The Vietnam-Russia Joint Committee for Fisheries convened the 5th
session in Hanoi on October 31, agreeing to give priority to
cooperation in aquaculture development.
The two
sides will prepare for joint programmes on researching fishery resources
in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone, applying advanced technology in
fishing and aquaculture, piloting the farming of Russia’s seaweed in
Vietnam’s seas, and training personnel.
Drafts
of the cooperation activities will be finalised at meetings between the
two countries’ scientists and experts next April and May.
Additionally, Vietnam and Russia will consider providing each
other with genetic materials from their respective tilapia and salmon
and exchange experience in farming these two fish species.
During the session, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Agriculture and
Rural Development Vu Van Tam spoke highly of Russia’s assistance to
Vietnam in personnel training and capacity building as well as in
raising cold water fish, especially sturgeons.
Tam,
who chairs the joint committee’s Vietnamese sub-committee, expressed his
hope that the committee will maintain regular meetings in the coming
time.-VNA