WORKSHOP

Water management in urban areas in Vietnam in the context of climate change

Tuesday 28th May 2019
Venue: Jonathan KS Choi Cultural Centre, VNU campus, 144 Xuân Thủy, Cầu Giấy, Hà Nội

PROGRAM

Timing Title/subject Presenter

8:30 – 9:00 Welcome Participants

9:00 – 9:10 Welcome Speech Prof. Dr. Pham Hong Tung – Director of
VNU-IVIDES
9:10 – 9:20 Opening remarks Mr. Paul Jansen - Ambassador of Belgium
9:20 - 9.35 Keynote: Assoc. Prof. Pham Quy Nhan, Vice Rector,
Water Resources in Vietnam: current University of Natural Resources and
status and challenges. Environment

Part I: Flood modelling and impact

analysis of climate change

9:35- 10:10 Climate scenarios by statistical
downscaling and climate change impact
analysis on river and urban floods in Ha
Tinh (WAMADE project, academic
cooperation)
10:10-10:30 Flood mapping in Ha Tinh using Sentinel-1
satellite data (WAMADE project, academic
cooperation)
10:30 – 10:40 Assessment and management of the
urban flood hazard in Hanoi under current
and future climate conditions (VLIR South
Initiative project, academic cooperation)
Prof. Patrick Willems Dept of Civil
Engineering (KU Leuven), Dr. Lan Anh
Nguyen (WAMADE), Tuyet Anh Le
(IVIDES/KU Leuven)
Nguyen Vu Giang (IVIDES, KU Leuven),
Dr. Vu Kim Chi (IVIDES), Dr. Bruno Verbist
(KU Leuven)
Dr. Thuy Thanh Nguyen (Thuyloi
University), Prof. Patrick Willems (KU
Leuven)

10:40 – 11:00 Tea Break

 Part II: Urban solutions for water
management in Vietnam

11:00 – 11:20 Impacts of climate change on floods and Prof. Jean-Michel Hiver, Université Libre
urban flood management de Bruxelles (ULB)-Ecole Polytechnique
11:20 – 11:40 River protection and water retention for a Le Anh Tuan, Assoc. Prof. Dr. in Earth
green urban solution: case study in Can Sciences, Deputy Director Research
Tho city Institute for Climate Change, Can Tho
University
11:40 – 12:00 An investigation of the interplay between Tran Trung Vinh, M.Arch., Lecturer, Urban
city and water - a case on HCM city and its Planning Faculty, University of Architecture
region HCMC
12:00– 12:20 Management and operational technology Dr. Le Xuan Bao, Institute for Water and
of tide induced flood control system in Environment Research IWER (in
HCMC cooperation with Université de Liège ULg)

12:20– 13:30 Lunch

Part III: Integrated water management

in Vietnamese growing secondary cities
13:30 – 13:40 Introduction on the Water management/ Mrs. Krista Verstraelen, Resident
climate change programme of ENABEL Representative of ENABEL (Belgian
(Belgian Development Agency) Development Agency)
13:40 – 13:55 Integrated water management in Ian Wood, International advisor, ENABEL
Vietnamese growing secondary cities: (Belgian Development Agency)
capacity building for local governments
(Enabel)
13:55 – 14:10 Water management in the framework of Representatives from Binh Thuan province
urbanization and climate change: lessons
learned and remaining needs in Binh
Thuan (Enabel)
14:10 – 14:25 Water management in the framework of Representatives from Ninh Thuan
urbanization and climate change: lessons province
learned and remaining needs in Ninh
Thuan (Enabel)
14:25 – 14:40 Water management in the framework of Representatives from Ha Tinh province
urbanization and climate change: lessons
learned and remaining needs in Ha Tinh
(Enabel)

14:40 – 15:00 Panel discussion

15:00- 15:20 Tea Break
Part IV: Future urban design for water
management in Vietnam. Way forward
15:20 – 15:40 Smart and climate proof control of water Sumaqua
systems
15:40 – 16:00 Panel discussion and the way forward • Prof. Patrick Willems (KUL)
• Prof. Jean-Michel Hiver (ULB)
• Assoc. Prof. Le Anh Tuan (CTU)
• Dr. Le Xuan Bao (IWER)
16:00 Closing of the workshop