In the framework of the visit, the delegation took part in the meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam. Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam Phạm Vũ Luận discussed cooperation of Tatarstan and Vietnam in the sphere of education and science. Rector of Kazan State Technological University German Dyakonov told that the university established contacts with 18 higher educational institutions of Vietnam. Mr Phạm Vũ Luận highly estimated cooperation with Russian higher educational institutions. He expressed interest in education of students at Tatarstan universities.

Later on the same day, the delegation met management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade to discuss prospects for mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of industry, increase of trade turnover between Vietnam and Tatarstan as Russia’s region.

After that, the delegation visited Russian-Vietnamese Tropical research and technological center in Hanoi. The centre specializes in tropical ecology, tropical medicine, and tropical materials science. The delegates were told about environmental research laboratory and tropical medicine, including medical and biological consequences of the Vietnam War, new and old specially dangerous diseases, and work physiology in the tropics. Vietnam as well as Russia pays much attention to the activity of the tropical centre. As for tropical materials science, this area is very important for industrial enterprises, which supply equipment to different countries. Representatives of the research centre mentioned some problems they face in their work, such as lack of scientific personnel and funding. Rustam Minnikhanov said that such researches are interesting for Tatarstan as it is an export-oriented region.

Later, Memorandum of understanding was signed between Vietnamese and Tatarstan chambers of Commerce and Industry. The MOU was signed by Chairman of Tatarstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Shamil Ageev and Chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vu Tien Loc during the meeting of Tatarstan delegation with businessmen of Vietnam.

The last point of the visit to Vietnam was Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park in Hanoi. As a result of the meeting, the agreement on technology cooperation between Naberezhnye Chelny IT-park and Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park was signed.

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