During March 21-24, 2011, experts from Ministry of Environment of Korea, Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute and Korea Environment Cooperation met with counterparts from Vietnam to initiate a program of cooperation on contaminated soil management. At the scoping mission, Korean and Vietnamese experts exchange views on legal and policy frameworks to promote effective soil monitoring for suspected contaminated areas. As for the next step, a delegation from Vietnam led by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam will visit Korea to learn first-hand about innovative practices on contaminated soil monitoring as an important step in their development of new guidelines for conducting soil monitoring of possible contaminated areas for Vietnam. This partnership has been facilitated by the Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network (AECEN) with support of USAID.