 October, the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and...
Launch of Student Communications Competition on Resilience to Climate Change and Disasters
Publish date 12/10/2021 | 09:30
Hanoi, October 12, 2021 - In response to the International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction (October 13), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Viet Nam...
Community-based disaster risk management training expanded to 21 coastal provinces
Publish date 12/07/2021 | 03:47
Hanoi, July 6, 2021 – In partnership with Viet Nam Disaster Management Authority (VNDMA), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized a two-day online kick-off meeting and...
More than 270,000 houses inundated and 37,500 houses damaged due to floods in central Viet Nam
Publish date 27/10/2020 | 09:00
Ha Noi, 26 October 2020 – Central provinces have been battered by persistent torrential rains, widespread flooding, and landslides triggered by typhoons #5 and #6, since October 5th,...
More than 1,000 students participated in the "Green Puzzle" with a message to protect the mangroves
Publish date 17/12/2019 | 05:40
Ca Mau Province, 14 December 2019 – Phan Ngoc Hien Specialized High School of Ca Mau Province and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Viet Nam organize the grafting event...
The painting “Dawn in the mangrove forest" won first prize in the drawing competition “Mangroves protect lives and minimize impact of climate change”
Publish date 17/12/2019 | 05:07
Ca Mau Province, 14 December 2019 – The Award Ceremony for the drawing competition “Mangroves protect lives and minimize the impact of climate change” was organized at Phan...
Winners of “Designing Houses and Sustainable Communities Resilient to Climate Change in Coastal Areas” competition announced
Publish date 27/11/2019 | 04:27
The first prizes Ha Noi, November 25, 2019 – The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Viet Nam Disaster Management Authority (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural...
“Mangroves protect lives and minimize the impact of climate change” – Drawing competition for high school students in coastal provinces.
Publish date 08/10/2019 | 11:53
Hanoi, October 5, 2019 - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam, in collaboration with the Administration of Forestry and the Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and...
Announcement of housing design competition rules
Publish date 25/09/2019 | 10:16
Ha Noi, September 12, 2019 - The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Viet Nam Disaster Management Authority (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), Housing and Real...
Government of Viet Nam and UNDP announce plan to build 1380 resilient houses, regenerate 1386 hectares of mangrove in 2019
Publish date 17/01/2019 | 10:02
Ha Noi, 17 January 2019 – With support from the Green Climate Fund , the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other partners, Viet Nam is preparing to build...
107 storm-resilient houses handed over to vulnerable people in Thua Thien Hue
Publish date 05/11/2018 | 05:22
Thua Thien Hue, 5 November 2018 – The UN Development Programme (UNDP) together with the Viet Nam Disaster Management Authority (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), Housing and...
GCF - Viet Nam strategic cooperation for climate resilient development, green growth and nationally determined contribution implementation
Publish date 13/06/2018 | 11:07
Ha Noi, 26 June 2017 - On the occasion of the first visit to Viet Nam of H.E Howard Bamsey, Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a dialogue was organized by the Ministry of...
UNDP-Green Climate Fund project to benefit coastal communities vulnerable to climate-related impacts in Viet Nam
Publish date 13/06/2018 | 11:06
Photo: Nguyen Huu Thanh Ha Noi, 24 November 2017 - Implementation of Viet Nam’s first project funded by the Green Climate Fund took a step forward today as the Inception...
Storm-proof housing increases the resilience of vulnerable coastal communities to climate change in Viet Nam
Publish date 13/06/2018 | 11:04
Photo: UNDP Viet Nam/Phan Huong Giang Quang Ngai, 13 February 2018 – The Viet Nam Disaster Management Authority (VNDMA), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the...
Quang Nam Province: Accelerating implementation of the Viet Nam’s first Green Climate Fund project to improve resilience of vulnerable coastal communities to climate change
Publish date 13/06/2018 | 11:02
Quang Nam province, 16 March 2018 - Mr. Dinh Van Thu, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee of Quang Nam, Ms. Akiko Fujii, Deputy Country Director of the United Nations...
Forty storm-resilient houses presented to vulnerable families in Quang Ngai
Publish date 13/06/2018 | 11:00
Quang Ngai, 5 May 2018 – The Viet Nam Disaster Management Authority (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) together with the UN Development Program and Quang Ngai People's...
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- Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction into Socio-economic Development Planning processes in Viet Nam (07/04/2022)
- Vietnamese Business Networks Responding to Disasters, Climate Change, and Epidemics (15/10/2021)
- Launch of Student Communications Competition on Resilience to Climate Change and Disasters (12/10/2021)