Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) of Australia in Canberra on March 8. (Photo: VNA)At a working session with CSIRO leaders, the Vietnamese Government leader expressed his impression on the sound cooperationbetween Vietnam and CSIRO over the past time, and congratulated theorganisation on its valuable research that has contributed significantly toAustralia and the whole world.
He particularly highlighted that the organisation has been on the right trackwith its studies on digital transformation, green transition, innovation andagriculture, among others, which are in line with Vietnam’s development policies.
He suggested CSIRO and its Vietnamese partners make efforts to remove roadblocks in their cooperation, adding the Vietnamese Government will pen mechanisms andpolicies to ensure that cooperation programmes are carried out smoothly.
The PM asked Vietnamese ministries, sectors and localities to step up cooperation with CSIRO, stressing as collaboration in science-technology, innovation, climate change response, digital transformation and green transition is boundless, they need to fully tap the Australian Government’s 2 billion AUD (1.3 billion USD) finance facility for trade and investment promotion with ASEAN so as to implement practical and specific programmes and projects.
Meanwhile, Australian Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Tim Watts said assci-tech and innovation cooperation programmes are a pillar in the bilateral relations,which has been elevated to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, theAustralian Government committed to enhancing the sci-tech cooperation withVietnam through specific projects.
Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat said that Australia’sinnovation programmes managed by CSIRO have helped Vietnam develop itsfisheries, plantation and modern production sectors on the basis of the commercialisationof the research results.
For his part, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan saidthat cooperation with CSIRO helps Vietnam handle challenges in agriculture thatthe country is facing.
Vietnam hopes to receive CSIRO’s support to develop low carbon emission trafish and shrimp farming models, he added.
On the occasion, Dat and CSIRO Chief Executive Doug Hilton exchanged anagreement on sci-tech and innovation cooperation in the presence of PM Chinh.
Established in 1916, the Australian national science agency has been one of theworld’s largest mission-driven science and research organisations, with 5,500staff and 57 establishments across Australia and representative offices in theUS, Chile, France, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam.
The organisation has close cooperation ties with the Vietnamese Ministry ofScience and Technology for years. Both sides signed agreements on researchsupport in the fields of CSIRO’s strengths such as agriculture and food,healthcare and bio security, energy, manufacturing industry and land and waterresources./.
Meanwhile, Australian Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Tim Watts said assci-tech and innovation cooperation programmes are a pillar in the bilateral relations,which has been elevated to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, theAustralian Government committed to enhancing the sci-tech cooperation withVietnam through specific projects.
Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat said that Australia’sinnovation programmes managed by CSIRO have helped Vietnam develop itsfisheries, plantation and modern production sectors on the basis of the commercialisationof the research results.
For his part, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan saidthat cooperation with CSIRO helps Vietnam handle challenges in agriculture thatthe country is facing.
Vietnam hopes to receive CSIRO’s support to develop low carbon emission trafish and shrimp farming models, he added.
On the occasion, Dat and CSIRO Chief Executive Doug Hilton exchanged anagreement on sci-tech and innovation cooperation in the presence of PM Chinh.
Established in 1916, the Australian national science agency has been one of theworld’s largest mission-driven science and research organisations, with 5,500staff and 57 establishments across Australia and representative offices in theUS, Chile, France, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam.
The organisation has close cooperation ties with the Vietnamese Ministry ofScience and Technology for years. Both sides signed agreements on researchsupport in the fields of CSIRO’s strengths such as agriculture and food,healthcare and bio security, energy, manufacturing industry and land and waterresources./.
VNA
