New Zealand project mitigates disasters in Mekong
The New Zealand government is providing $414,000 to the Livelihood Improvement for Building Resilient Communities project in the southern Vinh Long province to help locals improve their disaster response capabilities.
Vinh Long province
According to the New Zealand Embassy in Vietnam, the $580,000 project is funded by its Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and international NGO ADRA Vietnam.
The project will run from 2013-2017 in high risk disaster areas in Vinh Long and will benefit about 30,000 local residents. It will focus on assisting the locals in developing sustainable agriculture livelihoods and community-based disaster risk management.
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