REG/VIET/Developing and implementing climate change adaptation measures at local level in Vietnam The Geological Survey of Finland coordinates VIETADAPT II -project in two case study areas in Ba Ria Vun Tau and Thanh Hoa in Vietnam. The main purpose is to increase the capacity of the Vietnamese partners to support the development of climate change adap
tation measures for sustainable use of water resources mainly by training young Vietnamese experts like geologists and hydrologists. The Project continues the work of  VIETADAPT I (2011 ? 2013) which developed preliminary climate change adaptation measures
 and identified risks. As a result for example digital surface and groundwater maps and adaptation measures were produced. The Vietnamese institutes conducted research on climate change impacts to groundwater and surface water and related climate change ad
aptation options. The project continues to operate intensively with local stakeholders and decision makers in order to receive a common understanding on the need to implement adaptation measures not only on climate change impacts but also to safeguard valu
able water resources under intensifying exploitation due to socio-economic development. VIETADAPT II will be implemented together with the Sub-Institute of Hydro-Meteorology and Environment of South Vietnam (SIHYMETE) and the Centre for Water Resources Mon
itoring and Forecast'in (CEWAFO) which both work under the lead of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam (MONRE). The beneficiaries are now mainly the institutions who receive research information for their decision making and  devel
op their practises and instruments. In case the results of the Project  will be implemented in practise the beneficiaries will include also Vietnamese people in the long run.