BY 2030, 100% OF DIRECTING AGENCIES COMPLETES THE NATURAL DISASTER PREVENTION DATABASE
The Decision No. 379/QD-TTg approving the National Strategy on natural disaster prevention and control through 2030, with a vision toward 2050 is issued by the Prime Minister on March 17, 2021.
Accordingly, the Strategy sets out a number of specific targets toward 2030 as follows: Reduce damage caused by natural disasters, focus on ensuring the safety of people’s lives during storms and floods, and reduce the loss of people’s lives due to flash floods and landslides by 50% compared to the 2011-2020 period; Strive for 100% of government agencies at all levels, organizations and households to fully receive information and understand natural disaster prevention skills; 100% of national, regional and provincial directing and operating agencies for natural disaster prevention and control shall complete the natural disaster prevention database, etc.
Besides, the Government also sets out general tasks and solutions, including: Improve the system of laws and policies on natural disaster prevention and control to ensure synchronization, consistency, transparency and feasibility; Raise awareness about natural disasters and disaster risks, to strengthen community-based natural disaster risk management; improve the capacity for natural disaster prevention and control as well as save and rescue; improve capacity for forecasting and warning of natural disasters, etc.
This Decision takes effect on the signing date.
