This morning (March 24), the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment launched a response to World Meteorological Day. The launching ceremony was held directly in Hanoi and online with the Hydrometeorological Stations of provinces, cities, and regions and 210 related connecting points.
Speaking at the launching ceremony, Director of the Department of Hydrometeorology, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Thuong Hien said that the World Meteorological Day 2025 has the theme "Joining hands for a comprehensive early warning system".
This message aims to call for strengthening national capacity and promoting cooperation at all levels, ensuring an effective early warning system from a global scale to a local scale, contributing to shortening the gap in forecasting and warning of natural disasters.
"At the same time, the message also emphasizes the key role of the Hydrometeorological sector in providing information to serve socio-economic development, prevent natural disasters and respond to climate change, ensure social security and national defense and security" - Mr. Nguyen Thuong Hien emphasized.
Regarding the tasks of the industry in the coming time, Director Nguyen Thuong Hien suggested that the industry needs to continue to innovate, cooperate and invest more strongly to better serve, ensuring that everyone and all assets of the people and the state are protected.
In particular, focusing on continuing to effectively implement Resolution 57-NQ/TW, prioritizing the application of artificial intelligence (Al), Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT) in hydrometeorology; developing a modern monitoring network, especially in remote, isolated, border and island areas, while strengthening international cooperation on data sharing.
Along with that, the Hydrometeorological sector focuses on improving the capacity to forecast extreme weather phenomena, building a multi-disaster early warning system to ensure timely and accurate information; developing a team of highly qualified staff, focusing on training young human resources to meet new requirements; strengthening communication, raising public awareness of the role of hydrometeorology in natural disaster prevention and control; promoting international cooperation, taking advantage of technical, technological support and human resource training.
Notably, at the launching ceremony, Mr. Mai Van Khiem - Director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting - issued an early warning for the 2025 natural disaster season.
Accordingly, 2025 - is forecast to be among the hottest years ever recorded, with the average global temperature likely to be 1.29 - 1.53 degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial levels.
In Vietnam, temperatures remain high but are unlikely to break records in 2024. ENSO is weakening from La Nina and could become neutral by the middle of the year, increasing the risk of localized heavy rain, urban flooding, flash floods and landslides.
"The East Sea can welcome 11-13 storms, of which 5-6 are directly affecting the mainland, with the risk of strong storms of level 12 or higher still high" - Mr. Mai Van Khiem said.
