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At the launching ceremony (Photo: kinhtevadubao.vn)

Co-hosted by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Vietnam Disaster Management Authority (VDMA) and the Vietnam Administration of Forestry under the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the event is within the framework of a project on improving the resilience of vulnerable coastal communities to climate change funded by the Green Climate Fund, the UNDP and the Vietnamese Government.

Speaking at the launching ceremony, head of the VDMA’s Department of Science-Technology and International Cooperation Doan Thi Tuyet Nga said the event looks toward continually raising public awareness of the effort for a long term.

Entries could be comics, short films, videos and posters that could be published on the mass media and will be selected on the event’s fanpage.

The board of juries comprise five experts from the UNDP, the VDMA and the national press agencies.

The competition will last till December 15. The award ceremony is scheduled for the final week of this December in Hanoi.

Source: VNA