IAEA affirms to continue cooperation with Vietnam

The IAEA Deputy Director General emphasized that the IAEA will continue to cooperate with Vietnam, especially in technical assistance, training, infrastructure improvement and issues related to nuclear security.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang received Mr. Hua Liu, Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). (Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA)

On the afternoon of March 21, at the Government Office, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang received Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Hua Liu, who is visiting Vietnam. At the meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister expressed his gratitude and appreciation for the IAEA's support to Vietnam over the past years through bilateral and multilateral cooperation mechanisms; in particular, in the 2018-2023 period alone, the IAEA directly supported Vietnam with 17 national projects with a total cost of nearly 3 million euros. The Deputy Prime Minister thanked the IAEA as well as Mr. Hua Liu personally for promoting the signing of the Cooperation Framework Program between Vietnam and the IAEA for the 2022-2027 period and supporting Vietnam in amending the Law on Atomic Energy; he hoped that the IAEA would continue to cooperate with Vietnam, especially in policy development and human resource training for the nuclear energy sector. The Deputy Prime Minister affirmed that Vietnam is committed to fulfilling its obligations and making responsible contributions to international treaties to which Vietnam is a member, especially those related to the control of safety, security, combating illegal trafficking and transportation of radioactive substances and nuclear materials, and combating the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Thereby, contributing to the IAEA's efforts to address issues of common concern to the international community and promoting the application of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. Vietnam always supports the central and leading role of the IAEA in shaping standards and frameworks on nuclear safety and security, especially for emerging nuclear technologies...

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang received Mr. Hua Liu, Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). (Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA)

At the meeting, IAEA Deputy Director General Hua Liu said that during his visit to Vietnam, he had many fruitful meetings with leaders of the Ministries of Science and Technology , Agriculture and Rural Development, and Health of Vietnam. IAEA has repeatedly welcomed Vietnam's pioneering role in sub-regional cooperation, especially in the tripartite cooperation model between Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia in the application of nuclear science and technology in economic and technical sectors. The IAEA Deputy Director General emphasized that IAEA will continue to cooperate with Vietnam, especially in technical assistance, capacity building training, infrastructure improvement, improvement of regulations and standards to ensure nuclear safety and security, and promotion of the application of nuclear technology in smart agricultural development./.

(TTXVN/Vietnam+)

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