News in 2018
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Visit to Vietnam for the preparations of FIG Working Week 2019
9-11 January 2018, Hanoi, Vietnam
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The logo element for FIG Working Week 2019 is selected
because it comes from
the Temple of Literature which is located in the city centre of
Hanoi. It is a very suitable logo element for a FIG Working
Week! The temple was built in 1070 and was dedicated to
Confucius, sages and scholars.
The various pavilions, halls, statues and stelae of doctors are
places where offering ceremonies, study sessions and the strict
exams took place. Today it is possible to access the
area, see the temples and study e.g. the Turtle Steles with the
names of those who were successful at the royal exams.
The building that is used as logo is the Khue Van pavilion which
is a symbol of present-day Hanoi. At the top is a red-coloured
with two circular windows and an elaborate roof. Inside, a
bronze bell hangs from the ceiling to be rung on auspicious
occasions.
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On the day of our visit to the Temple of Literature a new electronic
guide with headphones was introduced, which gives visitors the
possibility to walk around on their own and at the same time get information about the different
sights and their fascinating history. This is a "must-do" while in
Hanoi!
FIG Vice President Mikael Lilje
and Director Louise Friis-Hansen visited Hanoi, Vietnam and the local
organisers of FIG Working Week 2019. For both it was a re-visit after
the successful Regional Conference that took place in 2009. With this
conference in mind, the Working Week can only be very succesful and
interesting.
The Working Week 2019 will be held on 22-26 April 2019
and will be organised by a dedicatel local organising team, again
this time led by Mr Trinh Anh Co, Co-conference Director of the
Working Week. The
Working Week is held in cooperation with the national member
association: Vietnam Association of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote
Sensing (VCGR).
This visit included several aspects. Together with
administrive meetings in which the progress of the preparations were
discussed, there were site visits first of all to the conference venue,
the Vietnam National Convention Center, where the Regional Meeting was
also held. This time due to the fact that the Working Week is larger FIG
will occupy a whole floor of the gigantic conference centre. Both
session rooms and exhibition will be located here. There were also
visits to various hotels and possible spectacular venues for social
events.
Finally the local organisers had arranged several meetings
with involved stakeholders. First of all the local organisers had
managed to organise a meeting with Deputy Minister Vo Tuan Nhan,
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. In this meeting the
Deputy Minister gave his support to the Working Week and explained which
areas that are of special interest for the Vietnamese surveyors. On
behalf of FIG Mikael Lilje thanked for the support and promised that the
technical programme incl. the plenary sessions will cover these areas
that include: environmental pollution; disaster; geospatial
technologies; new approaches on land administration; UAV's; how to
involve surveyors in BIM to mention just some areas.
The Local Organising Committee with Deputy Minister Vo Tuan Nhan, FIG
Vice President Mikael Lilje and Director Louise Friis-Hansen
Further very interesting meetings were
held with the following departments that are all involved in the
planning:
- General Department of Land Management
- Department of National Remote Sensing
- Department of Surveying and Mapping Vietnam
- Vietnam Institute of Geodesy and Cartography
Hanoi will be a fabulous hosting city with its friendly and efficient
local organisers. This together with the outstanding Vietnamese cuisine
will make the Working Week 2019 an unforgettable experience.
A big thanks to the local oganisers for the well organised site visit,
good meetings and visits and for your amazing hospitality.
Web site: www.fig.net/fig2019 (will be
updated regularly)
Meeting in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Louise Friis-Hansen
30 January 2018
