This document provides an overview of disaster risk management for corporations in Vietnam. It defines key terms like disaster risk reduction and disaster risk management. It describes the impacts of natural disasters on businesses and global trends in solutions. The document also details the benefits of disaster risk management for corporations and frequent natural disasters that occur in Vietnam, providing statistics on deaths and economic losses from events in recent decades. Specific natural disasters that struck Vietnam in 2012-2013 are outlined.

1. OVERVIEW OF
DISASTER RISK
MANAGEMENT (DRM)

2. Part 1 - Content
• Basic terms regarding DRM in Corporations
during the course.
• Impacts of Natural Disasters on Corporations
and Solutions
• Benefits of DRM to Corporations
• Natural disasters in Vietnam and DRM in
Corporations

3. Basic Terms of DRM
• Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) aims to reduce or
limit the consequences of natural hazards and
disasters.
• Disaster Risk Management (DRM) is a systematic
process to apply current regulations, mobilize
organizations, individuals and necessary skills to
implement strategies, policies and improve ability
to respond, reduce damages of hazards and
disasters.

4. Basic Terms of DRM (con’t)
• Capabilities/Advantages Assessment: the resources, means,
and strengths in corporations that can help them to be able to
respond, handle, prevent, alleviate or quickly recover from
disasters.
• Disaster Risk Assessment: the process of gathering and
analyzing information about natural hazards. Also the
advantages and disadvantages of a business for a certain type
of disaster.

5. Basic Terms of DRM (con’t)
• Vulnerability Assessment: identify risk factors and analyze the
root causes of conditions that can worsen the damages and
losses of corporations when disasters happen.
• Capabilities/Advantages Assessment: the resources, means,
and strengths in corporations that can help them to be able to
respond, handle, prevent, alleviate or quickly recover from
disasters.

6. Stages of DRM Process

7. DRM Process
BUSINESS
BEFORE A NATURAL DISASTER
DURINGAFTER
(Planning and Preparedness)
(Response and Emergency)(Recovery & Reconstruction.
Restoration after a natural disaster)

8. Effects of natural disasters on businesses
• Damages to fixed assets (buildings, plants,
equipment)
• Impacts on land or venues of companies/
suppliers
• Interruption to goods provision, sales and other
business
• Impacts on business partners in the value chain
• Impacts on labour force (both physically and
psychologically)

9. Global solutions and trends
• Improve instructions and standards to develop
sustainably
• Focus more on Preparedness and DRR rather
than only on Response and Emergency/Relief
• Manage risks before disasters happen
• Encourage resource funding/support and skills
enhancement instead of financial support only

10. Global solutions and trends
(cont’)
• Combine Preparedness Plans with objectives
and development programs
• Encourage private sectors and development
bank
• Establish and enhance capabilities for NGO,
Emergency and Quick Response teams in
urgent cases.

11. How corporations can reduce damages
of natural disasters?
2 solutions:
Not harming the
environment by
their production
and business
activities
Improve
Preparedness for
themselves and
support the
community in
these activities

12. Benefits of DRM to businesses
Direct economic benefit:
prevention is better than cure.
Proactive preparedness is
better than Response
Conduct social
responsibility, improve the
image of the business
Protect the business and
their position in the
market
Protect business assets,
reduce damages to assets,
goods and labour force

13. Natural disasters in Vietnam
Vietnam is one of 4 countries suffering the most from
climate change effects in the last 2 decades and was
ranked number 3 in the year 2008.
In Vietnam, natural
disasters claim 466 lives
every year, with a loss of
1.5 billion USD,
equivalent to 1.5% GDP
Natural disasters are becoming
more complicated, without
anticipation, with increased
frequency and intensity,
especially when Vietnam is
significantly affected by
climate change

14. Frequency of natural disasters in
Vietnam
High Medium Low
Flood Hail and heavy rain Earthquake
Storm Landslide Rime
Draught Wildfire Tsunami
Flash flood Soil salinity
Erosion/Sedimentation
Tornado
Source: Report from Steering Committee for Flood and Storm
Control

15. Natural disasters in the last decade (1997-2009)
Year Disaster
Numbe
r of
deaths
Number
of hurts
Numb
er of
losses
Economic
loss (billion
VND)
Affected regions
2009 Ketsana Storm 179 1.140 8 16.078 15 provinces in the
middle & TN
2008 Kammuri Storm 133 91 34 1.939.733 09 provinces in the
North and Middle
2007 Lekima Storm 88 180 8 3.215.508 17 provinces in the
North and Middle
2006 Xangsane Storm 72 532 4 10.401.624 15 provinces in the
South and Middle
2005 Storm number 7 68 28 3.509.150 12 provinces in the
North and Middle
2004 Storm number 2 23 22 298.199 05 provinces in
the Middle
2003 Heavy rain and
flood
65 33 432.471 09 provinces in
the Middle
2002 Historic flood 171 456.831 Mekong Delta

16. Natural disasters in 2012
• In 2012, 10 hurricanes and 2 tropical storms in the East
Sea, 4 directly affected Vietnam
• Storm paths are more complex, without rules, making it
difficult for forecast. Typically, in the stormy season, the
number 1 Storm was in the South, which is contrary to
the nature (never been seen in the last 40 years)

17. Natural disasters in 2013
• According to the reports of the Central Steering Committee
for Flood and Storm Control, from the beginning of this
year, there have been 4 hurricanes, 1 tropical depression,
169 tornados, hail, widespread drought .... This led to 69
deaths; 60,327 flooded houses; 1,066 collapsed houses;
23,597 hectares of rice and 21,253 hectares of crops
damaged; 2,392 billion VND in total damages.
• About the disaster situation to the end of 2013, it was
forecasted to be more complex with about 9 to 10 storms
and tropical depression in the East Sea, including about half
of them affecting our country.

18. Natural disasters in 2013
In the following months of the rainy season: storms,
floods in 2013, the weather on a national scale was
complicated. We should actively prevent violent storms,
flash floods, landslides especially in the mountainous
areas of Northern and Central Highlands. Droughts, water
shortages continue to occur locally in the provinces of
Quang Binh and Thua Thien Hue until the end of July;
widespread in the provinces from Quang Nam to Phu Yen
and Ninh Thuan until 8/2013