Comprehensive digitalisation needed for hydro-meteorological work: officials
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh has urged the hydro-meteorological sector to accelerate comprehensive digital transformation and research and application of new technologies to better natural disaster prevention and control, search and rescue activities, and minimise damage caused by hydro-meteorological disasters.
Agencies and units operating in meteorological and hydrological forecast at all levels annually provide nearly 60,000 forecasts and warnings. -Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Minister of Natural Resources andEnvironment Le Cong Thanh has urged the hydro-meteorological sector to accelerate comprehensivedigital transformation and research and application of new technologies to betternatural disaster prevention and control, search and rescue activities, and minimise damagecaused by hydro-meteorological disasters.
ღ According to Thanh, it is necessary to step up the modernisation of specialisedinformation systems and the collection of information from satellites to meet therequirements for weather forecasts.
Deeper, more scientific and more comprehensive research on natural risk zones should be performed, he said, adding that communication activities must be enhanced to raise public awareness of natural disaster prevention and control, especially in vulnerable areas.
Flood in Cam Lo district, Quang Tri province (Photo: VNA)
DeputyDirector General of the Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration Dr. Hoang Duc Cuong said hydrometeorologicalinformation and data are extremely importantto sustainable socio-economic development as they impact on 11 out of the 17 sustainabledevelopment goals, and play a decisive role in preventing, responding andovercoming consequences of natural disasters.
Agenciesand units operating in meteorological and hydrological forecast at alllevels annually provide nearly 60,000 forecastsand warnings, effectively serving the natural disaster prevention and control,search and rescue activities, Cuong said.
Vietnam’s hydrometeorological sector is working hard on developingsolutions to better its ability in forecasting extreme weather and climatephenomena, risks and impacts of natural disasters.
It has been developing new models and methods for monitoring, forecasting,and warning, while actively cooperating with universities and researchinstitutes to apply scientific and technological achievements and speed up digitaltransformation in the field.
🅷 Attention has been also paid to improving the quality of humanresources to meet development requirements of the sector in the future./.
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Improving the capacity of hydro-meteorological monitoring and forecasting as well as strengthening international cooperation are identified as two major tasks of the national hydro-meteorological sector in the future.
Applying artificial intelligence in the hydro-meteorological sector is essential, said Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh.
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Agencies and units operating in meteorological and hydrological forecast at all levels annually provide nearly 60,000 forecasts and warnings. -Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) 
Flood in Cam Lo district, Quang Tri province (Photo: VNA) 
