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RE Asian conference on remote sensing opens in Ha Noi
DA Fri, 11 Nov 2005
FR Angie
TO Maps-L
*Asian conference on remote sensing opens in Ha Noi*
(08-11-2005)
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=06SOC081105
HA NOI — Scientist from over 40 countries participated in the 26th Asian
Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS), the first to be held in the
country, which opened in Ha Noi yesterday.
Dang Hung Vo, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment,
highlighted the significance of the conference, and said the event
helped in exchanging information on technology developments and
contributed to sustainable regional development. If information
technology (IT) helps people get closer, spatial technology and remote
sensing technology would help people understand the earth better, he added.
According to statistics, Viet Nam’s demand for remote sensing pictures
for the economy was very high at millions of US dollars. Prime Minister
Phan Van Khai recently signed a decision to invest in a project for
launching the Vinasat communication satellite, covering ASEAN, Japan,
the Korean Peninsula, part of China and the eastern Australian continent.
Two satellite control stations would also be built in Ha Tay Province’s
Hoai Duc District and Binh Duong Province’s Ben Cat District for
facilitating Vinasat’s operations, he added.
According to Shunji Murai, General Secretary of the Asian Association of
Remote Sensing (AARS), the conference gave an opportunity to exchange
opinions and ideas for promoting the growth of remote sensing in Asia.
He praised Viet Nam for organising the conference, and said the country
had been one of the most active participants at the ACRS.
The 26th ACRS, which will close on November 11, was jointly organised by
the AARS, the Viet Nam Association of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote
Sensing and the Association of Vietnamese Geographers. Along with the
26th ACRS, a four-day Asian Space Conference will open in Ha Noi on
November 11. — VNS
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