Solidarity in action to respond to natural disasters

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Đối thoại Đông Nam Á: Đoàn kết hành động ứng phó với thiên tai

Side event of the 16th International Scientific Conference on the East Sea - "Southeast Asia Dialogue: Solidarity in Action to Respond to Natural Disasters" on the afternoon of October 22 in Quang Ninh. (Photo: PH)

In order to strengthen connectivity and exchange to find solutions to deal with non-traditional security threats at sea in the Southeast Asia - South Pacific region , within the framework of the 16th International Scientific Conference on the East Sea, on the afternoon of October 22, in Quang Ninh, the Diplomatic Academy organized a side event: "Southeast Asia Dialogue: Solidarity in Action to Respond to Natural Disasters".

The event was attended by Vietnamese and international Ambassadors, diplomats, Southeast Asian and Vietnamese scholars. Dr. Nguyen Hung Son, Deputy Director of the Diplomatic Academy chaired the event.

At the event, delegates said that many countries in the Southeast Asian region are facing challenges related to natural disaster risks such as storms, floods, forest fires, droughts... which are diverse and unpredictable, with increasingly difficult-to-control consequences.

Delegates shared lessons learned from super typhoon Yagi in the East Sea, which severely affected many countries, including the Philippines, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

The devastating consequences of Typhoon Yagi pose challenges in disaster response, while also highlighting the urgent need to strengthen international cooperation in disaster response and post-disaster recovery.

Southeast Asia is considered a region heavily affected by climate change and is forecast to face increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters. Therefore, it is clear that disaster risk management is a cooperation area that ASEAN needs to pay more attention to.

Professor Nguyen Vu Tung, former Director of the Diplomatic Academy, shared at the event. (Photo: PH)

Delegates agreed that ASEAN needs to strengthen cooperation mechanisms to respond to natural disaster risks. Currently, ASEAN has the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre), the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM), meetings of ACDM + China, ACDM + Japan, ACDM + Korea, ASEAN Forum on Disaster Resilience, etc.

Many Vietnamese delegates emphasized that Vietnam is ready to cooperate with countries in disaster management and is ready to send rescue forces to other countries.

This effort was implemented when Vietnam sent rescue forces to Türkiye when it suffered a historic earthquake in February 2023. Delegates highlighted the factor of building trust in cooperation to prevent and combat natural disasters, effectively responding to transnational disasters.

The cooperation between Vietnam and China in the face of the recent challenge of Typhoon Yagi is also one of the successful lessons in international coordination in the face of natural disasters.

Within the framework of the event, delegates addressed issues such as the role of technology in early warning of natural disasters, raising awareness of natural disaster risks, the role of a united and unified ASEAN in promoting common cooperation, building a strong ASEAN Community, and sustainable development...

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