A forum was held in the flood-prone central province of Quang Tri on May 28 in response to the National Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.

 The forum provided participants with knowledge and documents about the measures to prevent and reduce losses by equipping rescue facilities for ships and food, drinks and lifebuoys.

 It was jointly held by the province, the European Commission and Plan International, with the aim of helping local people mitigate losses caused by natural disasters in the future.

 Statistics showed that, between 1989 and 2010, natural disasters left 225 dead and missing, injured 753 people and caused losses of nearly VND5.5 trillion.

 VOVNews/VNA