The Vietnam – Cuba biotechnology network was established to connect research institutes, universities, hospitals, and enterprises of the two countries, focusing on research, training, technology transfer, production, and commercialisation of biological products.
At the lauch of the Vietnam – Cuba biotechnology network in Hanoi on August 28. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Green Economics Institute and the Vietnam–Cuba Intergovernmental Committee held a bilateral working session and launched the Vietnam – Cuba biotechnology network in Hanoi on August 28.
Speaking at the launch, Duong Thi Bich Diep, Vice President of the institute, said the network was established to connect research institutes, universities, hospitals, and enterprises of the two countries, focusing on research, training, technology transfer, production, and commercialisation of biological products. She noted that this is an important step to bring scientific and technological achievements directly into service of sustainable agriculture, health care, and people’s well-being.
She affirmed that the institute expects the network to become a core linkage hub, fostering long-term strategic cooperation projects in biotechnology, thereby making practical contributions to the socio-economic development of both nations.
Cuban Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Déborah Rivas Saavedra stated that bilateral relations have been continuously strengthened and developed, creating a solid foundation for expanding collaboration in many areas, particularly in economy, trade, investment, and science-technology.
The head of the Cuban delegation to the Intergovernmental Committee said that the network initiative is in line with strategic cooperation orientations, helping to effectively tap the potential of biotechnology for agriculture, medicine, and public health care, and to reaffirm the shared determination to promote Vietnam–Cuba cooperation in the coming period.
🎃 Earlier, at the Vietnam – Cuba biomedical cooperation conference held in Vietnam on June 28, the institute signed a framework cooperation agreement with Cuba’s LabioFAM Group and the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB). The pact aims at joint research, development, and production of biological products in agriculture and natural medicine, laying a foundation for the implementation of long-term strategic cooperation projects in biotechnology between the two countries./.
The priority areas include agriculture and food security, with a focus on sustainable rice production, technology transfer and expanding new cooperative models to ensure Cuba’s food security. In biotechnology and healthcare, both sides will step up collaboration and accelerate joint projects in biotechnology, serving healthcare and agriculture. In the field of energy, the two countries will work on solar power projects to help Cuba address current electricity shortages.
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