During the meeting, strategies for resuming scientific cooperation in the field of fisheries between Russia and Vietnam were discussed. The issue of the possibility of joint implementation of the Amur sturgeon breeding project and Kaluga was also raised.
Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography has a positive experience of cooperation with the Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Center, the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources of the Vietnamese Academy of Sciences and Technology, as well as the Research Institute of Aquaculture No. 1 under the Ministry of Fisheries of Vietnam.
The main areas of work of Vietnamese and Russian scientists are focused on the study of aquatic bioresources of Vietnam's EEZ, the development of aquaculture, the development of technologies for the production of biologically active drugs from hydrobionts living in the waters of Vietnam.
As part of strengthening scientific communication, VNIRO representatives suggested that Vietnamese partners consider sending specialized specialists to VNIRO for training in postgraduate and doctoral programs.
At the end of the meeting, Ilya Gerashchenko invited Vietnamese colleagues to the jubilee fifth International Fisheries Forum and Exhibition of the Fishing Industry, Seafood and Technologies (Global Fisheries Forum & Seafood Expo Russia 2022), on the basis of which VNIRO specialists will present methodological achievements and innovative developments of domestic fisheries science.
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The beginning of Russian-Vietnamese cooperation in the field of fisheries development was laid in the sixties of the 20th century. Currently, the legal basis for cooperation is the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Cooperation in the Field of fisheries dated June 16, 1994, for the implementation of which a Mixed Russian-Vietnamese Commission was established.
The agreement of June 16, 1994 provides for cooperation in such areas as: conducting scientific research, improving fishing techniques, processing technologies for fish and other seafood, the development of aquaculture, including mariculture and industrial fish farming, the creation of joint ventures in various fields of fisheries, etc. Vietnam's direct partners are mainly enterprises and organizations of the fishing industry of the Far Eastern macroregion.
In October 2016, the Free Trade Agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and its member states, on the one hand, and Vietnam, on the other hand, entered into force on May 29, 2015. The agreement provides for the liberalization of trade, including in relation to fish and fish products.
VNIRO Press Service
