Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (R) and IAEA Deputy General Director Najat Mokhtar (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam spokehighly of the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s role in promoting the application ofatomic energy for peaceful purposes during a reception in Hanoi on April 5 forits Deputy General Director Najat Mokhtar.
Dam said ties between Vietnam and the IAEA have been growingin recent years via technical cooperation projects, including developingnuclear infrastructure in healthcare, agriculture, industry, environmentalprotection, food security, and climate change response.
According to him, the IAEA contributed to raising thecapacity of building Vietnam’s legal documents in the fields of nuclear energy,radiation, and nuclear safety management.
During 2014-2019, Vietnam launched 20 national and 48regional or inter-regional projects funded by the IAEA. For the 2020-2021period, Vietnam’s five new projects have received approval from the IAEA.
In late 2018, the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute and theIAEA signed an agreement on establishing a cooperation centre using nucleartechnology for the management of water resources and environment in Vietnam andcoastal areas in Southeast Asia.
Mokhtar herself also assisted Vietnam’s medicalestablishments in using nuclear technology in cancer diagnosis and treatment.
The host wished that the IAEA and Mokhtar would continuesupporting Vietnam in registering new technical cooperation projects, personneltraining, and building a nuclear science and technology research centre.
The IAEA Deputy General Director, for her part, said Vietnamis the first country she chose to visit after assuming the position.
Lauding Vietnam’s achievements in adopting nucleartechnology for peaceful purposes, she said she hopes to learn about thecountry’s nuclear technology application in socio-economic sectors during hervisit.
During the stay, she visited several research and medicalestablishments using nuclear technology. She also held working sessions withthe Ministry of Science and Technology as well as the Ministry of Health todiscuss specific technical cooperation activities in the near future. –VNA
Dam said ties between Vietnam and the IAEA have been growingin recent years via technical cooperation projects, including developingnuclear infrastructure in healthcare, agriculture, industry, environmentalprotection, food security, and climate change response.
According to him, the IAEA contributed to raising thecapacity of building Vietnam’s legal documents in the fields of nuclear energy,radiation, and nuclear safety management.
During 2014-2019, Vietnam launched 20 national and 48regional or inter-regional projects funded by the IAEA. For the 2020-2021period, Vietnam’s five new projects have received approval from the IAEA.
In late 2018, the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute and theIAEA signed an agreement on establishing a cooperation centre using nucleartechnology for the management of water resources and environment in Vietnam andcoastal areas in Southeast Asia.
Mokhtar herself also assisted Vietnam’s medicalestablishments in using nuclear technology in cancer diagnosis and treatment.
The host wished that the IAEA and Mokhtar would continuesupporting Vietnam in registering new technical cooperation projects, personneltraining, and building a nuclear science and technology research centre.
The IAEA Deputy General Director, for her part, said Vietnamis the first country she chose to visit after assuming the position.
Lauding Vietnam’s achievements in adopting nucleartechnology for peaceful purposes, she said she hopes to learn about thecountry’s nuclear technology application in socio-economic sectors during hervisit.
During the stay, she visited several research and medicalestablishments using nuclear technology. She also held working sessions withthe Ministry of Science and Technology as well as the Ministry of Health todiscuss specific technical cooperation activities in the near future. –VNA
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