The Disaster Management Center (DMC) under the Directorate of Water Resources was established in 2010 – at the Decision No.03/2010/QD-TTg dated 25/1/2010 of the Prime Minister.
At the request of the Government of Vietnam, through the Disaster Management Centre of Ministry of Agriculture, UN-SPIDER carried out a Technical Advisory Mission to Vietnam from 25 to 29 March 201
Japanese experts are to help Vietnam build its first earth-observation satellites in an effort to help the South-East Asian country plan for the effects of climate change and natural disasters.