“Remote Sensing the Mekong”. This is the title of a Special Issue of the International Journal of Remote Sensing, published in April 2014. The special issue contains a variety of scientific papers dealing with pressing questions related to the Mekong. The issue contains studies on extensive land cover product comparisons for the Mekong Basin, research on climate change impacts especially in the upper catchment of the Mekong, an array of wetland analyses for the Mekong Delta or Tonle Sap Lake, as well as analyses of Mekong Delta coastal water sediment load, amongst other. Dr.

At the end of October 2013 the WISDOM project was one item on the agenda of the DLR-DFD Institute Evaluation in Oberpfaffenhofen.
During the 3-day evaluation process, an advisory group of 11 external experts from science and industry as well as internal DLR advisors examined research results at German Aerospace Center (DLR).
The WISDOM Information System was presented live as one successful outcome of an applied research project during the internal tour for the panel of experts.

Local Entrepreneurship in Vietnam’s Rural Transformation: A Case Study from the Mekong Delta

This report provides an overview of the main results of a survey on small and mediumsized
enterprises, implemented in Can Tho City, Mekong Delta in 2011 ‐ 2012.

Organized and hosted by UNU-EHS, the third PhD Scientific Seminar of WISDOM’s second project phase took place from June 10th to 12th, 2013 at the UN Campus in Bonn. Together with the three seminars held in the first phase, this was the sixth such an event which provided the PhD students the opportunity to present and discuss their research results with fellow researchers within the project. Additionally, invited experts were also involved in discussions of possible synergies and the integration of research findings into the WISDOM Information System.

On the 14th of March MONRE received the hard- und software to run the WISDOM Information System within their institute. The handover was accompanied with a two day workshop. The first day provided an update on new functionalities for users and administrators. The second day gave a roadmap to MONRE on technical and institutional steps, which are necessary operationalize the Information System. The workshop was concluded by the handover of the Server, including the preinstalled Information System as well as the extensive technical documentation.

The Mekong Environmental Symposium 2013 in Ho Chi Minh City was a full success.

On the first day of the symposium over 400 stakeholder, decisions maker, scientists, and other Mekong experts joined the event. Three Vietnamese Vice Ministers (MOST, MONRE, MARD), as well as vice ministers of environment and high ranking delegates of the other Mekong riparian countries as well as the CEO of the Mekong River Commission joined the event.

The 4th Mekong Tour had been accomplished by the 27th of July 2012. The capacity building team with active support from DLR visited 4 provinces (Tra Vinh, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau and Can Tho). Subject of the Workshops were the life cylce of the WISDOM Information System as a platform for storing, visualizing and sharing geographical data.

WISDOM Project Coordinator Dr. Claudia Kuenzer and WISDOM local CIM expert Florian Moder on 12th of July 2012 were received by the Vice Minister of Vietnam's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, MONRE, and discussed the pathway ahead for the implementation of the Mekong Delta Information System.