Hanoi, April 23 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Tran Hong Thai, stated here today that cooperation with Cuba in these areas will be developed in all possible fields and without limits.
We are going to define the missions and tasks to be deployed in a short time, not only in research, but also in the manufacture of products that benefit the health of our people, said the member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (PCV) in a meeting with the vice president of the BioCubaFarma business group, Santiago Dueñas.
Hong Thai emphasized that scientific cooperation, particularly in biotechnology and the biopharmaceutical industry, is a key topic in top-level discussions between the two countries and announced the creation of a working group within the Academy tasked with implementing collaboration in these areas.
He also highlighted the great potential that exists to create goods and generate income by leveraging joint intelligence, and made the facilities of that institution available to Cuban scientists to carry out research projects.
The head of the Academy of Science and Technology shared his views at a meeting prior to the signing of a cooperation agreement between the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Group of Cuba (BioCubaFarma) and the Institutes of Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science of Vietnam.
On that occasion, the Cuban ambassador here, Rogelio Polanco, pointed out that the signing of this agreement will make an important contribution to the fulfillment of the extraordinary objectives that Vietnam has set for itself in its socio-economic development program and also to the plans set by Cuba in the same regard.
Our people, the diplomat said, need concrete and rapid results, not only for the benefit of Vietnam and Cuba, but for all of humanity.
For his part, the vice president of BioCubaFarma thanked Hong Thai for the offer made to Cuban researchers and for the demonstrated willingness not only to expand, but also to accelerate joint projects.
Dueñas agreed that the possible areas of collaboration are large and unlimited and made available to this endeavor the more than one thousand products and more than 400 research projects that make up the business group’s portfolio.
“Our best experts and projects will be available for this cooperation,” he said, and also extended an invitation to Vietnamese researchers to work on joint programs in Cuba.
At the meeting, the Vice President of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Chu Hoang Ha, said he expected significant results from this collaboration and also expressed his satisfaction that Vietnamese experts could acquire the experience accumulated by Cuba in these areas.
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