In the paper, the results of the cooperation in field survey and research concerning the evolution of the coast line and river mouth of Vietnam in the framework of the Project "The evolution and sustainable management of the coastal areas of Vietnam" code VS/RDE-03 for the periods of 2004-2007 and 2007-2011, funded by Sida/SAREC have been presented. The Project involved the. Center for Marine Environment Survey, Research and Consultation. (CMESRC) and The Department of Water Resources and Engineering (DWRE) Lund University as implementing and collaborating institutions. During the first phase (2004-2007) the Red River Delta coastal zone was chosen as the case study of the coastline evolution (with the emphasis of the erosion in Nam Dinh province's coast line. Four synthesis field surveys of each 3 cross shore profiles with 3 stations equipped by the modern apparatus and many periodic beach bathymetry surveys were carry out. The second phase (2008-2011) is focused on the beach changes in the RRD coast zone and Thuan An, Tu Hien (Thua Thien Hue province) inlets migration and the effects of the structures on the of topographic change in the vicinity of its. The main results of the project are: Enhancing the research infrastructure of CMESRC by high-level sophisticated equipment for field measurements
Field surveys
Collection, compilation, and analysis of data related to beach and shoreline changes in the coastal zone of Vietnam
Mathematical modeling of coast line change in RRD and inlets migrqtion
Research on the mechanism of the coast change
Providing of scientific workshops and seminar relating issues and exchange experiences and knowledge between Vietnamese-Sweden an foreign scientist and other as Netherlands, Poland, Russian and Japanese researches
Master and Doctoral education
Publication in the Vietnamese and foreign journ.als the Project's outcomes.