,.~ co-ordination, co-operatton and Joint Implementation; transfer ~w them of technical documentation, prototypes, licenses and ot~er results of R&D activities either on free of change basis or-under conditions of ·financial compensation; transfer of production and professional expertise Including missions of qualified personnela and assistance In carrying out geological surveys, utlllzatlo~ and processing of natural resources. AI I round assistance rendered by the European CMEA member States to VIetNam, Cuba and Mongolia Is a vivid example of co­ ordinated Interaction of the CMEA countries. This co-operation end assistance have acquired a new quality after the aforesai-d countries became the CMEA members. The multilateral cooperation accelerates their social and economic development. reinforces their national scientific and technological potentiality. This Is manifested In the achievements of social economic development of Mongo Ita wh lch has become an agro-lndustr tal socialist state. Mongolia Is a country of universal literacy, It has th~ academy of sciences. the university and many mouern scJentJftc and cultural centres. Only during last fifteen years 12 ~ew s.c·.rentlftc research projects Including genettc_s, radl<t elec:tro~.1c!h thermal engineering, construction ceramics labora­ torte$::· an:u a centre of scientific and technological Information were --~re.eted In the country wtth the assistance of the CMEA countt-}.s. Mongollan scientific rsearch organizations took part In the·:·:4;evetopmen1" of 60 -pressrng research problems In the frame­ work o" ·several 111ultilateral agreemen-ts on sclentif lc and techno­ log feat. :~9<1peratlon. The CMEA member States have transferred to Mongot~•.r::over 2,000 sets of technological documentation, about 80' Qf-·we \ch on a free-of-charge bas Is. 930 mongo I I an s-tudents, 150 post:.:.Ograduate students and many probat loners were adm ltted to higher. •d.ucatlon establishments of The CMEA countries on the same free-o'f.;.,~flarge bas Is. Presently In accordance w lth the long-term 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the cooperation and assistance between the CMEA countries and Vietnam, Cuba, and Mongolia, focusing on the transfer of technology, expertise, and resources to accelerate their social and economic development. It highlights the achievements of Mongolia, a country that has become an agro-industrial socialist state, and emphasizes the importance of multilateral cooperation in achieving these results.

**Category**
Economic development, Science and technology