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HAZARD AND VULNERABILITY MAPPINGDMWG Meeting, 3rd July 2008

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HAZARD AND VULNERABILITY MAPPINGDMWG Meeting, 3rd July 2008

Natural Disasters Issues in Viet Nam

1. Overview of Natural Disasters (ND) by regions

2. Key stakeholders in ND management3. Gap analysis in ND management

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Natural Hazards in VietnamNatural Hazards in Vietnam

I. NATURAL DISASTERS IN VIETNAMI. NATURAL DISASTERS IN VIETNAM

Flood Flash flood Inundation Storm/typhoon Storm surge Drought

Salt water intrusion Landslide Hail rain Lightening

Main Hazards: Flood, Storm and Drought

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Poverty Situation (According to 2005 poverty standard)

No. Regions Proportion of Rank of poor households poverty

1 Northern uplands 43.19% 22 Red River delta 19.80% 63 North central coastal 39.70% 34 South central coastal 23.20% 45 Central Highlands 52.22% 16 Southeast 10.19% 77 Mekong River delta 20.77% 5 

Total 25.99%

Source: Vietnam, 2005. National Targeted Program on Poverty Reduction 2006-2010 Document

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Types of Natural Disasters in Vietnam

1. Flood2. Flashflood3. Inundation 10. Hail

11. Lightening

4. Tropical Depression/ Storm/Typhoon 12. Earthquake

5. Storm surge 13. Tsunami

6. Drought 7. Salt Water Intrusion

8. Cyclone9. Landslide

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Storm occurrence in Vietnam

Frequency and severity of storms decrease from the North to the South

Source: http://www.ccfsc.org.vn/DMU_En/

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Number of people and children died in natural disasters in Vietnam

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

Years

Nu

mb

er

of

peo

ple

an

d c

hil

dre

n

Died people

Died children

Note: No data on children’s death available for the period 1996-2000

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Human loss caused by ND recorded from Human loss caused by ND recorded from 1995 to 20071995 to 2007

3,083

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Year

Nu

mb

er o

f p

eop

le

Dead/missing

Injured

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Total damage (M USD)

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Year

Value in millions USDTotal damage

(M USD)

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Economic loss caused by ND recorded from 1995 to Economic loss caused by ND recorded from 1995 to 20072007

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Rank of economic regions suffered from disasters by economic losses (2001-2005)

1. Mekong River Delta2. Red River Delta3. South Central region4. North Central region5. North Uplands6. Central Highlands 7. Southeast region

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Average damage caused by disaster in Northern Uplands (2001-2005)

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

Flo

od

Cyc

lone

Sto

rm

Tro

pica

lde

pres

sion

Types of disaster

Mil

lio

n V

ND

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Average damage caused by disaster in Red River Delta

(2001-2005)

9,974

203,471

100,000

650,000

0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

700,000

Cyclones Storms Floods Tropical depression

Main disaster types

Million VND

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Average damage caused by disasterin North Central Coastal (2001-2005)

29,304

378,640

219,418

5,7620

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

400,000

Storms Cyclones Floods Tropicaldepression

Main disaster types

Million VND

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Average damage caused by disaster in South Central Coastal (2001-2005)

7,649

402,154

330,693

0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

400,000

450,000

Storms Cyclones Floods

Main disaster types

Million VND

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Average damage caused by disaster in Central Highlands(2001-2005)

1,118

58,800

115,027

12,4170

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

Storms Floods Cyclones Tropical depression

Main disaster types

Million VND

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Average damage caused by disaster in Southeast (2001-2005)

1,765

26,352

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

Cyclones Floods

Main disaster types

Million VND

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Average damage caused by disaster in Mekong River Delta (2001-2005)

2005)

996,370

2,8080

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

Floods Cyclones

Main disaster types

Million VND

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Average damage by natural disaster types and regions (2001-05)

0

200000

400000

600000

800000

1000000

1200000

NU RRD NCC SCC CH SE MRD

Regions and ND types

Mill

ion

s V

ND Flood

Cyclone

Storm

Tropical depression

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Key Stakeholders in DM

Central Committee for Floods and Storms Control (CCFSC) National Committee for Search and Rescue Disaster Management Center/DDMFSC/MARD Dept. of Irrigation/MARD Natural Disaster Management Partnership (NDMP) National Hydro-Meteorological Center/MONRE United Nations Development Program (UNDP) PACCOM VNRC/IFRC World Vision Viet Nam Save the Children Oxfam Hong Kong & GB Others (ActionAid, CARE Int’l., CECI, Catholic Relief

Service, AusAID, EC, etc.) Communities

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Functions of Key Stakeholders in DM - Government Organizations

CCFSC - Lead and coordinate during disaster events National Committee for Search and Rescue -

Search and rescue victims and transportation means during disasters

National Hydro-Meteorological Center - Provide short, medium and long term weather forecasts and bulletins in land and on sea to the whole country

DMC - DM advisory role for DDMFSC/MARD on response measures in term of warning and disaster mitigation and Development of DM legal documents, incl. DM Strategy.

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Functions of Key Stakeholders in DM – Government Organizations

Department of Irrigation - Advise the Government and provinces on prevention, control and mitigation of drought, water-logging, inundation and salt water intrusion, among other functions;

NDMP - Managing and sharing information for improved coordination in natural disaster mitigation; Providing advice for the government on legislation, policies and strategies on NDRM;

PACCOM – Facilitate INGO works in Vietnam, and mobilize relief assistance from INGOs

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Functions of Key Stakeholders in DM International Organizations

UNDP – (i) Disaster risk management; (ii) Mitigation through information; (iii) Building partnerships for disaster mitigation; and (iv) Coordination of emergency relief;

UNICEF – (i) Child protection in emergency;(ii) Water/sanitation programs;

WB – (i) prevention and mitigation (ii) community based disaster management(iii) contingency funding for reconstruction and recovery of priority infrastructure(iv) institutional strengthening and capacity building to ensure better coordination in DM

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Functions of Key Stakeholders in DM Non Government Organizations

VNRC/IFRC – (i) Training on disaster responding skills; (ii) Communication in community; (iii) Construction of disaster preparedness and response centers; (iv) Mangrove forestation and (v) Relief goods distributions;

World Vision in Vietnam - Emergency relief; Disaster mitigation; Mainstreaming and integrating CBDRR into its regular Area Development Programs;

Save Children – (i) Build capacity for rapid, appropriate, rights-based and child-focused response; (ii) Identify existing needs and resources for child-focused emergency preparedness; (iii) Integration of DM into socio-economic program

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Functions of Key Stakeholders in DM Non Government Organizations

Oxfam – (i) Mitigate vulnerability of poor people in natural disasters; (ii) Disaster preparedness and awareness raising; (iii) CBDM and (iv) Emergency relief assistance

Others (Action Aid, AusAid, CARE, CECI, EC, Catholic Relief Service)- Mitigate vulnerability of poor people in natural disasters and emergency relief assistance

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Gap Analysis

Institutional issue: – Lack of an appropriate body responsible for matters related to all

natural disasters in Vietnam – There is no organization that regularly meets with scientists or

the public to solicit ideas about needs to plan for future disasters Legal issue:

– No detailed sanction exist for failure to comply in any legal regulation and document concerned with disaster risk management and mitigation

– No technical investigation or enforcement authority has been organized

Information issue:

– insufficient data collection and record for and inefficient management in all phases of non-water related disasters

– low reliability of mid-term and long-term weather and meteorological forecasts

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Gap Analysis Assessment issue:

– statistics and assessment of damages caused by floods and storms are limited by methods used to collect and assess measurable physical damages

– the work of assessing the damage due to floods and storms is not fully and accurately reflected

– little ongoing assessment or preparation for new and future natural disasters

Planning and integration issue:- response planning is not systematic for all disasters - Disaster risk management has not been well integrated into

the planning and investment process Financial issues:

– Vietnam Insurance Company has not yet actively participated in providing disaster risk insurance

– determination of splitting of costs for disaster damage mitigation between government and private industry does not follow any set standard