Engaging Local Stakeholders in the Red River Delta
Author: Anh Vu & Lan Nguyen
Lan Nguyen, WARECOD’s Executive Director introduces Living Deltas Hub’ work to Vietnam Rivers Network members. Source: WARECOD
The Living Deltas Hub is deepening its productive relationships with state and civil society stakeholders in Vietnam’s Red River Delta. On the 25th and 29th January 2021, WARECOD, the Vietnamese Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), a local partner of the Living Deltas Hub promoted the Hub research programme to Vietnam Rivers Network (VRN), and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE)’s Department of Climate Change.
Lan Nguyen, WARECOD’s Executive Director introduces Living Deltas Hub’ work to Mr Nguyen Tuan Quang, Vice Director of the Department of Climate Change, MONRE. Source: WARECOD
At the meeting with WARECOD, Mr Nguyen Tuan Quang, the Vice Director of the Department of Climate Change (MONRE) stated “The Living Deltas programme is very useful for Vietnam, one of the countries most affected by climate change. The Hub’s expected measures that are science-based and informed by local realities including cultural and social heritages are novel and highly needed at this moment”.
WARECOD is currently the coordinating organisation of the VRN, an active multi-stakeholder forum whose membership comprises a broad range of actors concerned with river protection and sustainable development in Vietnam. As a network member, Dr Dao Trong Tu, the Head of the VRN Executive Committee stated:
“The Hub programme is meaningful for Vietnam. Currently, the policy implementation still has many shortcomings and the monitoring systems remain problematic and confusing. The Hub work obviously aligns well with the VRN’s strategy, and it can provide support in terms of capacity building, in particular in monitoring, to strengthen the VRN’s evidence-based policy advocacy.
The Hub and the VRN should engage with one another further to explore future collaboration opportunities, particularly in the areas of evidence and data on improving water quality and minimising environmental pollution.”
Another VRN member, a prominent delta expert, Dr Le Anh Tuan, also reflected “I am glad to see a wide range of good universities and research institutes in the Hub, and I believe this is an impactful programme that will help Vietnam in terms of delta monitoring. I am looking forward to developing joint-work with the Hub in the time to come”.
