1. Introduction on initiative of disaster management information system(DMIS) in VietNam
EM-DAT TAG Meeting
New York, October 26, 27 and
Dang Quang Minh
Acting Director
Disaster Management Center (DMC) Department of Dike Management, Flood and Storm Control (DDMFC)

2. VIỆT NAM Population: 86 million (2009’s statistics)
Việt Nam is located at the Southeast of Asia, with km2 of the Natural Area and 3200km of coastline.
Population: 86 million (2009’s statistics)

3. Natural Hazards in Vietnam
Relative Frequency
High Medium Low
Flood Hail rain Earthquake
Typhoon Drought Accident (technology)
Inundation Landslide Frost
Fire
Deforestation
Disaster loss: 450 people dead /year
Economy loss: GDP/year

4. The Institutional Framework for DRM
Government
Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control
National Committee for Search and Rescue
Ministries Committee for Flood and
Storm Control
Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control
Search and Rescue center
District Committee for Flood and Storm Control
Commune Committee for Flood and Storm Control

5. Current Disaster Database in VietNam
CCFSC website ( sharing information about disaster among the government, international organizations and community. All of historical disaster data from 1989 to 2009 was posted on this website
DANA Solfware(2006): supported DDMFSC (SO of CCFSC) to manage disaster data. However, due to some limitations in terms of technical issues such as: not suppoting multi-users, not sharing information throught website, DANA hasn’t brought into play its efficiency and need to be upgraded.

6. Current Disaster Database in VietNam
Methodology for Collection
Disaster
event
Central level
Province level
Disaster
event
District level
WARD level (staff)
Commune level

7. Current initiate DANA2 Duration: Oct/2009 – January/2010
Funding Source: UNDP
Objective: upgrade damage and need assessment through the improvement of tools and reporting methodology
Deploy: 3 pilot provinces. Cao Bang, Binh Thuan, Can Tho
Data collection is based on:
Information about disaster impacts
Information about local resources such as human, capacity, equipments, vehicle, food and reserve of clean water...
emergency relief needs

8. Overall architecture for the DANA2 application system

9. Design on Future system

10. Disaster Managerment Information System
Key components:
Database
Disaster database
Geographic Information Systems/Remote sensing
Utilize the mobile communication technologies for real-time data transmission
Early warning system

11. Disaster Management Information System
Methodology:
Database
Early warning data and SMS data sent through the mobile phone will be collected into a disaster database, all of data can be display visualisation on the map.

12. Disaster Management Information System
Component 1: Disaster database
Pre-disaster: baseline data about the country and risks
Post-disaster: real-time data about the impact of a disaster and the resources available to combat it

13. Disaster Management Information System
Component 2: GIS/Remote sensing
Based on base map layers (the administrative border, hydrography, Logistics and Transportation Routes), develop some map layers relate to natural disasters such as dyke structure profile, places effected by disaster in the past, hazard map. Map will also integrate with Google Earth and can be show online.

14. Disaster Management Information System
Base Maps

15. Disaster Management Information System
Component 3: Utilizing telecommunication systems to transmit real time data
An SMS application will be developed to support for this component. When disasters occur, the internet can’t be used. SMS is a perfectly suitable technology because mobile phone is a device that is brought most of the time of each individual.
Component 4: Early warning system
Based on the disaster data collect from equipment or anywhere, DMIS will support decision making to deal with natural disasters.

16. Disaster Management Information System
Development strategy
Database GIS/RS telecommunication Early warning system
Pilot provinces
All provinces
Pilot district
All pilot district
Pilot communes
All communes

17. Disaster Management Information System
Organization chart

18. Exchange information, step by step integrate into global network
Disaster impact
Early warning information, humanity aid

19. Challenges
Lack of technical staffs in Central level and province level
System security, web attacks by hackers
Accuracy and reliability data, especialy is input Data (disaster damage data from the local level)

20. Roadmap to develop DMIS in VietNam
New CCFSC website
DANA guideline
National DANA training
DANA software
DMIS ideas
DMIS meeting
DMIS Concept note
Pilot DMIS
Early warning system
DANA training
National GIS database
Tele communication system
DMIS architecture
Pilot GIS
Integrate into global network

21. Thank you for your attention!