The three day WISDOM PhD Seminar gave all 14 WISDOM PhD students to present their intermediate research results, after having undertaken fieldwork in the Mekong Delta for half a year. PhD research addresses many science disciplines, such as hydrology, modelling, socio-economics, and water quality. The 8 Vietnamese and 6 European students stay in the Delta for at least another half year and will commence their work later at their supervising WISDOM partner institutes such as UNU; ZEF, GFZ and INRES. Special guests to the WISDOM PhD seminar was Dr. Bui van Quyen, Head of the MOST Southern Representative Office.