Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Science andTechnology Tran Hong Thai said that since the two governmentssigned an agreement on the establishment of their strategic partnership in education,science and technology in November 2014, the twosides have gained certain achievements in collaboration in these fields, withremarkable contributions of meetings of the committee.
At this meeting, the two sides exchanged viewson the situation of cooperation in science and technology, and education andtraining; update each other on the legal basis for educationalcooperation; and discuss cooperation between scientific research institutesunder the two countries' academies of sciences, scientific and technologicalcooperation through the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Research Centre channel, andcollaboration in atomic energy, artificial intelligence and language training.
Mogilevsky Konstantin Ilyich, Russian DeputyMinister of Science and Higher Education, stated that Russia pays attention toand promotes strong scientific and educational cooperation between the twocountries.
He cited an example that Russia grants Vietnam 1,000 scholarships per year to assist the country in human resources training. In addition, Russia launched an initiative to establishan alliance in engineering and information technology which is consistent withVietnam's National Strategy on the Fourth Industrial Revolution to 2030./.