WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing $50,000 to CARE International, a leading international non-governmental organization, to support emergency relief efforts in flood-affected districts of central Vietnam.On Aug. 21, U.S. Ambassador Michael W. Michalak declared a disaster due to the effects of the flooding. According to the Government of Vietnam (GVN), the floods and landslides have killed 74 people, destroyed 1,800 houses and damaged more than 170,000 houses, schools, and health clinics.

In early August, heavy monsoon rains exacerbated by Typhoon Pabuk resulted in contaminated water sources, damaged rice crops and an estimated $124 million in damage throughout 15 provinces in the central part of the country. The GVN and the provincial-level authorities have responded to the flooding by providing food and medical supplies, rebuilding houses, and clearing debris.

USAID is closely monitoring the situation and will provide additional assistance if needed.

Source: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Date: 23 Aug 2007

 A media campaign, implemented in 3 months from August from October 2007, is proposed to advocate for CBDRM at both national and local level.

The Disaster preparedness programme of European Commission (DIPECHO) funds a number of NGOs and UN organizations to carry out Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) activities in Vietnam.

An Advocacy Network Initiative – a joint project of all DIPECHO partners – has been launched to advocate for greater support for CBDRM from the government and national-level agencies responsible for disaster preparedness, and through this, contribute to efforts to increase the capacity of communities including children to implement disaster risk management activities.
Under the initiative, a media campaign is proposed to advocate for CBDRM at both national and local level. Implemented in 3 months from August – October 2007, the Media Campaign aims at:
-  Strengthening the engagement of media agencies/individuals in sensitizing the public and advocating for community-based approaches to disaster management and planning 
-  Raising awareness amongst population on the role and responsibilities of local governments and citizens including children in disaster management.
In this context, a field trip and workshop for media representatives and DIPECHO partners will be organized from 27-29^th August 2007 in Thua Thien Hue in order to strengthen understanding of journalists about community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM) activities; besides, develop key messages to promote CBDRM and identify communication channels for the media campaign.

27th  August : Field visits in Danang / CECI, Save the Children

28th  August : Field visits in Hue / DWF (Development Workshop France), Netherlands Red Cross- Spanish Red Cross – Vietnamese Red cross

29th August : Workshop in Hue

 

Construction of a tsunami and earthquake early warning system will begin next year and be completed in 2011, according to the Central Institute of Geophysics. The VND80 billion (US$5 million) network will comprise 34 seismic stations sending satellite signals to a central information processing bureau.The seismic stations will be spread all over Vietnam at a distance of 100km-200km from each other. But many of them will be in the north of the country which is more disaster-prone.Vietnam collaborated independently with Japan and Taipei to establish some early warning seismic stations.

Vietnam has never been hit by a severe tsunami or earthquake, but has experienced some mild tremors which served as a wake-up call for the authorities. 

Story from Thanh Nien News Published: 22 August, 2007

To coordinate and facilitate the supports of the international donor community to the flood affected provinces, NDMP has developed a matrix of relief supports for 3 provinces of Quang Binh, Ha Tinh and Dac Lac with information obtained by NDMP so far .

Following the Joint needs assessment Meeting held in MARD by NDMP, Standing Office of CCFSC, PACCOM and DMWG on 17^th August, 2007, official requests from provincial Departments of Foreign Affairs (DOFA) for assistance for Ha Tinh and Quang Binh have received the initial funding CARE Vietnam indicated through CARE Australia (Approx $USD 42,000). 

Detailed proposal and support for Ha Tinh province Detailed proposal and support for Quang Binh province

CARE is in the process of procuring the emergency relief items to the provinces of Ha Tinh and Quang Binh mentioned in the attached files. In Ha Tinh, 711 households from Hoa Hai, Duc Huong, Son Long and Son Ha communes will each receive one relief package. In Quang Binh, approximately 2,400 households from Mai Hoa, Chau Hoa, Van Hoa, Canh Hoa and Phu Hoa will receive rice, mosquito nets and school notebooks.

In another effort to coordinate and facilitate the supports of the international donor community to the flood affected provinces, NDMP has developed a matrix of relief supports for 3 provinces of Quang Binh, Ha Tinh and Dac Lac with information obtained by NDMP so far. However to make the matrix really works, more information from all of related organizations is needed. The matrix is formatted in Excel to help automatically filter interested information categories. Please feel free to revise the format of the matrix to make it more user friendly and informative, and to fill up the table with relevant information or just send information to NDMP. NDMP will update the matrix and share on the NDMP website (www.ccfsc.org.vn/ndm-p) for public use.

 

On 17th August, 2007, a meeting to make a brief on rapid damages and needs assessment floods aftermath in Quang Binh and Ha Tinh provinces was held by NDMP, Standing Office of CCFSC, PACCOM and DMWG at Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Storm No.2 (this storm had no international name) reached Vietnam in early August 2007 causing serious rains and floods in provinces in Central and the Highlands of Viet Nam.  Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Dac Lac provinces suffered the most with rainfall and flood levels in several places were recorded at historically high levels. Responding to the severe damages inflicted by the disaster both in terms of human lives and propery, the Natural Disaster Mitigation Partnership (NDMP) in collaboration with the People’s Aids Coordinating Committee (PACCOM) and the Disaster Management Working Group (DMWG) organized an emergency meeting, which resulted in the formation an dispatch of two Joint Rapid Assessment missions to the Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces from 12 to 15 August 2007. On 17 August 2007, facilitated by the NDMP,  PACCOM, the Standing Office of CCFSC and the DMWG convened a briefing meeting to share the most updated information of damages caused by Storm No. 2; share information on the emergency response of the Government (including official support to the affected provinces and support provided through the Fatherland Front of Viet Nam); and receive reports of the Joint Needs Assessment missions to Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces.

The meeting gathered representatives of several Embassies to Viet Nam, of key international bilateral and multilateral cooperation organizations such as UNDP, JICA, USAID, Delegation of the European Commission, AusAID etc.; of many international NGOs and Red Cross; and of the two provinces of Ha Tinh and Quang Binh. Major news and media agencies i.e. Vietnam Television, Voice of Viet Nam, Ha Noi Television, Nhan dan Newspaper etc. attended the meeting and broadcasted the event.
 Most meeting participants expressed their pleasure with the information provided on the development of and response to Storm No. 2 and it’s aftermath provided by CCFSC, provinces and Joint Needs Assessment Reports. However a need for further information on the allocation of Government support on sites and on whom should be contacted for effective relief aids coordination were raised since donors and NGOs want to ensure that their assistance is complementory to and effectively supports the government efforts to relieve the immediate difficulties of disaster affected people, and help them overcome the disaster losses in the medium and long term through rehabilitation and long-term re-construction efforts.

The meeting concluded that the Joint Assessment reports will be revised and supplemented to meet the additional  information needed by interested stakeholders. Donors and international organizations should channel their support directly to affected provinces where a network of receipt of support is available down to the grassroots level. NDMP and PACCOM will facilitate delivery of such support through provision of information on needs assessments, Government support and local contacts as required. Please visit the NDMP website at www.ccfsc.org.vn/ndm-p and/or the INGO Resource Center Website at www.ngocentre.org.vn for updated related information on developments.

See Joint assessment reports in previous post. 

See Damage Report  cyclone-2-total-damage-18-08-07.pdf

About one million people face food shortages in central Vietnam until the rice harvest early next year after the worst floods in decades, government officials said on Friday.  Seventy-four people have died and nine are missing and feared dead after a storm dumped rains of up to 1.4 meters (4.6 feet) during the first 10 days of August in Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces.“The storm has caused the most terrible floods in the past 50 years,” an official from Ha Tinh’s Agriculture Department said at a government meeting to assess the damage.The province reported 29 deaths, 14 of them children.“We are short of food until the new crop comes in next April,” he told Vietnamese officials, diplomats and representatives from foreign non-governmental organizations.

Residents in the neighbouring province of Quang Binh, where 15 died, have also lost all food stocks and fresh rice supplies could only come next March, a Quang Binh official said.The government has sent 3,000 tons of rice from state warehouses to Ha Tinh and Quang Binh, but officials said that without other food, the rice could last only 10 days.The government’s Committee for Flood and Storm Control put the economic losses from floods in the central provinces and the Central Highlands coffee belt at VND2 trillion (US$124 million). 

Vietnamese officials have appealed for international help, saying apart from food and medical aid, victims needed mosquito nets, blankets, clothes and disinfectants as water sources were polluted. 

The government did not issue a damage report on the Central Highlands coffee crop but it said nearly 4,500 hectares (11,000 acres) of both coffee and rubber had been destroyed in three coffee growing provinces of Daklak, Dak Nong and Gia Lai.The region has 450,000 hectares (1.11 million acres) of coffee under plantation. It supplies up to 90 percent of Vietnam’s coffee output, which traders estimated at 21 million bags from the previous harvest that ended in January.

Harvesting of the next crop is due to start from late October.

Source: Reuters

Reports at meeting on 17 August 2007 - CCFSC NDM-P DMWG

Typhoon Needs assessment report debriefing

Quang Binh Assessment report – English                         

Ha Tinh Assessment report – English 

Conducting activities to respond and overcome the consequences

By Margareta Wahlström.

Climate change is an issue so large in scope and so potentially overwhelming in importance that it might be helpful for us to pause and focus our attention on practical steps we can take to adapt to a warming planet and reduce its negative impacts.

Consider the adaptation mechanisms of two mammals: polar bears and humans. Polar bears have evolved over thousands of years to adapt to a harsh climate. But today we see these magnificent animals stranded on melting ice floes, struggling to stay afloat. They have no time to adapt and could be extinct in a few decades. And what about humans? How will we stay afloat with rising sea levels, more extreme weather, intensive storms, flooding, heatwaves and droughts coming our way, as scientists agree they will? Unlike polar bears, we can adapt more readily to protect ourselves from natural disasters, including the many effects of global warming. Using simple, cost-effective methods, we can save lives, lands and livelihoods. We have the knowledge and experience to make a critical difference in reducing risks. What is needed is the will to do so now before the next disaster strikes.

Indeed, we have no time to waste. Over the past 30 years, disasters-storms, floods and droughts-have increased threefold, according to the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). In 2006 alone, 134 million people suffered from natural hazards that cost $35 billion in damages, including the devastating droughts in China and Africa, in addition to massive flooding throughout Asia and Africa. These disasters scarred lives, shattered families, stripped away livelihoods and set back development efforts.

Not only are natural hazards becoming more frequent, but rapid urbanization and population growth mean more people are now at risk. Disasters triggered by these hazards have affected five times more people than they did only a generation ago. Megacities like Tokyo, built on seismic areas, or exposed coastlines like Shanghai, are at particular risk. In such cities as Mumbai, Cairo, Mexico City and Lagos, each with more than 10 million residents, decaying infrastructure, land erosion, crowded conditions and a paucity of rescue services could spell potential calamity should an earthquake or powerful storm hit.

Global warming will exacerbate our growing vulnerability to disasters. As outlined in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, hundreds of millions of people will be at increased danger from climate-related hazards. The countries least responsible for global warming-the poorest developing nations-will be the most affected by its consequences, both in human and economic terms. Massive flooding, droughts and storms, the spread of infectious diseases, disruption of crop cycles and competition for natural resources could threaten the lives of millions. Some 200 million people living in coastal flood zones-60 million in South Asia alone-are at risk from intense storms and rising waters. In the cruel calculus of disasters, the poorer the community, the greater its vulnerability to natural hazards and the more difficult its recovery.

Given these potential scenarios, the humanitarian community is taking a hard look at how it can help reduce risks, bolster preparedness and respond more effectively to the consequences of climate change. Potential humanitarian impacts include:

Human health risks. Diseases, such as cholera, malaria and dengue fever, will likely increase in some areas as a result of changing temperatures; diarrhoea-related diseases and malnutrition could also climb.

Diminished food security and water supply. Desertification and drought could threaten the livelihoods of over 1 billion people in more than 110 countries, particularly in semi-arid regions.

Rising sea levels. Coastal cities and countries with low coastal areas could be in danger; the Bahamas, Viet Nam, Egypt and Bangladesh are among those at high risk.

Threats to peace and security. Scarcity of key resources, including water, could exacerbate tensions between ethnic groups, countries and regions as they compete for, and adjust to, different environments and resources. Darfur and Sri Lanka are two examples of this potential scenario.

Increased migration and displacement. Populations affected by rising seas, flooding, drought or desertification leave their lands at risk, either voluntarily or by coercion. Some analysts predict we could see up to 50 million environmental refugees by the end of the decade. Environment-related migration has been most acute in sub-Saharan Africa, but also affects millions of people in Asia and India.

What can we do? To begin, we must not be frozen by fear or lulled into a despairing sense of complacency. The greatest risk we face is doing nothing. It is time to roll up our sleeves and get to work in building more disaster-resilient communities. The tools needed are not expensive, particularly given the potential costs. Experts estimate that one dollar invested in risk reduction today can save up to $7 in relief and recovery costs tomorrow. Many of the most effective tools at our disposal to save lives are based on mobilizing people, not on expensive technology. Community-based early warning systems, local disaster education and evacuation plans, better crop and land management techniques are all being completed with great success by nations across the resource spectrum.

Consider Bangladesh, for example, where devastating cyclones swept the country in 1970 and also in 1991, killing half a million people. A community-based “human early warning system” was set up along the Bay of Bengal, and villagers were trained in how to build cyclone shelters, design evacuation plans and other simple measures. The death toll from monsoons and heavy rains in recent years has fallen dramatically. Or take the case of Simeulue Island in Indonesia, situated near the epicentre of the tsunami. For generations, residents had been taught what to do if an earthquake struck or the ocean suddenly receded, as it did on 26 December 2004: head for the hills. As a result, fewer than ten of the island’s 78,000 inhabitants were killed by the giant waves. In nearby Aceh, no such warning system existed; in some areas, up to 90 per cent of the population perished.

The citizens of Toronto, Canada will benefit from another kind of early warning system, one designed to reduce heat-related deaths. The city has installed an emergency mechanism that will alert public health officials 60 hours before the start of potentially lethal heatwaves, which are expected to increase as the world warms.

For effective disaster preparedness and education, look to Cuba’s success. In September 2004, the fifth largest hurricane ever to hit the Caribbean struck the island with winds of 124 miles per hour. Nearly 2 million people-more than 15 per cent of the total population-were safely evacuated and no one was killed. The following summer, Hurricane Dennis hit 12 of Cuba’s 14 provinces, affecting some 8 million people, 70 per cent of the population, but thanks to effective community mobilization and evacuation efforts, fewer than 20 died.

Better land use policies, particularly in overpopulated or heavily eroded areas, can also save lives. In 2004, a hurricane killed nearly 3,000 people in Haiti, but caused only a handful of deaths on the other half of the island. The difference: the mangrove trees planted along the Dominican Republic’s shoreline buffered high wind and waves, while well-forested hillsides prevented deadly mud slides. Meanwhile, in New Zealand, engineers are pairing up with local governments to strengthen city drainage systems to withstand more intensive rainstorms.

Risk reduction is one of the best insurance policies we can take to protect investment in development. A major disaster can destroy decades of development gains. In Pakistan, the 2005 earthquake cost $5 billion in damages, approximately the same amount the World Bank lent the country over the last decade. In 1998, Hurricane Mitch resulted in losses equal to 41 per cent of Honduras’s gross domestic product, while in the Maldives 66 per cent of its GDP was wiped out by the 2004 tsunami.

The message is clear: natural disasters need not result in human catastrophe. We must redouble our efforts and invest in simple life-saving measures that can reduce our vulnerability to disasters due to a changing climate. The Global Platform in June 2007, spearheaded by ISDR, will bring together national governments, scientists, non-governmental organizations, financial institutions and the United Nations to move this agenda forward.

But disaster-risk reduction is too important to be left to the experts. Risk reduction begins at home, in schools, places of work and worship, and throughout our local communities. It is here where we will either save lives or lose them, depending on the steps we take today to reduce our vulnerability to tomorrow’s hazards. For greatest impact, these steps must be grounded in local knowledge and communicated broadly so that everyone, from a local school child to a village grandmother to the municipal mayor, knows how to be protected from nature’s vicissitudes.

Education is vital, as is the sharing of experience within and among communities. As importantly, disaster-risk managers need to listen and learn from the grassroots in order to build upon examples of risk reduction that have been tried and tested in the crucible of local experience.

The polar bears are stranded. Let’s not leave ourselves open to a similar fate.

Margareta Wahlström is Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator at the United Nations.

Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Date: 15 Aug 2007

 Humanitarian Exchange Issue 38

Over the past decade, the number of people reportedly affected by disasters globally increased by one-third; reported deaths were up 84%. If trends continue it is estimated that, by 2050, natural disasters could have a global cost of over $300 billion a year, and will be a key element in the failure to meet the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. At the recent Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, Sir John Holmes, the Emergency Relief Coordinator, noted the challenge of ‘turning what is contained in the Hyogo Framework for Action into concrete, practical actions at every level … what we need to do is together advance the arguments which will actually support further investment in risk reduction and we need that further investment. We must share our success stories’ in order to make a life-saving difference for hundreds of millions of people who are increasingly vulnerable to disaster risk.

This edition of Humanitarian Exchange features articles on the topic of disaster risk reduction for humanitarian practitioners. Disaster risk reduction is the broad development and application of policies, strategies and practices to minimise vulnerabilities and disaster risks for affected communities, through prevention, mitigation and preparedness. An increasing body of knowledge and best practice has emerged on this topic, but there are still many challenges, not least the dynamically changing humanitarian context in which agencies must respond. Traditional humanitarian planning and response must factor in the impacts of a changing external environment including climate change, increased displacement and migration, urbanisation, HIV/AIDS and other potential pandemics, and engage with effective disaster risk reduction strategies to mitigate the negative effects of these problems. There is a need for better coordination between climate change, disasters and development communities, greater understanding of both global and local risks associated with climate change, and improved approaches to understand and respond to local vulnerabilities, while simultaneously addressing underlying complex and partly global processes.

This edition also presents articles on other subjects of concern to policy-makers and practitioners in the humanitarian sector: the role of Islamic charities, the analysis and integration of market factors in food security in West Africa and improving accountability to beneficiaries.

 HPN

The Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) was established in 1994 to provide an independent forum for policy-makers, practitioners and others working in or on the humanitarian sector to share and disseminate information, analysis and experience, and to learn from it. The only network of its kind, HPN plays a key role in examining policy developments and distilling practice. It is fast in capturing major new initiatives and good practice from a wide range of players, and documenting and disseminating this information to field staff and policy-makers. HPN’s aim is to improve the performance of humanitarian action by contributing to individual and institutional learning.

HPN’s audience comprise individuals and organisations engaged in humanitarian action. They work in over 130 countries worldwide, working in northern and southern NGOs, the UN and other multilateral agencies, governments and donors, academic institutions and consultancies. HPN’s publications are written by a similarly wide range of contributors.

HPN’s institutional location is the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), an independent think tank on humanitarian and development policy. HPN’s publications are researched and written by a wide range of individuals and organisations, and are published by HPN in order to encourage and facilitate knowledge-sharing within the sector. The views and opinions expressed in HPN’s publications do not necessarily state or reflect those of the Humanitarian Policy Group or the Overseas Development Institute.

See full text : humanitarian-exchange-038.pdf

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 Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Date: 14 Aug 2007

 The Federation’s mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 185 countries.

In Brief

This Bulletin is being issued for information only, and reflects the situation and the information available at this time. The Federation is not seeking funding or other assistance from donors for this operation at this time.

The Situation

Heavy incessant rains in the past four days (some 10,000 mm) has caused severe flooding in six provinces across Central Viet Nam and its Central Highlands; namely Dak Lak, Lam Dong, Gia Lai, Dak Nong, Ha Tinh and Quang Binh.

The flooding in these areas are the most devastating since 1944. To date, some 61 people have been reported dead while six are still missing. The hardest hit provinces are Ha Tinh and Quang Binh, two central provinces classified by the government of Viet Nam as amongst the poorest provinces. Altogether, 27 communes in Ha Tinh and 66 communes in six districts in Quang Binh have been submerged in flood waters for up to four days.

About 130,000 people (approx. ten percent of the resident population) ere severely affected by the floods in Ha Tinh province, with 80 percent of this concentrating in the two mountainous districts of Ha Tinh. In Quang Binh province, 240,000 people (30 percent of the resident population) are in the same situation.

According to the latest estimation by the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control of Viet Nam (CCFSC), nearly 400 houses have collapsed and 54,854 houses badly damaged, in many instances, waters having reached the roofs of these houses. It is estimated that 15,000 families (approx. 47,000 people) in Quang Binh have been evacuated to safer surrounding areas.

Personal belongings, household items and food stocks have been damaged while livelihoods have been disrupted. About 98,540 hectares of farmlands have been inundated with floodwater for several days now, destroying valuable rice and vegetable fields. Initial estimates show losses in agriculture of up to 30,000 tons of rice for the coming harvest. Around 4,267 hectares of aqua-cultural farms are also damaged. Health officials warned of the increasing risks of disease as a result of waterborne diseases.

There has not been any electricity supply for four days while submerged roads and railway lines have affected transportation and communication between the North and South for almost four days. The railway network was restored on 11 August, and trains resumed with a limited speed of 50 km per hour.

Damages are estimated at USD 28 million in Ha Tinh (CHF 33 million), which accounts for revenues of one-year for the province. Similar estimations for Quang Binh province is USD 29 million (CHF 35 million) accounting to nearly two thirds of the revenue of the province.

The impact of the flood has received national attention. The government of Viet Nam has pledged to release 3,000 tons of rice which will cover immediate needs and USD 5 million for relief and rehabilitation to the five affected provinces, focussing on the most severely hit provinces of Ha Tinh and Quang Binh.

The Viet Nam ministry of health (MoH) in cooperation with other relevant authorities is working on water clearance while the Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) has launched a local appeal to seek support for the affected people. Nevertheless, a huge gap exists still to cover the needs of the affected people.

The following items are initial indications of the current needs, which will be supplied by VNRCs chapters :

 Blankets  30 000

Mosquito nets    20 000

Ustensils  20 000

Water containers   20 000 

The beneficiaries will return to their houses once the water has receded. However, many of their belongings have been destroyed or washed away and thus they will need some initial assistance to return to some degree of normality. As the school year approaches, it will be critical to supply school children with text books (as they have been washed away or are completely destroyed). In addition, a large number of the beneficiaries live in rural and mountainous areas where drinking water is obtained from open household wells. These wells have been contaminated by the flooding, thus increasing the health risks.

Red Cross and Red Crescent action

The Viet Nam Red Cross (VNRC) headquarter has sent two groups to the six affected provinces in Central Viet Nam and the Central Highlands to assist those affected by the floods with relief goods and to conduct further assessments. VNRC has immediately provided 900 household kits and VND 82 million (CHF 6,000) in cash from its buffer stock and emergency fund relief respectively, to support people in these six provinces. The relief items consist of plastic water collectors, water containers, soaps, mosquito nets, blankets and utensils. Cash will be provided to the most vulnerable households, with each family receiving VND 1,000,000 (CHF 84).

Red Cross chapters have responded immediately to the floods, using chapter cars and speedy boats to evacuate people and rented trucks to transport relief goods to the distribution points.

The Federation is supporting the VNRC with coordination, communication and technical advice along with other stakeholders in the national disaster management working group consisting of the government of Viet Nam, the United Nations and non-government organizations. VNRC staff is present in a joint needs assessment which includes members of the national disaster management working group. The joint assessment is ongoing and a clearer picture of the impact of the disaster and plans for relief and rehabilitation efforts will be available shortly. A report presenting updated figures of damages as well as needs will be available soon.

Contact information

For further information specifically related to this operation please contact:

Viet Nam Red Cross: Dr. Trinh Bang Hop, Head of International Relations and Development Department, email: vnrchq@netnam.org.vn; Phone: +84.4.822.4320; Fax: +84.4.942.4285

Federation Viet Nam delegation: Irja Sandberg, head of delegation, email: irja.sandberg@ifrc.org; Phone: +84.4.942.2980 (ext. 216); Fax: +84.4.942.2987