(VOVworld) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to work closely with and support Vietnam to effectively cope with climate change. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) meets with IPCC Chairman Hoesung Lee in Hanoi on October 24 (Photo: VNA)

Greeting IPCC Chairman Hoesung Lee in Hanoi on Monday, he said he expects the IPCC, which is under the World Meteorological Organisation, to support Vietnam in conducting climate change-related research and help Vietnamese agencies, universities, institutes, and the hydro-meteorological centre to take part in its research groups.
He asked the IPCC to share climate change response solutions and provide technical and equipment support so that Vietnam can assess more accurately climate change impacts, especially flooding, saltwater intrusion, and geological changes. Vietnam hopes for the IPCC’s close coordination to realise the agreements reached at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP 21), where Vietnam was a participant.