From 5 – 7 May 2006, the final Workshop of the Project VS/RDE/02: “Management Tools of Coastal Environment for Sustainable Development" including two sub-projects VS/RDE-02HP, VS/RDE-02NT under Vietnam–Sweden Research Cooperation Program was organized at Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography. Participating in the Workshop were representatives of all projects under RDE subprogram, PMU/MoST, VAST, Environment Protection Department – MoNRE, local provinces, and scientists involved in the project. Presented at the Workshop was also Prof. Micheal Tedengren from Swedish Counterpart Institution.