APEC working group promotes sci-tech reform to boost disaster resilienceAPEC’s Emergency Preparedness Working Group (EPWG) has held the 11th meeting in Nha Trang city, focusing on promoting the reform of scientific-technological application to enhance the member economies’ resilience to natural disasters. He asked the EPWG to promote the study and the application of advanced science-technology to effectively support emergency response to natural disasters. It also needs to enhance regional connectivity to devise initiatives on coping with the “new normal of natural disasters” facing the APEC members. It also plans to build an initiative on boosting the resilience to the new normal of natural disasters through facilitating sci-tech reform in disaster prevention and control. APEC Vietnam 2017 takes the theme of “Creating New Dynamism, Fostering A Shared Future”.

Source: VietNamNet News February 20, 2017 10:57 UTC