Natural disasters are becoming more unpredictable and extreme due to climate change, causing more extensive damage to people and property.

Bui Minh Tuan, lecturer at the Meteorology and Oceanography Faculty under the Hanoi University of Natural Sciences, has been nominated for the Ta Quang Buu Award this year for his research on weather forecasting.

Vietnam has made progress in weather prediction, extending the typhoon and tropical depression forecasting and warning to between three and five days, according to the Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration.

Professor Tran Hong Thai, deputy general director of Vietnam’s General Department of Meteorology, talks to Natural Resources and Environment online newspaper about Vietnam’s resolve to develop a safe society in the context of climate change.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam lacks qualified weather forecasting experts, Phan Van Tan, a lecturer at the Ha Noi University of Natural Science's Faculty of Hydrology and Meteorology, told Hai Quan newspaper.