Summary:

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).