Participants discussed a project to raise the capacity of hydrometeorological forecasting through technical programmes, technology transfer and personnel training.

Addressing the seminar, Dr. Bui Van Duc, General Director of the National Centre for Hydrometeorology Forecasting, stated that the project would not only help the targeted countries, but also help boost cooperation among member countries of the World Meteorological Organisation in the region.

Vietnam supports the project’s ideas and will closely coordinate with the project’s working group, Duc said.

Vietnam is among those countries in the region that have suffered a huge loss of life and property from climate-change related disasters in recent years.