(VOVworld) - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Quoc Khanh led a Vietnamese delegation to the First Vietnam-Australia Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) on Cooperation in Science and Technology in Canberra, Australia, on March 17. Minister Khanh said Australia has effectively supported Vietnam in science and technology.

The signing of the agreement on science and technology cooperation between Vietnam and Australia (Source: VNA)

The science and technology cooperation agreement signed in 2013 is a firm foundation for cooperation. At the meeting, the two sides agreed to promote cooperation in science and technology, focusing mainly on healthcare, agriculture, and the environment.
The two countries will boost links in biomedical technology application in healthcare, and disease diagnosis and treatment, while advancing the use of bio-technologies in agricultural production, farm produce processing, breeding, aquaculture, post-harvest preservation, and disease prevention in these sectors.

A second meeting is scheduled to take place in Hanoi in 2018.