Centre Asiatique de Recherche sur l’Eau, CARE

NEW SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS FROM CARE IN 2025

CARE CO-ORGANIZES THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICERES 2025

INVESTIGATING AQUIFER VULNERABILITY IN THE SAIGON RIVER BASIN (VIETNAM) USING TIME DOMAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC SOUNDINGS (TDEM)

CARE-RESCIF WELCOMES THE DELEGATION OF STUDENTS FROM MARGUERITE DURAS FRENCH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR A FIELD

SCIENTIFIC DAY 2024

MULTISOURCE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP: ADVANCING ENHANCED NATURAL TREATMENT SOLUTIONS IN URBAN WATER CYCLES

STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP INTEGRATING ENHANCED NATURAL TREATMENT SOLUTIONS IN URBAN WATER CYCLES

Seminar presented by CARE Internship Student Louis Songeur and PFIEV Students from HCMUT

Understanding Impacts of Groundwater Extraction on Flow Dynamics in Multi-aquifers of Ho Chi Minh City

Scientific Day 2024

Ambassador for the Poles and Oceans Olivier Poivre d’Arvor Joins IRD and CARE on Saigon

Hydrodynamic Modeling of Meso-Tidal Rivers in Data-Scarce Regions: Francisco Rodrigues do Amaral Successfully Defends PhD

Dr. Phan Thi San Ha received the Academic Palm Medal of the French Ambassy

CARE embarked on the French-Vietnamese oceanographic campaign PLUME Vietnam

Environmental challenges of reducing anthropogenic emissions to ensure cleaner air

"Evaluation of the effects of pollutants on the development of the organisms. Here, the micro-crustacean, Daphnia magna, at the end of the experiment were fixed with Lugol before determined the body size by measuring on a microscope (Optika) coupled with a digital camera." - Photo: Nguyễn Thị Minh Tú

"A senior student (Mr. Quang) is checking the survival and reproduction of the micro-crustacean Daphnia manga, in the experiment on the multi-generational effects of plastic additive (Di-2-Ethylhexyl phthalate) on life-history traits." - Photo: Nguyễn Thị Minh Tú

Evaluation of th adverse effects of pollutants on the growth of the test organisms (Daphnia magna) using microscope observation and measuring the body length at the end of a chronic experiment using trace metal, pesticides, and platics additives. Photo: Nguyễn Thị Minh Tú

"Water quality measurement campaign in the Nhieu Loc urban canal in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam" - Photo: Julien Nemery

Sampling campaign along the continuum Saigon river - river mouth to assess the spatial profile of organic micropollutants. - Photo: Christine Baduel

Sampling microplastics in surface water in Dau Tieng reservoir, Tay Ninh province in July 2020 - Photo: Kiều Lê Thùy Chung

Reconnaissance mission of protective measures for the Mekong Delta coastal zone (as part of an EU-AFD project). This mission was the occasion for the shooting of a film by the IRD team led by Jean-Michel Boré. - Photo: Patrick Marchesiello

The use of modeling and satellite measurement to explore the coastal area of the Mekong Delta. Left: salinity of the Mekong plume simulated by the CROCO model; right: Envisat, the ESA satellite, used in particular to estimate the turbidity of estuaries and coastal waters. - Photo: Patrick Marchesiello

Preparation for sampling microplastics in surface water at Bach Dang wharf, Saigon River in 2017 - Photo: Emilie Strady

"Analysis of water samples taken from the Saigon River at the CARE laboratory, HCMUT Ho Chi Minh City campus, Vietnam" - Photo: Julien Nemery

The microplastic sampling and water and sediment samples were collected at Long Son District, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, September 2020. - Photo: Đào Thanh Sơn

Laboratory module "Ecotoxicology" for current toxicity test : Mr. Tai Nguyen is observing the tropical microcrustacean (Ceriodaphnia cornuta) in the glass tube. - Photo: Đào Thanh Sơn

Filtration of water sample coming back from field for physico-chemical analysis

HCMUT graduation ceremony of Mr. Tran Tuan Viet in 2021, a doctor student under supervision of Drs. Emilie Strady and Nguyen Phuoc Dan. His research topic focused on monitoring trace metals accumulated in white clams reared in Can Gio District - Photo: Emilie Strady

Filtration of water samples coming back from field for nutrient analysis

"Evaluating the lipid content in microalgae isolated from Vietnam : a short view of the experiment on determining the growth rate of the two algal species (Scenedesmus acuminatus and Chlorella sp.)" - Photo: Nguyễn Thị Minh Tú

Romane Caracciolo (PhD student at IGE, Grenoble) is extracting water samples from the Saigon River to analyse for a broad range of micropollutants including pharmaceuticals, pesticides, PFASs, flame retardants, plasticizers, and other industrial chemicals - Photo: Christine Baduel

Geophysical prospecting in Cu Chi district, north of Ho Chi Minh City. The team is testing a new method for groundwater exploration: the Magnetic Resonance Sounding, for quantifying the resource - Photo: Marc Descloitres

Sample sieving before digestion for studying microplastics contamination in surface water - Photo: Emilie Strady

Two stage-Anaerobic Membrane Reactor (2S-AnMBR) consisting hydrolysis reactor, anaerobic IC reactor followed by membrane is used for co-digestion of canteen wastewater and food waste to produce renewable energy and enhancING carbon and nutrient recovery. This project is supported by NAFOSTED - Photo: Nguyễn Thị Minh Tú

Microscope observation of microbe communities with small sizes (from a few to several thousands of micrometers) in water - Photo: Nguyễn Thị Minh Tú

"Microscopic observation of microplastics in the wastewater samples for MiP sub-project which focuses on evaluation of MiP removal performance of the existing sewage treatment plants in the South of Vietnam"

Carbon and nutrient recovery from the wastes: students are particpating into a research project on co-digestion of canteen wastewater and food waste using two stage-anaerobic membrane bioreactor. - Photo: Nguyễn Thị Minh Tú

Study of water quality in river: a filtration is done immediately after the sampling to eliminate the influence of suspended solids on the results.

CARE jointly organized the international conference “The 2nd Green technologies for Sustainable Water 2019 – GTSW 2019”. - Photo: Bui Xuan Thanh

Monitoring of the water quality of the Saigon River and deployment of passive samples to monitor organic micropollutants in the Saigon River.

Experiment of innovative wastewater treatment: models and wastewater parameters are checked daily to ensure that they keep up with the changes taking place during the experiment.

Administrative staff and directory board at CARE: for supporting scientific projects and following up external relations - Photo: Marc Descloitres

Geophysical prospecting in rubber tree plantation in Cu Chi District, north of Ho Chi Minh City. This electromagnetic device sounds the ground to detect the presence of buried clayey soil that could protect (or not) groundwater from surface pollution - Photo: Marc Descloitres

Seminar & Event

Internship in the Centre of Asian Research on Water (Centre Asiatique de Recherche sur l’Eau, CARE)

CARE WEATHER STATION

(THE ONLINE METEOROLOGICAL DATA - HOCHIMINH CITY)