Decision No. 158/2008/QD-TTg of December 2, 2008, Approving the National Target Program on Response to Climate Change

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The objectives of the program are the following: 1) to assess the extent and impacts of climate change in the country; 2) to work out and select climate change solutions; 3) to formulate a scientific and technological program on climate change; 4) to increase organizational capacity, institutions and policies on climate change; 5) to raise awareness and develop human resources; 6) to increase international cooperation; etc.&nbsp; The Programme specifies the following targets to be achieved by 2015: &nbsp;- Assessment of climate change extent and impacts in Vietnam &nbsp;o Update climate change scenarios, especially sea level rise &nbsp;o Complete assessment of climate change impacts, especially sea level rise, on fields, sectors and localities &nbsp;- Identification of measures to respond to climate change &nbsp;o Complete development of measures to respond to climate change for fields, sectors and localities &nbsp;o Start to implement selected measures to respond to climate change for fields, sectors and localities according to action plans &nbsp;- Development of a science and technology program on climate change &nbsp;o Complete and update the climate change database &nbsp;o Effectively implement the national science and technology programme on climate change in ministries, sectors and localities &nbsp;o Update and effectively implement research on nature, trend and scenarios of climate change impacts on sectors/regions and response measures, thus contribute to strengthening capacity to respond to climate change &nbsp;- Strengthening the capacities of organisation, institutions and policy on climate change &nbsp;o Promulgate, supplement and update legal documents, policies and mechanisms to respond to climate change &nbsp;o Identify mechanisms and policies to prioritise activities to respond to climate change &nbsp;o Review, supplement and perfect the mechanism for co-ordination among agencies responsible for climate change issues &nbsp;- Awareness raising and human resources development &nbsp;o Gradually and effectively implement climate change awareness raising plan at central and local levels &nbsp;o Complete, update and widely popularise materials and tools for raising awareness on climate change &nbsp;o Implement the awareness-raising plan and the human resources development plan in training and education system at all levels &nbsp;o Over 80% of communities and 100% of government staff will possess basic knowledge on climate change and its impacts &nbsp;- Enhancement of international co-operation &nbsp;o Complete and effectively implement the cooperation mechanism between Vietnam and international donors in implementing the NTP &nbsp;o Continue to expand bilateral and multilateral cooperation between Vietnam and other countries/international organizations to respond to climate change &nbsp;o Promote the role of Vietnam in regional and international negotiations and co-operation on climate change &nbsp;- Mainstreaming climate change issues into socio-economic, sectoral and local development strategies, plans and planning &nbsp;o Mainstream climate change issues into development plans for the period 2010-2020 &nbsp;o Assess the results of the mainstreaming process applied for development plans for the period of 2010-2015 &nbsp;o Widely and effectively implement the mainstreaming of climate change issues into development plans for later periods &nbsp;- Development of Action Plans of Ministries, sectors and localities to respond to climate change &nbsp;o Ministries, sectors, and localities initiate implementation of action plans to respond to climate change