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.

Remote sensing using Earth observation satellites has become in recent decades an important technology for applications and research programs in Vietnam. A variety of free and accessible satellite data are available for land, ocean, and atmospheric observations over Vietnam and neighboring regions.

Following the conclusion of 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 by satellites.

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 the contribution of French institutions (including CNES, CNRS, IRD, and the Universities) and the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH).

The first two VSEOs took place in 2018 and 2019:

• VSEO-1: Atmospheric Remote Sensing and Molecular Spectroscopy, August 2018
• VSEO-2: Remote Sensing of Floods, Floods and Wetlands, September 2019

After the interruption due to the global pandemic, VSEO -3 will be held in September 2023

XIX^th Rencontres du Vietnam

“VSEO-3: SAR remote sensing of land surfaces in Vietnam.
Focus on rice and forest ecosystems, as part of the Space Climate Observatory programme
September 11-15, 2023, ICISE, Quy Nhon, Vietnam

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International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education
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