GIRS – VAST - GIS and Remote Sensing Research Center - Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology

GIRS – the GIS and Remote Sensing Research Center has been established under the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Resources Geography – Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) in September 2007.

This center was jointly set up by the Geo-Information & Remote Sensing Division (GIRS) under the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Physics and the Department of Remote Sensing & GIS under the Sub Institute of Geography in Ho Chi Minh City.

GIRS concentrates on basic research in the field of remote sensing, Geo Information Systems and data management.The center has the consultative function in national projects on littoral management, environmental monitoring, management of resources and provides project-oriented solutions for GIS and databases.