Experience

GeoViet Consulting has international and local experiences in research, consultancy and training in geospatial information technologies, urban / regional and environmental studies, natural resources planning, climate change research as well as in managing development sector projects / programmes. Listed below are selected project experiences that shape our current capabilities:

RS, GIS and GeoInformatics

Web-based Vietnam's national database for management of urban development.

Developing a flash-based tool for GIS applications on the Web for managing community-level forest maps.

Web-based Vietnam's national environmental health database – piloted for Phu Tho and Nam Dinh provinces.

Environmentally Sustainable Development in Poor Urban Areas (SDU Component) - Design and development of GIS database and applications for urban environmental planning and management in Phu Tho, Ha Nam and Nghe An provinces

Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Vietnam Research Project - Design and establishment of GIS database for wastewater discharges in the Dong Nai river basin in support of IWRM DSS development.

Design and development of the online FireWatch Vietnam system - to support the Vietnam's Forest Protection Department in routine operation of MODIS receiving station:automatically detecting forest fire (hotspots), creating online interactive fire database, Web mapping and timely communicating to concerned local authorities.

Capacity Building for Urban Environmental Planning and Management - Design and development of GIS database and applications for piloted urban environmental planning and management in Thai Nguyen province.

Survey, assessment and develop a database system to manage waste-water pollution sources into the Day and Nhue rivers (former Ha Tay province).

Professional training on “Applications of Remote Sensing in Natural Resources and Environmental Management and in Fisheries Sector”

Professional training on “GIS Applications in Urban Environment Planning and in Natural Resources and Environmental Management”

NRE and Climate Change

Review of EIA procedures in Vietnam's practice

Research on Urban Heat Island Effects in Asian Mega Cities with satellite data

Research on applications of MODIS data in monitoring environmental changes

Research on CDM-potential sectors and potential CDM developers in Vietnam

Policy Research and Project Management

Development of the Web-based Tool for monitoring the Hanoi Core Statement and Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness

Vietnam's BLI assessment 2008 - TA6317-REG

M&E Training - Vietnam-Australian Monitoring and Evaluation Strengthening Program (VAMESP II)

Design and implement HCS M&E framework, including PD/HCS monitoring surveys - Comprehensive Capacity Building Programme (CCBP)

Assessment of M&E practices by local governments in Vietnam - Strengthening Local Government Project (SLGP)

BIS and APPI assessment - Strengthening Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of the Vietnam's Public Procurement System Project (IDF055667)

Design M&E strategy and system - Strengthening Environmental Management and Land Administration Project (SEMLA)