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Vietnam advances weather forecasting via int’l cooperation

2017 was an eventful year for international cooperation at the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF), helping the centre improve its severe weather forecasting capacity and heighten its role in natural disaster prevention and mitigation globally.
Vietnam advances weather forecasting via int’l cooperation ảnh 1A weather station of the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting's chapter in northern Tuyen Quang province (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – 2017 was aneventful year for international cooperation at the National Centre for Hydro-meteorologicalForecasting (NCHMF), helping the centre improve its severe weather forecastingcapacity and heighten its role in natural disaster prevention and mitigationglobally.

Being a member of the World MeteorologicalOrganisation (WMO) has opened up opportunities for Vietnam to enhance cooperationwith other member countries and get support and information from them. It hasalso helped the centre improve personnel capacity, forecasting technology andautomatic weather stations, according to NCHMF deputy director-general TranHong Thai.

One of the WMO’s Regional Forecast SupportCentres has been based in Vietnam since 2014, paving the way for improvedsevere weather forecasting in Vietnam and Southeast Asia and preparing for thecountry’s greater international role in natural disaster prevention andmitigation.

The centre has carried out a number ofprojects with the United National Development Programme, World Bank, AsianDevelopment Bank and other partners from Italy, France, Sweden, Switzerland,Norway, the Republic of Korea, Japan and China. The projects have aidedVietnam’s efforts to expand monitoring and information networks and useadvanced forecasting technologies to improve quality of weather forecasts.

Last year, Thai was elected Vice Chairman ofthe WMO’s Typhoon Committee for 2017-2018. The NCHMF partnered with the APECClimate Centre to hold a symposium on “Building resilient agro-food systemsfrom production to consumption: Interdisciplinary approaches for sustainablefood security using climate information” in the Mekong Delta city of Can Thofrom August 18-21.

The ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centreand the NCHMF held the 9th ASEAN Climate Outlook Forum (ASEANCOF-9)in Hanoi from November 15-17 in celebration of the 50th anniversary ofASEAN. The NCHMF also hosted four WMO events in Hanoi on November 20-23,2017.-VNA
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