On behalf of the Secretariat, Politburo member and Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu signed and issued Conclusion No. 213 on continuing to implement Directive No. 42-CT/TW dated March 24, 2020 of the Secretariat on strengthening the Party's leadership in the work of preventing, responding to, and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters.
Conclusion 213 forecasts that climate change and natural disasters are increasingly complex and unpredictable, directly affecting people's lives and the country's development. Therefore, Party committees, Party organizations, and authorities at all levels, especially the heads of Party committees, agencies, and units, must strengthen and thoroughly grasp the viewpoint of proactively adapting to climate change and extreme weather, respecting natural laws, and ensuring sustainable development...
The Secretariat requested that by 2026, the review and full and timely institutionalization of the Party's guidelines and orientations into legal documents, mechanisms and policies on natural disaster prevention and control, other relevant specialized legal documents and implementation guidance documents must be basically completed; the system of national technical standards and regulations, design criteria for infrastructure systems, especially dikes, dams, flood drainage works, energy infrastructure, communications... must be completed to ensure adequate capacity to withstand extreme natural disasters.
At the same time, amend and supplement the planning of the warehouse system, regulations on the list, export and supply of national reserve goods to promptly respond to and overcome the consequences of natural disasters; perfect regulations on handling and resolving in emergency situations; adjust the operating procedures of inter-reservoirs and single reservoirs of hydropower and irrigation, in which priority must be given to reserving the useful capacity of the reservoir to cut floods for downstream areas; have a mechanism to mobilize resources of organizations, businesses and individuals and encourage and support the development of funds and financial and credit institutions to effectively participate in disaster prevention and control.
The Secretariat also requested to proactively supplement and adjust strategies, plans, and measures for preventing, responding to, and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters in accordance with the realities of each region and locality, especially maintaining regular and continuous operations of shelters, hospitals, schools, transport infrastructure, electricity, and communications... when natural disasters occur.
Promote the integration of requirements for natural disaster prevention and control into planning, investment in urban construction, residential areas, and infrastructure works; arrange, reorganize, and improve the response capacity of residential areas and tourist areas in areas at high risk of being affected by natural disasters; strengthen the protection of flood drainage space in river basins and riverbeds, ensuring the ability to drain and drain floods.
The Secretariat requested to promote research, application of scientific and technological achievements, innovation and digital transformation to adapt, prevent, combat and overcome the consequences of natural disasters, considering this a key breakthrough solution. Increase investment in basic research on types of natural disasters, build scientific foundations and advanced forecasting models; modernize multi-layered monitoring and surveillance systems, promote the application of remote sensing technology, satellite images, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), artificial intelligence (AI) models and computer science to analyze big data in forecasting, warning, monitoring, supervising and managing natural disaster risks. Research and deploy breakthrough solutions to promote the transformation process to adapt and minimize damage caused by natural disasters associated with sustainable socio -economic development.
In addition, it is necessary to complete and operate the national database system on natural disasters and climate change; build a disaster management platform in the digital environment, apply artificial intelligence, assess and segment risks, and update disaster risk maps to serve the direction and command in disaster prevention and control (by 2026).
Notably, the Secretariat requested to clearly define the authority and responsibility of the Government, ministries, central agencies and local authorities at provincial and communal levels, and inter-sectoral agencies in accordance with the implementation capacity of each level, in conjunction with strengthening inspection, examination, and supervision in the work of preventing, combating, and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters; reviewing, arranging, and perfecting the organizational apparatus to ensure consistency, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of state management, and the capacity for directing, operating, and coordinating inter-sectoral work on natural disaster prevention and combat. Strive to complete before June 2026.
Promote the development of high-quality human resources, train and foster to attract scientific research staff, experts and scientists at home and abroad to participate in research, implementation and consultancy on natural disaster prevention and control; regularly train, foster and provide specialized training for forces working in natural disaster prevention and control, specialized rescue and rescue and local forces.
Arrangement and placement of residents in areas frequently affected by natural disasters
Conclusion 213 requires reviewing and prioritizing resources in the medium-term public investment plan for the 2026-2030 period and annual budget reserves to organize the implementation of strategies, plans, master plans, and key projects on natural disaster prevention and control; proposing synchronous, multi-objective solutions in a modern, smart direction, capable of withstanding natural disasters in all situations, in which resources are prioritized for key public investment projects:
Project to relocate and resettle residents in areas frequently affected by natural disasters, focusing on residents living in areas with landslides, flash floods, riverbank, coastal and sea bank erosion.
Investment project to upgrade infrastructure for natural disaster prevention and control, focusing on river and sea dikes, river and sea bank erosion prevention and control, and reservoirs to ensure safety against floods and storms, striving to withstand historic and higher floods and storms. Promote investment in sea reclamation projects combined with natural disaster prevention and control and socio-economic development in some localities.
Flood prevention project for some large urban areas that are frequently flooded.
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