Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, while receiving a delegation of Japanese experts operating in hydrometeorological forecasting in Hanoi on December 2, suggested the Japanese side implement more specific cooperation projects in this field, laying a foundation for the two governments to propose cooperation priorities in the coming time.

The national steering committee for natural disaster prevention and control held a meeting with international partners in Hanoi on December 8, highlighting the role of early warning and early action in natural disaster risk mitigation.

It is critical to have communication protocols that ensures every community member’s access to early climate forecast and warning, said Nguyen Van Tien, Deputy Director of the General Department of the Vietnam Disaster Management Authority (VDMA), on October 13.

A project to improve early warning and risk management capacity for Vietnam's financial sector was launched at a ceremony held by the National Financial Supervisory Commission (NFSC) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in Vietnam on June 15 in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

Up to 4,770 cyber-attacks on Vietnamese websites were reported in the first quarter of 2019, doubling the figure recorded in the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Teams (VNCERT).