Implementation plan for the Scheme of Early Warning on landslides and flash floods in mountainous and midland areas of Vietnam

Implementation plan for the Scheme of Early Warning on landslides and flash floods in mountainous and midland areas of Vietnam (Internet image)

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On March 7, 2024, the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment issued Decision 552/QD-BTNMT on Plan to implement the Ministry's Scheme on Early Warning of Landslides and Flash Floods in Mountainous and Midland Areas of Vietnam.

Implementation plan for the Scheme of Early Warning on landslides and flash floods in mountainous and midland areas of Vietnam

The implementation plan for the Scheme of Early Warning on landslides and flash floods in mountainous and midland areas of Vietnam of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will have the following main tasks:

(1) Review and develop a complete system of legal documents, processes, and technical regulations to serve the implementation of tasks related to zoning and early warning of natural disasters such as landslides and flash floods

- Develop and perfect regulations and technical procedures for forecasting and warning of flash floods and landslides; Regulations and technical procedures for measuring, investigating, and surveying the current situation, creating risk zoning maps, and zoning risks due to flash floods and landslides guide localities to implement them.

- Develop and complete economic-technical norms on the investigation, detailed survey, mapping, and risk zoning of landslides and flash floods on a large scale.

- Develop documents on regulations for coordination, operation, exploitation, and updating of landslide and flash flood data systems; provide and share information between management, investigation, and assessment agencies - authorities - local communities in early warning work on landslides and flash floods.

(2) Establish and maintain the operation of the information system - early warning of landslides and flash floods

- Complete the shared database system to serve early warnings of landslides and flash floods.

- Establish an information and early warning system: upgrade and develop landslide and flash flood warning models for 37 midland and mountainous provinces of Vietnam; Building an information system—early warning of landslides and flash floods in real time, with coordination between management agencies, warning and forecasting agencies, and people in acquiring, analyzing, and processing data information; Trial operation at the central government and in 37 midland and mountainous provinces of Vietnam.

- Maintain the operation of the information and early warning system: invest in equipment and information technology infrastructure to serve the operation of the early warning system; develop regulations for operating, exploiting, and updating the shared database system; Apply remote sensing technology to monitor and update the database to serve early warnings of landslides and flash floods for the information and early warning system.

(3) Investigate, build data sets, create status maps, risk zoning maps, and risk zoning due to landslides and flash floods at a scale of 1:10,000 and larger for 150 high-risk areas (priority is given first to areas at risk of complex natural disasters such as landslides and flash floods).

- Apply remote sensing technology to investigate, monitor, and update information on the current status of landslides, flash floods, and information layers for early warning; identify key areas at high risk of landslides and flash floods.

- Conduct investigation, field survey, and collection of information on landslides and flash floods; information on infrastructure, people's livelihoods, and the economy; Information on geological - hydrometeorological characteristics serves to calculate vulnerability zoning maps and exposure levels due to landslides and flash floods at scales of 1:10,000 and larger.

- Create maps of the current status of landslides and flash floods, a set of geological and hydrological composition maps at a scale of 1:10,000 and larger for 150 high-risk areas with landslides and flash floods.

- Create hazard zoning maps and natural disaster risk zones due to landslides and flash floods at a scale of 1:10,000 and larger for 150 high-risk areas with landslides and flash floods.

(4) Investigate, build data sets, create current status maps, risk zoning maps, and risk zoning due to landslides and flash floods at 1:50,000 and 1:25,000 scales for 37 midland and mountainous provinces of Vietnam

- Apply remote sensing technology to investigate, monitor, and update information on the current status of landslides, flash floods, and information layers for early warning; identify key areas at high risk of landslides and flash floods.

- Investigation, field survey, and collection of information on landslides and flash floods; information on infrastructure, people's livelihoods, and the economy; Information on geological - hydrometeorological characteristics to serve calculations and mapping of vulnerability zoning, exposure levels due to landslides and flash floods at 1:50,000 scale and 1:25,000 scale for 37 midland and mountainous provinces of Vietnam.

- Create maps of the current status of landslides and flash floods, a set of geological and hydrological composition maps at 1:50,000 scale and 1:25,000 scale for 37 midland and mountainous provinces of Vietnam.

- Create hazard zoning maps and natural disaster risk zoning due to landslides and flash floods at 1:50,000 scale and 1:25,000 scale for 15 provinces: 03 provinces in the Northern region (Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc, Thai Nguyen), 05 provinces in the Central region (Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan), 05 provinces in the Central Highlands region (Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Lam Dong), and 02 provinces in the Southeast region (Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai).

- Update hazard zoning maps, natural disaster risk zoning due to landslides and flash floods at 1:50,000 scale and 1:25,000 scale for 22 provinces implemented in Program 705.

(5) Strengthen research, application of science and technology, and international cooperation in early warning of landslides and flash floods; improve community capacity in communication and use of early warning information

- Research and apply modern technology in forecasting, warning, and building an information system - early warning of landslides and flash floods.

- Improve communication capacity, use early warning information to prevent and avoid landslides and flash floods in the community, and reduce damage caused by landslides and flash floods.

- Strengthen international cooperation in research, sharing methods, data information, and experience in early warning of landslides, flash floods, and hazard zoning and risk zoning; at the same time, take advantage of the technical and financial support of countries and international organizations for early warning of landslides and flash floods.

More details can be found in Decision 552/QD-BTNMT, taking effect on March 7, 2024.

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