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Coordinating Committee for Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre convenes 31st meeting

The 31st meeting of the Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee for the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre was held via video conferencing on December 15.
Coordinating Committee for Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre convenes 31st meeting ảnh 1Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Nguyen Chi Vinh speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The 31st meeting of the Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee forthe Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre was held via video conferencing on December15.

The event was co-chairedby Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Nguyen Chi Vinh and, on theRussian side, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education AlekseyMikhailovich Medvedev, who are heads of the Vietnamese and Russian Sub-committees.

The two sides agreedthat despite the adverse impact of COVID-19, the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centrehas fulfilled its tasks under the plan for this year and the scientificresearch programme for 2020-24 approved at the previous meeting of the CoordinatingCommittee.

Accordingly, thecentre carried out 50 research projects, arranged 34 fact-finding trips, heldsymposiums, and published 126 articles on prestigious scientific magazines ofthe world and Russia.

Of note, a mobile labvehicle provided by Russia has performed tests for nearly 200,000 soldiers andcitizens at pandemic-hit areas in Vietnam.

At the meeting,delegates approved the scientific research plan for the centre in the nextyear.

They proposed that thecentre increase technology transfer activities, promote the application ofresearch outcomes into reality, and effectively implement scientific andtechnological programmes.

The sides also agreedon the agenda of the 32nd meeting./.

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