The agricultural sector will continue to implement the Party Central
Committee’s resolution on actively coping with climate change in the
2013-2020 period.
It will also integrate natural
disaster prevention and climate change adaptation to socio-economic
strategies and plans in particular regions and localities, said the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development at a seminar on the
sector’s opportunities and challenges in coping with climate change in
Hanoi on September 10.
According to Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat, the agricultural sector,
farmers and disadvantaged people are the most vulnerable to climate
change.
Realising the sector’s opportunities and
challenges, the ministry built programmes and projects in conjunction
with other ministries, branches and localities with international
assistance to implement the activities, creating positive changes in the
fight against climate change.
According to UN
Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pratibha Mehta, Vietnam has gained
successes in tackling climate change. However, the negative impacts of
the economic downturn, macro challenges and the greenhouse effect
continue to hinder the country’s ability to cope with the issue, she
added.
Vietnam is one of the nations most seriously
affected by climate change and with 70 percent of the population
dependent on agriculture, the sector should first take actions in
irrigation, seafood and farming, the UN chief said.
She
added that the Forest Administration should finalise a mechanism for the
fund regarding the reduction of emissions from deforestation in order
to implement an action plan against climate change.-VNA