Briefing on their activities over the past time, Major General Nguyen Hong Du, the Center’s Director, said that over the past 30 years, the Center carried out dozens of national- and Defense Ministry- level projects and hundreds of others at the grassroots level. 

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Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh (C) speaking at the meeting

In addition, the Center has promoted technology transfer and science and technology application to meet military, defense and socio-economic missions, making contributions to strengthening the traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Russia.

In 2017 alone, the Center fulfilled successfully 21 scientific and technological projects and tasks, three national-level and two defense ministry-level projects, and 34 projects at the grassroots level.

Speaking at the event, General Vinh asked the Center to improve its efficiency of scientific research and application and technology transfer to build it into prestigious Center to fulfill effectively important science and technology projects and to deserve to be the reliable address for scientific and technological research and application and technology transfer between Vietnam and Russia.

In the short-term, the Center should prepare plans to organize the 30th founding anniversary of the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Center, which falls on March 7 and the 28th meeting of the coordinating committee. 

Translated by Tran Hoai