HCM City, Nov. 30 -- Ho Chi Minh City will assess the relationship between the factors that cause climate change and its socio-economic plans to develop long-term responses.

Nguyen Thi Thanh My, deputy director of the city's Department of Natural Resources and Environment, elaborated on the task at a recent meeting held to review implementation of climate change response plans over the last four years and set out orientations and tasks for the next decade.

All sectors and government agencies at all levels would need to join hands to find an effective approach to respond to the challenges of climate change and implement the city's green-growth strategy, she said.

According to Mai Tuan Anh, head of the department's meteorology, hydrology...