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<\/a><\/p>\nParticipants attended the meeting<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n At the meeting, Dr. Doan Van Thu, on behalf of the VAFS, gave a welcome speech to the delegation of the US Embassy and the US Forest Service. He highly appreciated the cooperation and contribution of the US side to the project \u201cCapacity building of wood ID for Vietnam toward development and effective operation of V-WISC in Vietnam\u201d. He also expressed a hope that the cooperation between VAFS and US Forestry Service will continue effectively, and the V-WISC project will be successfully implemented as approved.<\/p>\n The two sides discussed about the future research activities<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Mr. Andrew Wylie, on behalf of the US side, expressed his appreciation for the visiting and having the chance to cooperate with VAFS in research and development activities. He was very happy to see the V-WISC\u2019s laboratory of VAFS and witnessed the RIFI\u2019s staff well-run the DART-TOF system which is sponsored by the US Forestry Service. He said that he was looking forward to seeing this new technology to contribute to the wood identification and legal wood control to meet the demand of both sides\u2019 market as well as the world\u2018s market.<\/p>\n During the meeting, participants had chance to listen to the presentation by a representative of the RIFI on the challenges in the current wood identification activity in Vietnam, the role of the DART-TOF system, and report on the result of the training on DART-TOF operation methodology in the US. Then, the two sides discussed and agreed on the next cooperation activities in the ongoing project and other relevant research issues.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n