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Continued efforts for integrated water management of the Vu Gia – Thu Bon

Posted on June 20, 2018 by UCR-CoP

Attending the final workshop of the project on integrated management of Vu Gia – Thu Bon river basin and the coastal areas of Quang Nam and Da Nang this middle of June in Hoi An city, one does not have … Continue reading →

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‘Wicked problem’ in managing water balance in the Vu Gia – Thu Bon river basin

Posted on May 29, 2018 by UCR-CoP

Early November 2017, storm no. 12 (Typhoon Damrey) with level 12 winds, level 15 gusts and heavy rain made a landfall on the central coast of Vietnam. Fearing that the increasing water levels would risk reservoir safety, many hydropower reservoirs … Continue reading →

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Early warning for communities: A key to flood risk reduction

Posted on January 29, 2018 by UCR-CoP

Nguyễn Thị Yến, CARE International in Vietnam After the third Shared Learning Dialogue (SLD) in September 2017, the fourth SLD was organized by ISET, the Coordination Board for Integrated Management of the Vu Gia – Thu Bon river basin and … Continue reading →

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UN Vows to Assist Vietnam Tackle Drought, Salinity

Posted on May 10, 2016 by UCR-CoP

HCM CITY – The UN Deputy Secretary General has offered assistance to Việt Nam in coping with the ongoing drought and saline intrusion, which has affected two million people in the southern and south-central region. Jan Eliasson, who recently completed … Continue reading →

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