In addition, more than two million people in Vietnam are continually affected by typhoons and tropical depressions each year.
The figures were announced at the Disaster Preparedness Forum 2015 held in Hanoi on July 2 by the Prudence Fund and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Asia.
The forum focused on the process of preparation and response to disasters and solutions to promoting co-operation between governments, enterprises and organisations to reduce losses caused by disasters and recovery costs.
The Asia Pacific region is frequently hit by disasters with increasing losses to the economy and society which require urgent investment in the prevention and response to disasters, heard the forum. The earthquake in Nepal in May 2015 caused severe consequences to tens of thousands of people.
In March 2015, the Prudence Fund and Prudential Vietnam launched a project on disaster risk reduction in Vietnam aiming to assist disaster-affected communities in Tien Giang, Dien Bien and Hai Phong.
In the 2015-2017 period, the project will help 6,000 children and 30,000 people vulnerable to disasters to enhance adaptation to disasters through increasing the safety of 12 schools and training courses.
