Nguyen Minh Quang, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) signed two agreements with South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport as part of ongoing efforts to support the expansion of various development activities.

For the past years, the two ministries have conducted bilateral projects whereby decision makers from both sides can discuss and share their best practices and technology applications to improve the implementation and management of their respective projects.

The first Memorandum of cooperation is on the creation of a space and land management database for the wide-ranging fields of geodesy, topography maps, remote sensing and land management. The second one is signed to replace the last Memorandum of Understanding which was signed on 19 April 2011.

According to MONRE Deputy Minister Nguyen Manh Hien, the agreement will focus on supporting research efforts, software and technology development, technical support and building up the capacity building trainings for human resources to address the skills gap in the area.