VNRencontres du Vietnam
Founded in 1993 by Jean Tran Thanh Van, the association Rencontres du Vietnam, a non-profit organization and an official partner of UNESCO, has as its objective the promotion of international exchanges between Vietnam and the international community, particularly in the areas of science and education. It also aims at the encouragement and integration of Vietnamese scientists into the international scientific community and at supporting the role of education and science by encouraging scientific awareness and stimulating passion for science in the younger generation. The Rencontres du Vietnam lies within the scope of two series of scientific meetings created by Jean Tran Thanh Van : the Rencontres de Moriond in 1966 and the Rencontres de Blois in 1989.
The creation of the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science Education (ICISE) in the city of Quy Nhon (Central Vietnam) has the ambitious objective to focus on developing Science and Education by fostering exchanges between Asia-Pacific scientists and colleagues from other parts of the world.
Vietnam School of Earth Observation
In recent decades, satellite-based Earth observation has become essential for many applications and research programs in Vietnam. Many remote sensing data are now freely available for observing continental surfaces, oceans and the atmosphere over Vietnam and neighboring regions of Southeast Asia.
Following a workshop organized by the “Space and Aeronautics” (S&A) department of USTH (University of Science and Technology of Hanoi) in 2017, “Rencontres du Vietnam” and USTH decided to organize an annual summer school dedicated to Earth observation.
In this perspective, the Vietnam School of Earth Observation (VSEO) is held each year at the ICISE center in Quy Nhon as part of the “Rencontres du Vietnam”, with contributions from French institutions (including CNES, CNRS, IRD, and universities) and the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH).
The first three VSEOs took place in 2018, 2019 and 2023:
- VSEO-1: Atmospheric Remote Sensing and Molecular Spectroscopy, August 26-31, 2018
- VSEO-2: Remote Sensing of Innundation, Flooding and Wetland, September 8-14, 2019
- VSEO-3: SAR Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces in Vietnam, September 11-15, 2023
- VSEO-4: Generation of digital elevation models using remote sensing data
VSEO-5 will be held in October 2025
XXth Rencontres du Vietnam
5th Vietnam School of Earth Observation
October 13-17, 2024, ICISE, Quy Nhon, Vietnam
International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education
07 Science Avenue, Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh province, Vietnam
+84 2563 646 609 +84 2563 646 609 contact@icisequynhon.com
Link Registration: https://www.icisequynhon.com/conferences/2025/VSEO5/registration.htmlsoSource: https://www.icisequynhon.com/conferences/2025/VSEO5/
