Can Gio Biosphere Reserve is a wetland located 40 km southeast coastal area of Ho Chi Minh City. 

In Vietnam beside economic values, small hyd-ropower plants caused various adverse impacts on the natural environmental (change in hydrological regimes, shortage in water at downstream; erosion; deforestation; damage of biodiversity and biological resources); social conditions and environmental risks. The water regulation of small hyd-ropower plants may significantly contribute in the serious consequences of flooding in the Central Region in months of October, 2020. However, so far, environmental and social impacts and management of this type of energy projects are not properly concerned in project appraisal and management. Therefore, to improve this issue the following best “Environmental and Social Guidelines for Small Hydroelectric Projects, prepared by: Le Trinh (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Env. Sci., Consulting Team Leader, Chief Editor), Vu Ngoc Long (Dr. Ecol. Sci., Tran Quy Suu (MSc., Social Specialist, ADB), Le Quang Huy (MSc., Hyd-ropower Specialist) for Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in November 2016 under REDP (SECO TF098460) are introduced to be applied.

By 2020, Official Section of Communist Party and Government have set up target to improve the capacity of disasters forecasting and climate change monitoring; build up active society in disaster prevention and climate change adaptation; thereby reducing annual loss of people and properties caused by natural disasters.