- March 30, 2021 DG ECHO,
'Colombia; Floods and Landslides during March 21'
(Link)
- April 13, 2021 The Hill,
'Florida wastewater reservoir to close after leak, DeSantis says'
(Link)
- April 15, 2021 Tempo,
'New Piece of Land Emerges in NTT Post Cyclone Seroja Devastation'
(Link)
- April 19, 2021 Yahoo News,
'Power still out after Seroja smashes WA'
(Link)
IDI-Japan supported MLIT in organizing the following online meetings.
The 8th Vietnam-Japan Disaster Management Collaboration Dialogue Workshop was held online on March 1,
2021 hosted by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan. It was based on the
MoC signed between MLIT of Japan and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) of Vietnam.
The main objective of the meeting was to introduce Japanese hydrological observation technology and to
share the recent topics on water-related disaster management in both countries.
The Embassy of Japan in Vietnam and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) experts also supported the meeting.
This workshop was held online on March 8, 2021 to share information on disaster prevention and exchange
opinions for the future cooperation. The participants were
This online meeting was held on March 18, 2021 hosted by the President of the UN General Assembly.
Member States of United Nations shared their experiences and lessons on promoting the progress of
achieving SDG6 at national, regional and global level and accelerating concrete actions through multilateral
cooperation to meet the water-related goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda.
Minister Akaba of MLIT made a statement in a video message. He mentioned numbers of severe
water-related disasters are being reported even in the COVID-19 pandemic and are expected to manifest due
to climate change. He emphasized focusing not only on SDG6, the target for clean water and sanitation, but
also on SDG Target 11.5 to reduce disaster damage by paying close attention to water-related disasters and
climate change. For the 2023 Mid-term Review Conference, he expressed his intention to share information
and data regarding disaster prevention and to contribute to progress management required for the follow-up.
For more details, please refer to the following links:
United NationsLink
MLIT (in Japanese)Link
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