In Vietnam, from the beginning of this year, natural disasters have been increasingly irregular, with unseasonal rains and flooding accompanied by thunderstorms, strong winds and storms.
From the beginning of this year to August 13, 82 people were killed or went missing due to natural disasters, and economic losses were estimated at over VNĐ4 trillion , according to the National Steering Committee for Natural Disasters Prevention and Control. Tiến said that most local disaster prevention and control forces had to spend their time on multiple tasks. They lack specialised equipment and tools for monitoring and supervision. As a result, they struggled to respond to large-scale disasters.
They should also ensure the quality of early warnings and forecasting to proactively prevent and minimise damage. Marine weather forecasting has seen remarkable innovations thanks to new foreign technologies. Wave forecasting models have been detailed within four kilometres, and the forecast period is up to 10 days.
The national steering committee needs to guide and urge localities to implement provincial indicators for assessing disaster prevention and control this year.