All Vietnamese and German partners of the WISDOM initiative met for the overall official Kick Off meeting of the project organized by the Southern Institute of Water Resources Research, SIWRR, in Ho Chi Minh City. All partners presented the work they will contribute to the indicidual research topics and work packages, three test areas of special interest were defined within the Delta and future cooperation issues were discussed. The three test areas are the area of Can Tho province, the Tam Nong district in the Noeth of the Delta and Tra Cu District close to the coast in the South. Before the Kick Off a German delegation off all WISDOM partners visited the Mekong delta.