Dear Overseas Colleagues,

We are pleased of your interest to participate in GIS-IDEAS will be held in Hanoi from 25-28 September 2002.

The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) is now arranging to send invitation letter to you as soon as possible by e-mail and regular mail.

To facilitate travel (VISA) arrangements, all overseas participants are requested to provide the following information to Dr. Hoang Minh Hien, GISIDEAS Co- Coordinator (hmh@netnam.vn). Upon receiving the information the LOC will take necessary steps to enable issue of official VISA for all overseas participants at the respective Vietnam Embassy or Consulate:

1. Address including phone, fax and e-mail 2. Passport No.: 3. Passport expire date: 4. Issue date and place of passport: 5. City of Visa application: 6. Date of birth: 7: Expected arrival and departure from Hanoi 8: Accompanying member if any 9: Do you need LOC to arrange your Hotel accommodation Yes/No

Yours sincerely,

Hoang Minh Hien GIS-IDEAS Co-Coordinator hmh@netnam.vn ------------------------------------