HaiPhong hosts workshop on climate change in Red River Delta
A symposium that aims to promote cooperation to address climate change impacts in the Red River Delta was held in HaiPhong on February 24 and 25.
The two-day event drew the participation of researchers and representatives of international development partners and Vietnamese government officials at the central and provincial levels, including those from the five Red River Delta localities of HaiPhong, Thai Binh, Nam Dinh, NinhBinh and QuangNinh.
The event intended to enhance awareness relative to the critical vulnerability of the Red River Delta and call for more relevant investment for the region, particularly at the whole-of-delta level.
The first Red River Delta Symposium, organised in 2014 in Nam Dinh, offered the five coastal provinces the first-time opportunity to discuss the common challenges they all face and the need for coordinated responses at the delta-level.
Since then, USAID’s Vietnam Forests and Deltas programme has supported updated provincial climate change action plans, which were shared at the second symposium.