Proceedings of the El Nino Early Warning Workshop and Forum in Vietnam in 29 May 2014, Hanoi, Vietnam. The event was implemented as part of the ongoing project titled: “Technical assistance to Vietnam for strengthening national capacities to deal with weather related natural disasters, promote advanced methodologies for weather forecasting, dissemination of warnings to users and response at local level”, the theme 1 project of the Agreement between ADPC and MFA Norway (Phase II).