Vietnam urged to appoint permanent representative to WMOSecretary General of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Petteri Taalas has proposed Vietnam soon appoint a permanent representative to the organisation. Sharing devastating losses caused by natural disasters in Vietnam over the past years, the WMO Secretary General stressed that to effectively cope with natural disasters, Vietnam needs have trust-worthy early warning capacity and modern technologies. He suggested Vietnam continue to prioritise human resources for the hydro meteorological sector, and pour more investments in mobile and modern observatories. At the meeting, Dung called for more assistance from the WMO to Vietnam in developing human resources and improving the country’s hydro meteorological forecasting and monitoring capacity. Vietnam has prepared to become a flashflood warning guidance centre of Southeast Asia and actively participated in international cooperation and activities of the organisation, he said.-VNA