NA Chairwoman seeks stronger education, sci-tech ties with Australia
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on November 30 visited several research establishments as part of her official visit to Australia, during which she affirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to education and science-technology.
She said the signing reflects Vietnam’s interest in comprehensive partnership with Australia, including in science and technology.
Ngan spoke highly of joint work between the MoST and the CSIRO after Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull witnessed the signing of support agreement for Vietnam on the occasion of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week in early November in Da Nang.
CSIRO is the largest and most prestigious research organisation of Australia in many fields such as agriculture, food, energy, health care and bio safety, land and water, manufacturing technology, mineral resources, marine and atmospheric science, astronomy and cosmology, information technology and media.
The top legislature lauded cooperation between the MoST and the ACIAR over the past years, contributing to improving the living conditions for Vietnamese.
ACIAR began partnership with Vietnams in 1993, and have since implemented 170 projects at a total cost of nearly US$76 million, mostly in agriculture, forestry and fisheries. The centre said its main objective is to help improve sustainable livelihoods of Vietnamese farmers, especially those working on small scale.