Mr. N. Bun, Director of APSARA (Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap), and Mr. P.Delanghe, Cultural Commissioner from Phnom Penh office of UNESCO visited HIST from March 11 to 15, to exchange ideas over the Remote Sensing for Environment of Angkor Site (REAS) project and its next action plan.

During two-day academic discussion between the delegation and HIST, the APSARA delegation briefed the protection of Angkor, including the management plan, education on heritage, Angkor water system and so on. Prof. Chen Fulong, made a report about the background of REAS project, the researching fields, researching progress, existing problems and the future working plan.

The delegation listened to and reviewed the work reports on REAS project made by different research groups. Both sides also set the priorities for future work and reached an agreement on the future working mechanism. Additionally, the delegation also expressed a deep interest in the establishment of a virtual satellite ground station in Angkor.

Both sides had discussions on March 12. 

The delegation visited RADI’s remote sensing satellite receiving station in Miyun.