2. Map of South-East Asia

3. Our very beautiful and diversified SEA

4. Population: 85.6 million (2008) Urban (2008): 27.1% Rural (2008): 72.9% Land area: 331,690 km 2 Population density : 258 pers/km2 GDP per capita (2008) : US$860 Vietnam

7. Types of Natural Disaster in Vietnam

8. Damages caused by natural disaster from 1997 to 2006 5,794 1,697 1.4 mil 3,6 mil 1.6 bil USD 1.3 bil USD 6,304 993 1997 – 2001 2002 – 2006

9. Victims in natural disasters from 1995 to 2006

10. Annual damages caused by Natural Disaster (from 1997 to 2006) - Death and missing: 750 persons - Injury: thousands of persons - Economic loss: approximately 1.5% GDP of Vietnam

11. Water related disaster in the year 2007 Death and Missing people: 262 (Children: 36) Injured people: 387 Affected people: 3,5 million Houses damaged: 121.897 Total economic loss: 7.000 bil VND (437 mil USD) Typhoons : 5 (3 typhoons effected in Vietnam) Flood : 2 events Flash flood : 17 events

17. Implementing Structure Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control CENTRAL GOVERNMENT Provincial Committee for Flood & Storm Control and Search & Rescue (64 provinces/cities) Districts’ Committee for Flood & Storm Control and Search & Rescue Communes’ Committee for Flood & Storm Control and Search & Rescue Government Office Deputy Head Ministry of Agriculture And Rural Development Head Ministry of Defense Deputy Head Ministry of Planning and Investment Member Ministry of Finance Member Ministry of Natural Resource And Environment Member Ministry of Transportation Member Ministry of Labor, Invalid and Social Affair Member Ministry of Foreign Affairs Member Ministry of Science and Technology Member Ministry of Construction Member Ministry of Health Member Ministry of Industry and Trade Member Ministry of Information and Communication Member Vietnam Red Cross Member Vietnam Television Member Radio Voice of Vietnam Member HMS Member DDMFSC Member Institution of Geophysics Member HCM Communist Youth Union Member

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