The ‘Strategic mainstreaming of ecosystem-based adaptation in Vietnam’ project was launched in Hanoi on May 29 following a signing ceremonyon execution agreement between the Ministry of Natural Resources andEnvironment (MoNRE) and the German International Cooperation Agency(GIZ).

The project, which is commissioned bythe German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation,Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), will be implemented until 2019.

Addressing the event, Deputy Minister of NaturalResources and Environment Tran Hong Ha expressed his hope that theproject would be effectively implemented and achieve desired goals.

As one of the countries suffering the worst impacts of climatechange , Ha said, Vietnam has issued many laws and policies to mitigatethose impacts such as the National Strategy for Disaster Prevention,Response and Mitigation to 2020; and the National Strategy and NationalPlan of Action on Climate Change.

UlrichNicklas, representative of the BMUB, appreciated the traditionalcooperation between the two countries’ ministries.

Vietnam is a priority partner of the International Climate Initiativeand since 2008, 39 bilateral and multilateral projects, relating to CO2mitigation, adaptation and absorption and biodiversity preservation,have been carried out in the Southeast Asian country.

Jochem Lange, GIZ chief representative, said that the agency woulduse its expertise and international experience to implement theproject.-VNA