March 09, 2018 | 09:13 (GMT+7)
Defense minister receives Russian scientists
PANO - On March 7, General Ngo Xuan Lich, Defense Minister, held a reception for a Russian delegation attending the 28th session of the Coordination Committee for the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Center at the headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense. The delegation was headed by Academician Pavlov Dmitri Sergeevich, President of the Russian Sub-Committee under the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Center.
At the reception, General Lich highly praised the outcomes of the 28th session of the Coordination Committee for the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Center earlier the same day and appreciated the contributions of the center to the socio-economic development and the defense-military affairs in each country. He hoped that the Russian side would continue to help Vietnamese scientists improve their expertise, contributing to meeting their task performance in the current context.
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General Lich (R) and Academician Pavlov Dmitri Sergeevich, President of the Russian Sub-Committee under the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Center |
For his part, Academician Pavlov Dmitri Sergeevich pledged to make his best effort to develop the center to become a multifaceted technological and scientific research establishment, contributing to meeting the requirements of military-defense tasks and socio-economic development as well as boosting traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Russia.
Previously, the 28th session of the Coordination Committee for the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Center was successfully held at the headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense. The meeting was co-chaired by Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Vietnamese Deputy Defense Minister, President of the Vietnamese Sub-Committee under the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Center and Academician Pavlov Dmitri Sergeevich, President of the Russian Sub-Committee under the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Center.
Translated by Trung Thanh