Multi-disaster management in the Nam Rom River Basin to protect people, respond to climate change and socio-economic development, Dien Bien Province (CVN1247 – AFD Loan). The project has two main components: the Engineering Component and the Non-Engineering Component, also known as the Technical Support Component, to enhance the technical and institutional capacity of agencies, organizations, and communities to respond to climate change and water-related disasters in the Nam Rom River basin.
On October 8th, 2024, a joint venture of Groupe Huit and the Institute of Ecology and Works Protection - Key Laboratory of River and Coastal Engineering (Technical Assistance Consultant) cooperated with the Project Management Unit of Agricultural and Rural Development Works of Dien Bien Province to organize a Workshop for collecting comments from Provincial Stakeholders for products of an important task: River basin and urban management for water-related disaster risk prevention, including: (1) Establish a decision support system (DSS) on flood risks in the Nam Rom river basin; (2) Develop river basin and urban flooding modeling to support planning processes; (3) Multi-hazard map for flash flood and landslide risk zoning to support the identification of ecosystem-based solutions and risk mitigation.
The experts used advanced specialized software and information technology to establish a hydrological and hydraulic calculation model simulating flood flows and inundation caused by floods in the Nam Rom river basin in general and Dien Bien Phu City in particular, as well as building a system of maps to divide flash flood and landslide risks and design ecosystem-based risk reduction solutions for areas at high risk of landslides.
Simulation results of hydrological models, flash flood and landslide distribution maps have been integrated to create a software system to support flood and inundation risk decision making (DSS) to support flood warning, disaster prevention in the Nam Rom River Basin, and urban planning in Dien Bien Phu City, and reduce ecosystem-based risks for areas at high risk of landslides. The product is expected to be transferred to the provincial management units for use after the project ends.
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Dam Thi Hong Anh Vincent OLANGUA