Inclusive disaster risk reduction program

Natural disasters under the impact of climate change and rapid unplanned development have become unusual, difficult to predict and have caused many losses of people and property; affecting the goal of sustainable development and delaying the results of hunger eradication and poverty reduction.
In recent years, Vietnam has been severely affected by major natural disasters such as Typhoon Yagi in 2024, Typhoon No. 3 in 2025; flash floods and landslides in the northern mountainous provinces causing heavy losses of people and property.
To prevent and mitigate the damage caused by natural disasters, the Vietnamese Government has paid attention to issuing many policies and project programs with the goal of improving the capacity of disaster prevention forces, communities and businesses. In the Disaster Prevention and Control Program (DPC) we implement projects to reduce risks for communities that are frequently affected by natural disasters, with a focus on more at risk groups in the community, such as people with disabilities, the elderly, children, and single mothers. The projects we implement focus on the following contents:
Building capacity for staff, partners, stakeholders on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM), policy advocacy and other soft skills
Technical advice for state agencies/international organizations on DRR, CBDRM (ensuring gender issues, preventing gender-based violence in Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and inclusion of at risk groups):
• Consulting on developing digital maps on natural disaster risks, evacuation maps integrating gender issues and inclusion of at risk groups
• Consulting on developing communication tools to reduce natural disaster risks for children with disabilities in centers for children with disabilities
• Training on implementing development projects ensuring inclusion
• Supporting the compilation of guidance documents on integrating issues of the elderly and people with disabilities in CBDRM
• Develop guidelines on the process of implementing early warning, early action and institutionalize the early warning process into the Natural Disaster Prevention and Control command and control management system
• Develop and organize safe evacuation drills for people with gender integration and inclusion of at risk groups