SWAT-SEA II Conference

Soil and Water Assessment Tool-Southeast Asia

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
January 6-7, 2011

Conference Hosts

Nong Lam University

Hochiminh City, Viet Nam

North Carolina A&T University

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
This conference was made possible through support provided by the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) and the generous support of the American people for the
Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Collaborative Research Support
Program (SANREM CRSP) under terms of Cooperative Agreement Award No. EPP-A-00-04-
00013-00 to the Office of International Research and Development (OIRED) at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), USA; and terms of sub-agreement
19070A-425632 between Virginia Tech and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State
University (NCA&T), USA. The Nong Lam University (NLU) in Ho Chi Minh City has also
provided support for several Vietnamese scientists and students to attend the conference. The
support of these sponsoring organizations is greatly acknowledged.

SANREM-CRSP

Conference program development provided by:

Center For Agricultural and Rural Development,

Iowa State University, United States

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 Scientific and Organizing Committee
Jeff Arnold (USDA-ARS , USA)
Patrick Debels (Environmental Consultant - Soresma, Belgium)
Theo Dillaha (Virginia Tech, USA)
Victor Ella (University of the Philippines at Los Banos , Philippines)
Trinh Truong Giang (Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
Ashvin Gosain (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India)
Attachai Jintrawet (Chiang Mai, ThaiLand)
Fanhua Hao (Beijing Normal University, China)
Manoj K. Jha (Iowa State University, USA)
Nguyen Kim Loi (Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
Mahmud Raimadoya (Bogor Agricultural University , Indonesia)
Manuel Reyes (North Carolina A&T State University , USA)
Hiroaki Somura (Shimane University , Japan)
Raghavan Srinivasan (Texas A&M University, USA)
Samran Sombatpanit (World Association of Soil and Water Convervation)
Brett Watson (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
Gebhard Schuler (Research Institute for Forest Ecology and Forestry Rheinland-
Pfalz, Germany)
Do Trung Binh (Institute of Agricultural Science for Southern Vietnam)
Vo Quang Minh (Can Tho University, Vietnam)
Rajendra Shrestha (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand)
Kobkiat Pongput (Kasetsart University, Thailand)
Daniel P. Ames (Idaho State University, USA)
Sakda Sukviboon (Land Development Department, Thailand)
Chris George (Waterbase)
Ann van Griensven (UNESCO-IHE, NL)
Karim Abbaspour (EAWAG, Switzerland)
Pedro Chambel Leitão (IST-MARETEC, Portugal)
Philip Gassman (Iowa State University, USA)
Kyle Douglas-Mankin (Kansas State University, USA)
Husaini Omar (Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia)
Khamphachanh Vongsana (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Laos)
Piboon Kanghae (Kasetsart University, Thailand)
Nipon Tangtham (Kasetsart University, Thailand)
Nguyen Duy Binh (HaNoi University of Agriculture, Vietnam)
Le Duc Trung (Vietnam National Mekong Committee)
Somnimirt Pukngam (Kasetsart University, Thailand)
Hajah Suria Zanuddin (Department of Agriculture, Brunei Darussalam)
Bui Cach Tuyen (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment)
Ho Dinh Duan (Hue Institute of Natural Resources, Environment and Sustainable
Development)
Ha Van Hanh (Hue University of Sciences)
Truong Phuoc Minh (The University of DaNang)
Nguyen Hieu Trung (Can Tho University)
Greg Jennings (North Carolina State University, USA)
Monireh Faramarzi (IUT, Isfahan, IRAN)
Nguyen Ngoc Thach (Natural Sciences University, VNU-HaNoi)

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 SWAT-SEA II Conference
“Ice breaker” at Ballroom, 5th Floor, Saigon Palace Hotel, 18h30 – 20h:00 ,
Jan 5, 2011) - Get-together for early arrivers

Thursday, January 6, 2011

PLENARY SESSION

8:30-9:00 am
Moderator: Phil Gassman
Presenter Institution Topic
Nguyen Kim Loi and Nong Lam Univ., Ho Chi Greetings, welcome, etc
Manuel Reyes Minh City, Vietnam and
North Carolina A&T
Univ., Greensboro, NC,
USA

Nguyen Le Hung Vice-Rector Opening Speech

Nong Lam University, Ho
Chi Minh City, Vietnam

9:00-10:00a.m.
Moderator: Phil Gassman
Presenter Institution Topic

Samran Sombatpanit WASWAC representative; Presentation of SANREM-sponsored

and Dang Thanh Ha Nong Lam Univ., Ho Chi "Vegetable Agroforestry and Cashew-
Minh City, Vietnam. Cacao Systems in Vietnam" book
Attachai Jintrawet & Chiang Mai Univ., Chiang Use of SWAT in SANREM projects in
Manuel Reyes Mai, Thailand and North Southeast Asia
Carolina A&T Univ.,
Greensboro, NC, USA
Break
10:00-10:30 am
10:30-12:00 noon
Moderator: Samran Sombatpanit
Presenter Institutions Topic (abstracts pgs. 9-11)
Daniel P. Ames Idaho State Univ., Open Source GIS: Recent Evolution of
Pocatello, ID, USA Tools, Technologies, and Communities

Iowa State University, The Worldwide Use of SWAT:

Philip W. Gassman Ames, IA, USA Technological Drivers, Networking
Impacts, Simulation Trends, and Potential
Future Constraints

Raghavan Srinivasan Texas A&M University, Recent Developments and Features of

College Station, TX, USA ArcSWAT
Lunch at Le Minh Restaurant (14th Floor)
12:00 - 1:10 pm

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Session 1 / Large River Basin Applications
1:10-2:30 pm

Moderator: Attachai Jintrawet

Presenter Institutions Topic (abstracts pgs. 12-15)
Nguyen Duy Binh Hanoi University of Adaptation of SWAT Model into
Agriculture, Hanoi, Decision Support Framework for
Vietnam Mekong River Basin Management

Anthony Green Mekong River Commission Experiences in Using the SWAT

Model since 2003 as part of the
Mekong River Commission's Basin
Wide Modelling and Decision Support
System
Winai Wangpimool Department of Water Development of watershed modeling in
Resources, Bangkok, Thailand since 2000, including the use
Thailand of SWAT2003 for MRC Mekong work

Raghavan Srinivasan Texas A&M University, HAWQS: Multi-Spatial-Temporal

(for Debjani Deb) College Station, TX, USA Scale Hydrologic and Water Quality
Decision Support System for
Continental U.S

Break
2:30-3:00 pm

Session 2 (concurrent) /Simulation of Different Flow Components in SWAT

3:00-4:40 pm

Moderator: Raghavan Srinivasan

Presenter Institutions Topic (abstracts pgs. 16-19)

Modeling the Water Balance Processes
Rui Jiang Hokkaido Univ., for Understanding the Components of
Sapporo, Japan River Discharge in a Groundwater
Discharging Watershed

Kanita Ueangswat Chiang Mai Univ., Chiang Simulating High and Low Water Flow
Mai, Thailand Watersheds in Thailand

Linh Hoang UNESCO-IHE Inst. for Simulation of Tile Drainage in an

Water Education, Delft, Agricultural Catchment in Denmark
Netherlands
Determination of Best Hydrologic
Iowa State University, Parameters for Different Landform
Philip W. Gassman Ames, IA, USA Regions in Iowa, USA

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Session 3 (concurrent) / Paddy/Shrimp Farming Systems and Other Hydrolocial
Modeling Developments
3:00-4:40 pm

Moderator: Ann van Griensven

Presenter Institutions Topic (abstracts pgs. 20-24)
Ann van Griensven UNESCO-IHE Inst. for Evaluation and Adaptation of the
Water Education, Delft, Wetland and Paddy Field Modules in
Netherlands SWAT

Ann van Griensven UNESCO-IHE Inst. for Automated Building of Bayesian Belief
(for Seleshi Yalew) Water Education, Delft, Networks from Spatially Distributed
Netherlands SWAT Models Using
HYDRODESKTOP

Lich Quang Nguyen University of South Effects of intensive shrimp farming on

Australia environment in Tam Giang lagoon Thua
Thien Hue Province, Vietnam

Lich Quang Nguyen University of South Study on the monitoring of water quality
Australia variation in intensive shrimp (Penaeus
monodon) ponds: implication for
sustainability

Using a physical model for determining

hydrodynamic dispersion coefficient of a
Can Tho University, Ho solution through a horizontal sand
Le Anh Tuan Chi Minh City, Vietnam column

Ho Chi Minh City Tour

5:00-7:00 pm

Special Night at a boat in the Saigon River

19:00-22:00 pm

Friday, January 7, 2011

Session 4 (concurrent) / Applications of MWSWAT and Other Software for Land Use
and other Assessments
8:30-9:50 am
Moderator: Nguyen Duy Binh
Presenter Institutions Topic (abstracts pgs. 25-29)
Venus Tounkour Kasetsart University, Application of SWAT in Determining
Bangkok, Thailand Impact of Land Use Allocation by
Community Participation in Nam Kon
Watershed, Nan Province, Thailand
Assessing the Impacts of Land use/ Land
Nguyen Kim Loi Nong Lam Univ., Ho Chi cover Changes and Practices on Water
Minh City, Vietnam Discharge and Sedimentation using
SWAT: Case study in Dong Nai
watershed – Vietnam

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 Re-evaluating FMOLP Decision
Visutthiphin Kasetsart University, Variable Coefficient using SWAT
Mahaarchan Bangkok, Thailand Results for Optimizing Sustainable
Agricultural Land Use in Small
Watershed

Le Canh Dinh/ Agricultural Planning and Assessing Agricultural Land Use

Nguyen Kim Loi Projection, Ho Chi Minh Planning Scenarios using SWAT: Case
City, Vietnam Study in Upstream Dong Nai Watershed,
Lam Dong Province, Vietnam

Break
10:10-10:30 am

Friday, January 7, 2011

Session 5 (Concurrent) / Climate Change Assessments
8:30-9:50 am

Moderator: Nguyen Kim Loi

Presenter Institutions Topic (abstracts pgs. 30-34)

Research Inst. For Forest Experiment and Model Approaches to
Gebhard Schüler Ecology and Forestry, Assess Forest and Water Interactions
Rheinland-Pfälz, Germany in the NW-European ForeStClim
Headwater Catchments

Chalermrat Chulalongkorn Univ., Impact of Climate Change on River

Sangmanee Bangkok, Thailand Flow at Klong Krabi Yai Watershed,
Southern, Thailand

Phil Gassman (for Iowa State University, Ames, Climate Change and Agricultural
Manoj Jha) IA, USA Water Quality: A Watershed Modeling
Study

Nathaniel R. Mariano Marcos State Univ., Predicting the Hydrologic Response of

Alibuyog Philippines the Laoag River Basin to Climate
Change using the SWAT Model

Assessing Climate change Impacts and

Nguyen Kim Loi/ Nong Lam Univ., Ho Chi Adaptation in Central Vietnam using
Nguyen Van Trai Minh City, Vietnam Watershed and Community Based
Approach: Case study in Quang Nam
Province

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Session 6 (concurrent) / Land Use and Conservation Impacts on Hydrology and
Pollutant Loss (Part I)
10:30-11:30
Moderator: Anthony Green
Presenter Institutions Topic (abstracts pgs. 35-37)
Ministry of Agric. And Modeling Impacts of Land Use
Khamphachanh Forestry, Vientiane, Laos Changes on Streamflow in the Upper
Vongsana Ping River Basin, Thailand
Hanoi University of Application of SWAT Model to
Tran Huu Hung Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam Evaluate Landuse Change Impact in
Upper Ma River Basin, Vietnam
Beijing Normal University, Response of Non-point Source
Xuan Zhang Beijing, China, 100875. Pollution Load to Land Use and
Landscape Pattern

Session 7 (concurrent) / Land Use and Conservation Impacts on Hydrology and

Pollutant Loss (Part II)
10:30-11:30 am
Moderator: Gebhard Schüler
Presenter Institutions Topic (abstracts pgs. 38-40)
Pingtung Univ. of Science Impact Assessment of Land-Use
Phan Dinh Binh and Tech., Pingtung, Taiwan Changes on Sediment Yield and
Nutrient Load for Song Cau
Watershed using SWAT

Huynh Thi Thanh Nong Lam University, Ho Assessment of Soil and Water in
Hanh/ Nguyen Kim Chi Minh City, Vietnam Upstream Srepok Watershed - Daklak
Loi Province Using GIS and SWAT Model

Manuel Reyes North Carolina A&T Univ., Conservation Agriculture for Food
Greensboro, NC, USA Security in Cambodia and the
Philippines

Lunch at Restaurant (5th Floor)

12:00-1:30 pm
WRAP UP: 1:30-3:00 PM
Moderator: Nguyen Kim Loi
Presenter Institutions Topic (abstracts pgs. 42-45)
1:30-3:00/Wrap-up Texas A&M University, Update on new SWAT developments,
Raghavan Srinivasan, College Station, TX, USA networking / developing partnerships
Phil Gassman, and North Carolina A&T in SEA region, update on journal
Manuel Reyes, others Univ., Greensboro, NC, USA special issue and conference
proceedings, small group discussions
on topics of mutual interest
3:00: pm
Mekong tour participants depart
End of Conference Celebration

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