<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Dear HCMC & Hanoi Residents</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">As an Australia Author, Artist & Businessman, I have gained a great deal of pleasure these last 15 years, watching the young people of Vietnam shake off the remnants of a terrible war & sanctions on the way to building a vibrant new future & country for their children.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">However I have of late been deeply troubled by the lack of preparedness cities such as HCMC, have put in place to ensure their young people survive the horrific storms, floods & tempests which the United Nations Climate Change Panel say are destined to occur in HCMC over the next few years.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">The AS ONE PROJECT is an ambitious plan initiated by the WORLD CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE, which should ensure cities like HCMC are tied to a strong International Emergency Aid Program which can help save the lives of tens of thousands of innocent children in the event of any unprecedented climatic upheavals in Vietnam.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">A small group of expats & locals have banded together (As One Vietnam) to raise funds for the making of the 3 bronze cast children which comprise the AS ONE CHILDREN STATUE which will bond HCMC to all other AS ONE communities globally. We hope to be able to put the AS ONE CHILDREN of HCMC in place by Oct-Nov 2014..<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Please visit <a href="http://www.worldclimatechangechallenge.com/">www.worldclimatechangechallenge.com</a> to read more.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">We are now seeking to build our group, with likeminded people & businesses who understand that it is too late after a storm such as the one which recently devastated the Philippines to do anything that might change the outcome for tens of thousands of children in HCMC. We understand we cannot stop the storm nor the toll it will wreak upon the city & residents, however if we put into place meaningful programs & plans before the event we may be able to save the lives of tens of thousands of children who might otherwise fall victim to the disease & hunger which naturally follows a catastrophic storm.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Of course we all hope a ‘SUPER STORM’ never hits HCMC. However if you like I, believe it definitely cannot hurt to be prepared in the lead up to this year’s storm season, please consider joining our mailing list by simply replying to this email. The knowledge you gain through participation, even if it is just limited to receiving the weekly mail outs should help ensure your safety during any climatic upheaval.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Regards<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Paul Phillips<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">0918025548<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="mailto:paul@worldclimatechangechallenge.com">paul@worldclimatechangechallenge.com</a></div><div><br></div>
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Subject: Southern CCWG technical meeting: The Mekong Delta Plan - Friday<br>
11 April<br>
From: WYATT Andrew <<a href="mailto:Andrew.WYATT@iucn.org">Andrew.WYATT@iucn.org</a>><br>
Date: Thu, March 27, 2014 11:48 am<br>
To: Miguel Coulier <<a href="mailto:miguel@care.org.vn">miguel@care.org.vn</a>>, "yen.nt@care.org.vn"<br>
<<a href="mailto:yen.nt@care.org.vn">yen.nt@care.org.vn</a>>, "minh.na@care.org.vn" <<a href="mailto:minh.na@care.org.vn">minh.na@care.org.vn</a>>,<br>
"Giang.tpt@care.org.vn" <<a href="mailto:Giang.tpt@care.org.vn">Giang.tpt@care.org.vn</a>>,<br>
"<a href="mailto:TLeThiNguyet@snvworld.org">TLeThiNguyet@snvworld.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:TLeThiNguyet@snvworld.org">TLeThiNguyet@snvworld.org</a>>,<br>
"<a href="mailto:phamhuuloc03@gmail.com">phamhuuloc03@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:phamhuuloc03@gmail.com">phamhuuloc03@gmail.com</a>>,<br>
"<a href="mailto:PMondal@oxfam.org.uk">PMondal@oxfam.org.uk</a>" <<a href="mailto:PMondal@oxfam.org.uk">PMondal@oxfam.org.uk</a>>, "<a href="mailto:thinh@ohk.org.vn">thinh@ohk.org.vn</a>"<br>
<<a href="mailto:thinh@ohk.org.vn">thinh@ohk.org.vn</a>>, "<a href="mailto:vmhai@oxfam.org.uk">vmhai@oxfam.org.uk</a>" <<a href="mailto:vmhai@oxfam.org.uk">vmhai@oxfam.org.uk</a>>,<br>
"<a href="mailto:hop@srd.org.vn">hop@srd.org.vn</a>" <<a href="mailto:hop@srd.org.vn">hop@srd.org.vn</a>>, "<a href="mailto:ngocptb@srd.org.vn">ngocptb@srd.org.vn</a>"<br>
<<a href="mailto:ngocptb@srd.org.vn">ngocptb@srd.org.vn</a>>, "huong.tranthimai@wwfgreatermekong.org"<br>
<<a href="mailto:huong.tranthimai@wwfgreatermekong.org">huong.tranthimai@wwfgreatermekong.org</a>>,<br>
"anh.tranhoang@wwfgreatermekong.org"<br>
<<a href="mailto:anh.tranhoang@wwfgreatermekong.org">anh.tranhoang@wwfgreatermekong.org</a>>, "ian.wilderspin@redcross.org"<br>
<<a href="mailto:ian.wilderspin@redcross.org">ian.wilderspin@redcross.org</a>>, "Anh.vu@amcross.org.vn"<br>
<<a href="mailto:Anh.vu@amcross.org.vn">Anh.vu@amcross.org.vn</a>>, "grc.vietnam.drr.coordinator@gmail.com"<br>
<<a href="mailto:grc.vietnam.drr.coordinator@gmail.com">grc.vietnam.drr.coordinator@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:abenson@redcross.org.au">abenson@redcross.org.au</a>"<br>
<<a href="mailto:abenson@redcross.org.au">abenson@redcross.org.au</a>>, "<a href="mailto:hnguyen@redcross.org.au">hnguyen@redcross.org.au</a>"<br>
<<a href="mailto:hnguyen@redcross.org.au">hnguyen@redcross.org.au</a>>, "DoanAnh.Tuan@savethechildren.org"<br>
<<a href="mailto:DoanAnh.Tuan@savethechildren.org">DoanAnh.Tuan@savethechildren.org</a>>, "PhamThiThuy.An@savethechildren.org"<br>
<<a href="mailto:PhamThiThuy.An@savethechildren.org">PhamThiThuy.An@savethechildren.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:lqtri@ctu.edu.vn">lqtri@ctu.edu.vn</a>"<br>
<<a href="mailto:lqtri@ctu.edu.vn">lqtri@ctu.edu.vn</a>>, "<a href="mailto:latuan@ctu.edu.vn">latuan@ctu.edu.vn</a>" <<a href="mailto:latuan@ctu.edu.vn">latuan@ctu.edu.vn</a>>,<br>
"PhamThiThuy.An@savethechildren.org"<br>
<<a href="mailto:PhamThiThuy.An@savethechildren.org">PhamThiThuy.An@savethechildren.org</a>>,<br>
"Chien.buihuy@plan-international.org"<br>
<<a href="mailto:Chien.buihuy@plan-international.org">Chien.buihuy@plan-international.org</a>>,<br>
"ninh.nguyentrong@plan-international.org"<br>
<<a href="mailto:ninh.nguyentrong@plan-international.org">ninh.nguyentrong@plan-international.org</a>>, "chau.thida@gmail.com"<br>
<<a href="mailto:chau.thida@gmail.com">chau.thida@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:ltphong@agu.edu.vn">ltphong@agu.edu.vn</a>" <<a href="mailto:ltphong@agu.edu.vn">ltphong@agu.edu.vn</a>>,<br>
"<a href="mailto:martijn@water.nl">martijn@water.nl</a>" <<a href="mailto:martijn@water.nl">martijn@water.nl</a>>, "<a href="mailto:phuong@nmav.org">phuong@nmav.org</a>"<br>
<<a href="mailto:phuong@nmav.org">phuong@nmav.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:aslang@nmav.org">aslang@nmav.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:aslang@nmav.org">aslang@nmav.org</a>>,<br>
"<a href="mailto:nguyenhgtuan@yahoo.com">nguyenhgtuan@yahoo.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:nguyenhgtuan@yahoo.com">nguyenhgtuan@yahoo.com</a>>,<br>
"Joachim.hofer@giz.de" <<a href="mailto:Joachim.hofer@giz.de">Joachim.hofer@giz.de</a>>, "Ha.nguyen1@giz.de"<br>
<<a href="mailto:Ha.nguyen1@giz.de">Ha.nguyen1@giz.de</a>>, "Nhan.phuc@giz.de" <<a href="mailto:Nhan.phuc@giz.de">Nhan.phuc@giz.de</a>>,<br>
"Chuc.nguyen@giz.de" <<a href="mailto:Chuc.nguyen@giz.de">Chuc.nguyen@giz.de</a>>, "<a href="mailto:hong@350.org">hong@350.org</a>"<br>
<<a href="mailto:hong@350.org">hong@350.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:nhithoi@350.org.vn">nhithoi@350.org.vn</a>" <<a href="mailto:nhithoi@350.org.vn">nhithoi@350.org.vn</a>>,<br>
"<a href="mailto:diem@adravietnam.org">diem@adravietnam.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:diem@adravietnam.org">diem@adravietnam.org</a>>, "kimkieu.sofis@gmail.com"<br>
<<a href="mailto:kimkieu.sofis@gmail.com">kimkieu.sofis@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:huy@i-s-e-t.org">huy@i-s-e-t.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:huy@i-s-e-t.org">huy@i-s-e-t.org</a>>,<br>
"Thanhson.ccrd@gmail.com" <<a href="mailto:Thanhson.ccrd@gmail.com">Thanhson.ccrd@gmail.com</a>>,<br>
"Grc.vietnam.dzung@gmail.com" <<a href="mailto:Grc.vietnam.dzung@gmail.com">Grc.vietnam.dzung@gmail.com</a>>,<br>
"Anh.vu@amcross.org.vn" <<a href="mailto:Anh.vu@amcross.org.vn">Anh.vu@amcross.org.vn</a>>,<br>
"<a href="mailto:Tduonganh1983@gmail.com">Tduonganh1983@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:Tduonganh1983@gmail.com">Tduonganh1983@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:nhien@aitcv.ac.vn">nhien@aitcv.ac.vn</a>"<br>
<<a href="mailto:nhien@aitcv.ac.vn">nhien@aitcv.ac.vn</a>>, "<a href="mailto:paul@worldclimatechangechallenge.com">paul@worldclimatechangechallenge.com</a>"<br>
<<a href="mailto:paul@worldclimatechangechallenge.com">paul@worldclimatechangechallenge.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:uyen417@gmail.com">uyen417@gmail.com</a>"<br>
<<a href="mailto:uyen417@gmail.com">uyen417@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:dana_doan16@yahoo.com">dana_doan16@yahoo.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:dana_doan16@yahoo.com">dana_doan16@yahoo.com</a>>,<br>
"tan.usyd@gmail.com" <<a href="mailto:tan.usyd@gmail.com">tan.usyd@gmail.com</a>>, "aimy.sdrc@gmail.com"<br>
<<a href="mailto:aimy.sdrc@gmail.com">aimy.sdrc@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:trang@life-vietnam.org">trang@life-vietnam.org</a>"<br>
<<a href="mailto:trang@life-vietnam.org">trang@life-vietnam.org</a>>, "hang.hs89@gmail.com" <<a href="mailto:hang.hs89@gmail.com">hang.hs89@gmail.com</a>>,<br>
"<a href="mailto:botbeohcm@gmail.com">botbeohcm@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:botbeohcm@gmail.com">botbeohcm@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:tle@rtanalytics.vn">tle@rtanalytics.vn</a>"<br>
<<a href="mailto:tle@rtanalytics.vn">tle@rtanalytics.vn</a>>, "<a href="mailto:ivphochiminh@vpv.vn">ivphochiminh@vpv.vn</a>" <<a href="mailto:ivphochiminh@vpv.vn">ivphochiminh@vpv.vn</a>>,<br>
"Quyen.nguyen@profesionalsinc.org" <<a href="mailto:Quyen.nguyen@profesionalsinc.org">Quyen.nguyen@profesionalsinc.org</a>>,<br>
"<a href="mailto:maihoavietnam@gmail.com">maihoavietnam@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:maihoavietnam@gmail.com">maihoavietnam@gmail.com</a>>,<br>
"camaupo.srcvn@gmail.com" <<a href="mailto:camaupo.srcvn@gmail.com">camaupo.srcvn@gmail.com</a>>,<br>
"pobentre.srcvn@gmail.com" <<a href="mailto:pobentre.srcvn@gmail.com">pobentre.srcvn@gmail.com</a>>,<br>
"<a href="mailto:ha668888@gmail.com">ha668888@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:ha668888@gmail.com">ha668888@gmail.com</a>>,<br>
"Duong.nguyen@mediaalliance.asia" <<a href="mailto:Duong.nguyen@mediaalliance.asia">Duong.nguyen@mediaalliance.asia</a>>,<br>
"Hoang.TuanCuong@weeffect.org" <<a href="mailto:Hoang.TuanCuong@weeffect.org">Hoang.TuanCuong@weeffect.org</a>>,<br>
"Magnus.Persson@weeffect.org" <<a href="mailto:Magnus.Persson@weeffect.org">Magnus.Persson@weeffect.org</a>>,<br>
'Konstantinidis Dorothea GIZ VN' <<a href="mailto:dorothea.konstantinidis@giz.de">dorothea.konstantinidis@giz.de</a>><br>
Cc: "<a href="mailto:ngoclimatechange@ngocentre.org.vn">ngoclimatechange@ngocentre.org.vn</a>"<br>
<<a href="mailto:ngoclimatechange@ngocentre.org.vn">ngoclimatechange@ngocentre.org.vn</a>>, "<a href="mailto:ingo-hcmc@ngocentre.org.vn">ingo-hcmc@ngocentre.org.vn</a>"<br>
<<a href="mailto:ingo-hcmc@ngocentre.org.vn">ingo-hcmc@ngocentre.org.vn</a>><br>
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</style> <div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Dear S-CCWG members<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Please find below, and attached, the announcement for the next technical meeting of the S-CCWG in HCMC. My apologies for the changing date for the meeting, but hopefully this is now fixed.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Please confirm with me by Friday 4 April if you would like to participate in the meeting so that I can make sure we have a suitably sized venue. I am looking for someone to volunteer a venue in HCMC since IUCN’s meeting room will be far too small. And please come prepared, having read the MDP and with questions.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Look forward to seeing you all at the meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Andrew Wyatt, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Mekong Delta Programme Manager<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#1F497D">IUCN Viet Nam, Ho Chi Minh City Project Office</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#1F497D">2nd floor, 268A Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, District 3</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#1F497D">Tel and Fax: ++(848) 3932 6359</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Skype: abwyatt<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.iucn.org/"><span lang="EN-US">www.iucn.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.iucn.org/"><b><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="131" height="49" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF49AE.72564FB0" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CDB8EB.7E9742C0" wbeuser="paul@worldclimatechangechallenge.com"></span></b></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/iucn"><b><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="19" height="19" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CF49AE.72564FB0" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01CDB8EB.7E9742C0" wbeuser="paul@worldclimatechangechallenge.com"></span></b></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"> </span><a target="_blank" 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style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Southern-Climate Change Working Group (S-CCWG) technical meeting<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Planning for Climate Change: The Mekong Delta Plan (MDP)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">Friday, 11 April 2014 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">Venue: Looking for someone to volunteer a venue in HCMC<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">Time: 8:30 – 11:30<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">Convener: Andrew Wyatt, IUCN<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">Presenter: Martijn van de Groep, Chief Technical Advisor for the MDP<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify"><i>Purpose of the meeting:<o:p></o:p></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify">MDP Chief Technical Advisor, Martijn van de Groep, will take participants through the key proposals in the MDP including the 4 economic development scenarios, 10 proposed measures, and proposed institutional arrangements. Questions and debate on the MDP will be welcome. Martijn will also inform participants on what is being planned for a June conference on the MDP.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Background on the MDP</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify">In 2010, the Prime Ministers of Viet Nam and the Netherlands agreed to support the preparation of the Mekong Delta Plan (MDP); a 100-year vision for the Mekong Delta. The MDP was modelled on a plan that was prepared for the Rhine-Meuse-Scheld Delta in the Netherlands in 2008. <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify">Under the Vietnam-Netherlands Strategic Partnership Arrangement on Climate Adaptation and Water Management, work on the MDP in Vietnam began in early 2012. The Vietnamese partners were MONRE and MARD, and the initiative was coordinated by Department of Water Resources Management in MONRE. A Dutch led consortium including the Dutch government, Royal Haskoning DHV (consortium lead), Wageningen University, Deltares, Rebel Group, and <a href="http://Water.NL">Water.NL</a> provided technical assistance and drafted up the MDP.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify">Since 2012, several draft MDPs went through several public consultations. The first was held in Tien Giang in December 2012, and others were conducted in September (farmer focus groups, selected experts and provincial leaders + SWSC) and December 2013 (leaders from all 13 Provinces) which were supported by IUCN. <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify">The final report of the MDP was presented to the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam, Hoang Trung Hai, on 16 Dec 2013, in Hanoi.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify">A June 2014 conference to expose the MDP to a broader audience is being planned and where key pipeline development projects are to be tested against the no-regret principles espoused by the MDP. Key donors have supported no-regret principles outlined in the MDP, and raised important questions for the government to consider such as questioning the wisdom of pursuing a food security policy based on rice intensification, and viewing increasing salinity as an opportunity rather than as an enemy (see attached Joint Development Partners Statement).<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify">A copy of the Mekong Delta Plan for review can be found at this webpage <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mekongdeltaplan.com/">http://www.mekongdeltaplan.com/</a><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify">It will be expected that participants come to the technical meeting having read the MDP so that they can engage in the discussion and debate.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> </div> <br> <hr> <font face="Arial" color="Black" size="1"><br> This communication, together with any attachment, may contain confidential information and/or copyright material and is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. 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