HCM City hosts Lower Mekong Initiative Disaster Management workshop
HCM CITY – A workshop to develop disaster management capacity for the four Lower Mekong countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Viet Nam by encouraging collaborative efforts through dialogue and information exchange opened yesterday in HCM City. The five-day Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Disaster Management workshop, hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development with support from the Viet Nam Ministry of National Defence and the US Pacific Command provides a forum for dialogue and collaboration between the participating nations. During the workshop, participants from the four Lower Mekong countries and the US will share practical knowledge and experience on issues such as flood management, disaster preparedness and response, food and water shortage, public health concerns, and pandemic control…
