VN-US Scientific and Technological Cooperation Committee Meeting

On December 9-10, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Science and Technology in collaboration with the US Department of Foreign Affairs organized the 7th meeting of the Joint Commission on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of Vietnam. -United States (JMC), according to the Cooperation Agreement between the Governments of the two countries, signed on this field on November 17, 2000.

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More than 40 international scientists and researchers in oceanography and environment, led by Mr. Daniel Clune, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States, shared experiences for nearly 50 delegates who are scientists learn from Vietnamese universities and research institutes.

The US side sets out orientations for some areas of cooperation in the coming period such as health, information technology communication, marine science-environment-climate change, agriculture-biotechnology-multipurpose. biology, science education and research exchange, aerospace, energy, traffic safety and measurement standards.

Mr. Tran Viet Thanh, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of Vietnam, affirmed that the United States is one of the important partners in scientific and technological cooperation.

In the next 10 years, cooperation between the science and technology community and enterprises of the two countries will gain many priorities to promote development, taking the pillar of sharing knowledge information, innovating and transferring technology, digging create high-quality researchers, formulate and develop strong research groups, develop and implement joint research projects with the participation of leading scientists from the two countries; especially encouraging big US corporations to invest in science and technology in Vietnam.

Besides organizing the meeting, the two sides also held a number of other significant events such as the Vietnam-US Scientific Conference on East Sea Oceanography ; Workshop to share experiences of the United States in the formation and development of businesses ; signing a memorandum of cooperation between the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and the New York botanical garden ; Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam and the United States Department of the Interior on scientific and technological cooperation in the field of earth and effective management of natural resources.

At the same time, the two sides also held a poster exhibition to introduce some typical cooperation projects between the two countries in the past time.