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Training session at community level in Da Nang city

Da Nang is one of the cities that is most affected by climate change in Vietnam because of storm surges and typhoons that take place almost every year. For the past month, ISET and the city of Da Nang organized 11 training sessions on housing design and construction in typhoon-affected areas to explore pathways for scaling up a storm-resilient housing model to the whole city. The trainings took place in 7 districts of Da Nang and are part of the feasibility study project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) with participation from 347 people representing both governmental and non-governmental sectors. At the community level, there were 8 technical training sessions within different wards and communes whose local houses are seriously unsafe to storms. A number of these unsafe homes will be rebuilt and retrofitted in the coming months under the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) project.

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