On November 3, 2018, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH, Vietnam France University) signed the agreement with French Institute of Research for Development (IRD), National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), Institute of Marine Environment and Resources (IMER) and Institute of Space Technology (STI) for establishing the International Joint Laboratory "Study Center of the Land-Ocean-aTmosphere regional coUpled System" (LMI-LOTUS)
