The purpose of the trip to the Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technology Center (Tropical Center) was to assess the opportunities and resources that IEE RAS has in Vietnam, as well as to determine what projects can be implemented there.
Director of IEE RAS, Professor, Corresponding Member of RAS Sergey Valerievich Naidenko was accompanied on this trip by the director of the Russian part of the Tropical Center, Doctor of Biology Andrey Nikolayevich Kuznetsov. During the ten days of the trip, they visited all branches of the Tropical Center: the central one in Hanoi, the Primorsky one in Nha Trang and the South one in Ho Chi Minh City. In all departments, they toured the test sites where materials scientists work and spoke with colleagues who are involved in environmental research.
Sergey Valerievich and Andrey Nikolaevich visited three static stations created by the Tropical Center - a static station in the Cát Tiên National Park (a typical tropical forest), a strip of the coast in Nha Trang, Bai Dai Nha Trang Beach (where colleagues work with corals) and a static station in Bidoup Núi Bà, which is located in the highlands, more than 1000 meters above sea level.
The Tropical Center currently has 4 towers that describe changes in the flows of various gases (methane, carbon). The oldest tower - about 20 years old - stands in Cát Tiên National Park.
As part of the trip, Sergei Valerievich met with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Vietnam, Gennady Stepanovich Bezdetko. At the meeting, they discussed common ground and prospects for the development of the Tropical Center.
The IEE RAS Director also met with the Vietnamese co-chairman of the Tropical Center, Major General Dang Khong Chien, and with the heads of departments. During the meeting, the directions of the center's work and promising areas of research were discussed. They also discussed preparations for the upcoming meeting of the Coordinating Committee, which will be held in Hanoi in December.