Project on climate change adaptation benefits Ben Tre province
A five – year project on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, launched by Oxfam organisation, has benefited 15 communes in three coastal districts of the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre.
Running from June 2012 to October 2017, the project has done 94 percent of the total work.
During nearly five-year implementation, the project has helped local authorities integrate disaster prevention into annual social – economic development plans, said Nguyen Van Buoi, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
He added that the project also conducted educational campaigns to raise awareness of local people of disaster risks and climate change effects
Meanwhile, nearly 6,000 households gained access to clean water.-