VOV to host regional seminar on disaster risk reduction
(VOV) -A regional seminar on disaster risk reduction and early warning system will be held at Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) headquarters in Hanoi on July 25-26.
The event, part of a Danish-funded project implemented by the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), aims to promote information dissemination to provide early warning and reduce losses of national disasters.
The seminar will be attended by senior ABU and VOV officials, as well as representatives from non-governmental organizations and foreign countries, including India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippine, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Participants are expected to develop a broadcasting network that will raise the important role of the national disaster warning office and become an indispensible part of temporary warning procedures.
They will discuss measures to strengthen cooperation among media agencies in providing news on natural disasters and early warnings.
Some other events will also take place in Hanoi as part of the Asia-Pacific’s premier international radio conference (RadioAsia 2013), scheduled for Hanoi from July 29-31.