The SIROCCO group of the Laboratoire d’Aérologie (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse) came to Hanoï to train 8 young researchers from the HUS to use the SYMPHONIE ocean model. This training has been organized as part of the HILO (Hanoi International Laboratory of Oceanography, Marine Herrmann, LEGOS, IRD) project, funded by the French Embassy.