Japan to provide flood risk maps for four South-East Asian countries - Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia


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JAKARTA/TOKYO (Vietnam News/ANN): Japan plans to start providing flood risk maps for Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia next fiscal year to help the South-East Asian countries reduce damage from flooding.

The maps will use satellite observation data to predict flooding caused by heavy rainfall.

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