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March 2024

Event Report
The 5th International Conference on Geotechnics for Sustainable
Infrastructure Development (GEOTEC HANOI 2023), Hanoi, Vietnam
Assoc. Prof. Vu Anh Tuan
Le Quy Don Technical University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Director of IPA
The series of International Conference on Geotechnics for Sustainable Infrastructure Development (GEOTEC HANOI, GH)
was organized successfully in 2011, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2023 in Hanoi and it has become a well-known event not onlyin Vietnam but also internationally for its excellent quality and organizational scale. Each conference was a great eventfor scholars and professional engineers from around the world to share and learn the most up-to-date knowledge andtechnologies in the field of geotechnical engineering. At the conferences, world-class experts delivered keynote lectures:Prof. Sven Hansbo (Sweden), Prof. Kenji Ishihara and Dr. Hiroshi Yoshida (Japan), Prof. Harry G. Poulos (Australia), Prof.
Pieter A. Vermeer (Netherlands), and Prof. Alain Guilloux (France) in GH2011; Prof. Rolf Katzenbach (Germany), Prof. Alain
Guilloux (France), Prof. Fumio Tatsuoka (Japan), Prof. Kenichi Soga (United Kingdom), Prof. Helmut Schweiger (Austria),and Prof. Sven Hansbo (Sweden) in GH2013; Prof. Bengt H. Fellenius (Canada), Prof. Buddhima Indraratna (Australia), Prof.
Chang-Yu Ou (Chinese Taipei), Dr. Jamie Standing (UK), and Prof. Kazuya Yasuhara (Japan) in GH2016; Prof. Harry Poulos(Australia), Prof. Adam Beruijen (Belgium), Prof. Masaki Kitazume (Japan), Prof. Delwyn Fredlund (Canada), Prof. Lidija
Zdravkovic (UK), and Prof. Mark Randolph (Australia) in GH2019. Each event was an excellent chance for sponsors andexhibitors to show and promote their services.
The 5th International Conference, GEOTEC HANOI 2023 (GH2023), which was organized by FECON Corporation, Vietnam
Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (VSSMGE), Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS), Thuyloi
University, and Vietnam Petroleum Institute, took place on December 14-15, 2023 at the National Convention Center,Hanoi, Vietnam. The conference is honorably patronized by the International Society for Soil Mechanics and GeotechnicalEngineering (ISSMGE) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Six following key themes were included in theconference:
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Deep foundation
Tunneling and underground spaces
Ground improvement
Landslide and erosion
Geotechnical modelling and monitoringOffshore wind power and coastal geotechnics

The conference warmly welcomed nearly 1200 attendees from 40 countries in the world (Fig. 1 and Fig. 2). All theattendees enjoyed more than 150 very interesting technical presentations and especially 8 excellent keynote lectures andspecially invited lectures delivered by world-class experts (Fig. 3) as follows:
1. Pile foundations: 80 years of research and practiceby Prof. Alessandro Mandolini – University of Campania (Italy), Chair of ISSMGE TC212
2. Urban tunnelling – The challenges of creating underground space in historic cities
by Prof. Giulia M.B. Viggiani – University of Cambridge (UK), Chair of ISSMGE TC204
3. Ground improvement
by Prof. Rainer Massarsch – Geo Risk & Vibration Scandinavia AB (Sweden)
4. Continuum and discrete modelling of penetration problems
by Prof. Antonio Gens – Technical University of Catalonia (Spain)
5. Prediction and detection of backward erosion piping of river leveesby Prof. Mitsu Okamura – Ehime University (Japan), Vice President of Japanese Geotechnical Society
6. The ageing behaviours of offshore piles driven in clays, sands and chalks
by Prof. Richard Jardine – Imperial College London (UK)
7. Geotechnical philosophy and cases of site reuse
by Dr. Marc Ballouz (USA)– President of ISSMGE
8. On the landslide susceptibility and resilience with impact of climate change
by Prof. Keh-Jian Shou – National Chung-Hsing University (Chinese Taipei), Vice President Asia of ISSMGE
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Along with participating the conference sections, the attendees also had a chance to participate the technical tour toMetro line 3 construction site, Hanoi (Fig. 4) and the visiting tour to Ha Long Bay, a world heritage of Vietnam (Fig. 5).

Fig. 1. Photo of the conference hallFig. 2. Photo of the attendees.

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Fig. 3. Keynote and invited speakers receiving presents from the conference organizer

Fig. 4. Technical tour to Metro line 3 construction site, Hanoi

Fig. 5. visiting tour to Ha Long Bay

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