The Government has assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to organize the implementation of the agreement, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to complete relevant external relations procedures.

AHA Center aims to be the regional hub for information and knowledge for disaster management. It will also serve as the centre point for mobilization of resources to disaster-affected areas and act as the coordination engine to ensure ASEAN's fast and collective response to disasters within the ASEAN region.

The AHA Center is established as part of ASEAN's commitment to strengthen collective response to disasters and to reduce disaster losses. The establishment is mandated through a legally-binding agreement called the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER), which is the region's response to the need for a regional disaster management framework.

By Ngoc Van