The National Week for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control in 2024 is taking place across Vietnam from May 17-22 under the theme of “Anticipatory action – a proactive approach to disaster management”, with an aim to raise the community’s capacity and the responsibility of all levels and sectors in this work.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep chaired a conference in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on August 17 to assess the extent of riverbank and coastal erosions in five provinces in the region.

The 4th Global Conference of the One Planet Network’s Sustainable Food System Programme (SFS Programme) concluded in Hanoi on April 27, spotlighting the importance of the transformation of the food system, heard a press conference held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on the same day.

The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control held a conference on June 3 in the north-western province of Hoa Binh to discuss measures to prevent natural disasters in the northern mountainous region in 2019.