Vietnam-UN Partnership Advances Disaster Risk Reduction with New Assessment Tool
The assessment is the collaboration results of key government ministries and the UN agencies, the EU, JICA, ADB, HAI, SCV, CRS, and other development partners.
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| On December 10, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pauline Tamesis, and Vice Minister Nguyen Hoang Hiep from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) convened the annual end-of-year Disaster Risk Reduction Partnership (DRRP) gathering. The key milestone at the gathering was the official launch of the Vietnam Multi-Sector Assessment (VMSA). The assessment is the collaboration results of key government ministries and the UN agencies, the EU, JICA, ADB, HAI, SCV, CRS, and other development partners. The UN Resident Coordinator oversaw UN agencies' involvement, with UNDP's technical leadership. |
 | Roundtable discussion on Vietnam-UN development cooperation for 2022-2026 December 2, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung and Kamal Malhotra, UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam, co-chaired a seminar on building the ... |
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