Dear Prof. Venkatesh and Colleagues, As 2014 is coming to an end, I would like to have a little pause to look back at this memorable year. Thanks to the JVGC, to the Osaka City University, to UD, DUEd, DUT and other universities, to colleagues and especially to Prof. Venkatesh and Dr. Nghiem Vu Khai, giving me a change to steering committee of GISIDEAS 2014 Symposium. I wish you a successful year ahead, good health and happiness in the next year. Best wishes to you and Happy New Year! Le Trung Chon, PhD Lecturer on Geomatics Engineering Dean, Graduate School HCMC University of Technology 268 Ly Thuong Kiet, District 10 Hochiminh City, Vietnam Email: ltchon@hcmut.edu.vn URL: http://www.hcmut.edu.vn >