Workshop looks to improve Vietnam’s disaster management capacity
A training workshop opened in Hanoi on March 26, sharing general information of US Incident Command System (ICS) and looking to improve Vietnam’s capacity in managing and building plans in response to incidents and disasters.
Hanoi (VNA) – A training workshop opened in Hanoi on March 26,sharing general information of US Incident Command System (ICS) and looking toimprove Vietnam’s capacity in managing and building plans in response toincidents and disasters.
The event was jointly held by the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment’s General Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control(GDNDPC), the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the USDepartment of State and the US Forest Service (USFS).
According to Nguyen Truong Son, deputy head of the GDNDPC, the command systemfor natural disaster prevention and control in Vietnam has shown efficiency asit gives timely directions, helping mitigate human and property losses whilemaking rapid recovery in disaster-hit areas.
The USFS’s experience in ICS application as well as its technical support forVietnam will help the country complete the command system responding to naturaldisasters and search and rescue work, particularly in the context of abnormalweather conditions, he added.
During the four-day workshop, participants will discuss Vietnam’s naturalcalamity prevention system, Multi-Agency Coordinating (MAC) system, emergencyoperations centre, and incident management procedures, among others.
Underthe US-ASEAN cooperation programme in natural disaster management, the GDNDPCand the USFS joined hands to develop a non-project aid for training andenhancing management capacity in natural disaster prevention and control inVietnam. The workshop is the first activity within the framework of thisprogramme.-VNA
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