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UNICEF Vietnam Humanitarian Situation Report No. 16, 15 April 2017

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520,000 # of children affected out of
2,000,000 # of people affected

600,000 # hectares of damaged crops

1,750,000 # people with lost incomes

52 (18 most affected) # provinces affected out of
63

Government-One UN Joint Emergency Response Plan 2016
US$48.5 million

UNICEF funds received:
US$4 million

Highlights

• Three lessons learnt workshops with the National Centre for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (NCERWASS), National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and Viet Nam Red Cross (VNRC) respectively were held in the second half of March to draw on the key achievements, challenges and lessons learnt from the implementation of emergency response interventions in 10 provinces.

• Building on the lessons learnt workshops above, the After Action Review (evaluation) has been initiated to systematically generate key learnings from the emergency response. Fieldwork in Hau Giang, Gia Lai and Ninh Thuan provinces has been completed and preliminary findings are being synthesized for technical consultation with the stakeholders on 21 April.

• A Review Conference on Emergency Response on Children and Women in 10 provinces in Viet Nam Affected by Drought and Salt Water Intrusion Crisis and Orientation on Disaster Risk Reduction in Viet Nam will be organized in the coming weeks. It is expected to be co-chaired by the inter-Ministerial Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control (chaired by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)), senior representatives from the Embassy of Japan in Viet Nam and UNICEF. The conference will seek to consolidate the key lessons learnt from the emergency response and strengthen partnerships for child-centred disaster risk reduction and risk-informed programming in Viet Nam.