The partnership includes training activities to boost capacity of local public personnel in using the social network as a fast and effective communications channel with each other and with residents.

Facebook also introduced a data for community programme that includes population density and disaster maps.

At the launch ceremony of the partnership.

Vietnamese agencies can use the density map when it comes to planning for disaster response. Meanwhile, the disaster map is able to provide near-real-time insights into affected people’s electricity accessibility, evacuation status, and demand for necessities and services, among others, to help humanitarian organisations coordinate their work during disasters.

Nguyen Thi Phuong, Vice Director of the municipal Department of Information and Communications, said for 10 consecutive years, the city has taken the lead in the Vietnam ICT Index, which ranks the readiness for information and communications technology development and application.

To become a smart city, Da Nang now offers 847 online public services, accounting for 65 percent of the city’s total administrative procedures.

Saigon hospitals launch motorbike emergency response teams

With traffic congestion and narrow alleys out of reach of ambulance cars, two-wheelers offer a vital rescue option.

Vietnam to switch off lights in response to 2019 Earth Hour

Vietnam will turn off lights from 20:30 - 21:30 on March 30 to respond to Earth Hour this year. 

1 mln USD total prize offered for innovative climate change responses

Organizations and individuals with creative ideas that can help Vietnam respond and adapt to the impacts of climate change may win the chance to access aid worth 75,000 USD for each project.

Project improves first aid response capacity at schools

The Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) Central Committee and Prudential Vietnam launched a project on improving first aid response capacity at schools and in the community in Hanoi on November 22. 

NAMA project supports climate change response in Vietnam

A workshop was held in Hanoi on October 30 to review the project “Creation of an overarching framework for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and measuring, reporting, and verification in Vietnam”.

Source: VNA