The presentation was delivered by Le Minh Nhat, Director of Climate Change Adaptation Division at the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment in Vietnam, at the Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans Workshop, 5-7 April 2016, Rome, Italy. © FAO: http://www.fao.org

1. Mainstreaming Adaptation
into Development Plans in Vietnam
Le Minh Nhat- MONRE- Vietnam

2. Outline
1. Climate change impact
2. Policy Framework for Mainstreaming in Vietnam
3. Institutional for Climate Change Policies in Vietnam
4. Action Plan to response to CC of the Agriculture Sector for
2016-2020, vision 2050
5. Challenges for risk assessment and vulnerability in the
agricultural sectors
6. Lessons learned and Next step

3. 1. Climate change impact
• Vietnam most vulnerable to climate changes. Sea level rises 1m, 5%
land loses, 11% population affected, 7% agricultural activities impacted,
10% GDP reduced.
• Most vulnerable regions: Red River Delta and Mekong River Delta
• Most vulnerable sectors: Agriculture, Water Resources, Transport,
Trade, Education…
• Most vulnerable group: the poor, women, children, and ethnic
minorities…
• Climate changes in Vietnam: increase in strengths and frequencies of
extreme weather, disasters, sea level rise, land erosions and slides.

4. Resolution 24/NQ/TW (2013)
on responding to climate
change by Central Party
Committee
Socio-
economic
Developm
ent Plan
(2010 –
date)
National Climate Change
Strategy (2011)
Green Growth Strategy
(2012)
National Action Plan on Climate
Change for 2012-2020 (2012)
National Action Plan on
Green Growth (2014)
Climate change
issues integrated
in the socio-
economic
Development
Plan (2010 –
date)
National Strategies for
economic sectors
National Action Plans for
economic sectors
National Target
Programme for
economic sectors
National Target
Programme to
Respond to Climate
Change (2008)
NTPRCC for the period
2012-2015 (2012)
Environment Protection Law
2014 - Chapter IV. Response
to Climate change
4
Higher
Political
Will
National
Strategies
and
Policy
Actions
Particular policies
and concrete
actions
2. Policy Framework for Mainstreaming in Vietnam

5. 3. Institutional Arrangements for Climate-Related
Policies in Vietnam
GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITTEE
MOF MPI MOC MONRE MARD MOIT MOT
Office of NCCCOffices of CC
Programmes
Line
departments
in provinces
International
organisations
& NGOs
Community
groups
Direct line of command / reporting
Cooperation / Partnership
Office of SPRCC
Office of NTPRCC

6. 4. Integrate climate change into the document of strategies,
planning processes and plans
NTP includes near term (to 2010) and longer term (to 2015)
priority activities to address 8 sub‐objectives or program areas:
1. Assessing the impacts of climate change
2. Identifying appropriate responses
3. Developing a scientific‐technical program
4. Strengthening capacity and the policy framework
in the relevant organizations and institutions
5. Raising awareness across the country
6. Enhancing international cooperation
7. Mainstreaming the NTP across all sectors
8. Developing specific action plans to respond to climate change
( All ministries, all sectors and localities to respond to CC)
NTP‐RCC is more of a “strategy to develop a strategy”

7. 5. Action Plan to response to CC of the Agriculture Sector for
2016-2020, vision 2050
( issued by MARD on 14th March 2016)
• Main targets:
 Institutions, Policies, Sciences and Technologies for CCA and CCM in
agriculture strengthened
 Mobilizing resources for CC Adaptation and Mitigation Actions, aiming to keep
the sector’s growth rate of 20%; poverty reduction 20%, GHG emission
reduction 20% for each 10-year period.
 Actively response to Disasters
 Capacity building, enhancing international cooperation
• Key groups of activities
 Strengthening agriculture sector’s CC responding activities (policy review,
communication, capacity building, planning management, int’ cooperation)
 Developing CCR in each sub-sector (crop, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture,
forestry, irrigation, etc)
 Enhancing CCR activities, Disaster prevention and mitigation for agriculture
sector for 2016-2020, vision 2050

8. 6. Challenges for risk assessment and vulnerability in the
agricultural sectors
• Lack of in-depth analysis to distinguish and assess
impacts induced by climate change from other
natural phenomena
• Weakness of model and tools to capture cross-sector
and interregional assessments.
• Lack of technical capacity to run impact assessment
and adaptation measure development models.
• Data availability, especially for adaptation measure
cost-benefit analysis

9. 7. Lessons learned
• Good experiences:
- Community-based disaster risk management (1002/QĐ-CP)
- Coordination: CCFSC (DRR) and NCCC(CCA)
• Priorities of Vietnam: Adaptation. Vietnam is among
“Vulnerable 20”
• On-going GOV programme of CCA: EbA (mangrove forest
programme), Resilience housing, Dyke..etc.
• Coordination among ministries and sectors
– Synergies of adaptation measures to optimize use of
resources
• Regional Planning ( multiple provinces )
– Overlap of planning leads to in efficient use of resource
– Lack of mechanism to cooperate among provinces;
– Weakness in managing and implementing regional plan
– Adaptation measures are only considered local benefits.

10. 8. Next step
NAP ( form now to 2020 and 2020-2030)
The main actions on readiness for adaptation:
1. Review and assess all current adaptation plans and actions, identify the gaps and limitations
that need to be addressed based on the Paris Agreement approach
2. Identify low and no-regret adaptation options that should be implemented before 2020.
3. Assess adaptation needs in the post-2021 period, including regional and major urban area
adaptation needs, and review the adaptation component in the INDC, for possible
adjustment.
4. Review current adaptation data and information; identify information and research gaps; and
develop proposals for further information gathering and research.
5. Review experiences on Loss & Damage in Viet Nam and the region, and develop pilot projects.
6. Ensure mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in social economic development plans that
are being formulated in the period to 2020.
7. Review adaptation technology development in Viet Nam and internationally.
8. Set-up and reinforce adaptation knowledge and technology centres in Viet Nam.

11. Thank you for your attention
11
Le Minh NHAT
Director of Climate Change Adaptation Division
DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY, HYDROLOGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
E mail : NHATKYOTO@GMAIL.COM

12. Linking programmes and budgets between provinces and the
national budget

13. Process
2018201620142011 201220102008 2009 2020
NTP-RCC
(Nov. 2008)
2013
NSCC
(Dec. 2011)
GGS
2012-2020, 2050
(Sep. 2012)
Policy Framework for Climate Change in Vietnam
2021
NAP
Now-2020
2020-2030
NAP process
2030
NTP-RCC
2012-2015
(Jan. 2012)