VN-Russia Tropical Centre furthers int’l ties

The Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre (VRTC) will broaden its scientific and technological cooperation with other countries, including ASEAN countries.

This was agreed by the Coordinating Committee for the VRTC at its 23 rd meeting in Moscow on Nov. 26 to review the VRTC’s performance in 2010.

At the meeting, the committee made decisions relating to the perfection of management methods and measures for the VRTC and discussed themes for new joint research and research with high potential for application in real life.

It agreed to build a new research station and new ecological centres in the Bi Dup-Nui Ba and Bu Gia Map national parks in Vietnam and strengthen material and technological facilities of the VRTC.

The committee accepted the VRTC Directors Board reports on the use of the centre fund in 2010 and the establishment of the Vietnam-Russia Science and Production Joint Venture.

The committee’s co-presidents – Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Huy Hieu and Academician Dmitry Pavlop confirmed the opening of a VRTC Vietnamese representative office in Moscow .

The VRTC coordinating committee will hold its 24 th meeting in Hanoi in November 2011.

The Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre was established in 1988 by the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence and the Russian Academy of Sciences.

A scientific research organisation, it focuses on tropical biology, medicines, and environmental pollution and treatments./.

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Vietnamese Days in Russia begin

The Vietnamese pavilion was opened on September 14 at the 19 th International Exhibition of Food and Drink in Moscow , Russia , marking the start of the “Vietnamese Days in Russia-2010” programme that will last through Sept. 19.

The programme will include an economic forum on the strategic partnership and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Russia , a Vietnam-Russia business forum and the fifth Vietnamese entrepreneurs’ forum in Europe .

An art performance on the theme of “ Vietnam ’s hidden beauty”, a photo exhibition on Vietnamese land and people and an exhibition on the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi – will also be held.

Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang, who cut the ribbon to open the Vietnamese section at the World Food Moscow 2010, said this is the first time Vietnam has attended such an exhibition in Russia .

Vietnam’s participation in the exhibition and “Vietnamese Days in Russia – 2010” aim to create conditions for the two countries’ businesses to diversify their cooperation through direct investment in Vietnam or joint ventures with Vietnamese partners in manufacturing products, said the minister.

“Vietnamese Days in Russia – 2010” is expected to enhance the traditional friendship and cooperation between the two peoples as well as the two countries’ businesses and ministries, he added./.

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