HANOI, March 11 (Vietnam News/ANN): The Vietnamese mission to international organisations and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have signed a Country Programme Framework (CPF) for cooperation with the agency on the sidelines of the meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors.
The CPF defines cooperation contents between the two sides in the 2022-27 period.
In his speech at the signing ceremony on March 10, Ambassador Nguyen Trung Kien, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to IAEA, emphasised that the CPF had special significance as Vietnam would be the president of the meeting of member countries of the Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology for Asia and the Pacific (RCA) in 2022-23.
The Vietnamese official thanked the IAEA for its technology transfer, equipment provision and training for Vietnam, saying that the support would not only help Vietnam improve its capacity in applying nuclear technology for development in general, but also create an important foundation for the South-East Asian nation.
Eventually this also allows the country to successfully respond to global issues such as food security, disease, and improving the quality of agricultural products, and water sources.
Cooperation with the IAEA would also help Vietnam successfully build a team of experts in many fields related to nuclear technology, and participate in more research programmes and projects hosted or initiated by the agency, Kien said.
One of Vietnam’s priorities in joining the IAEA Board of Governors for the 2022-23 term was to cooperate with other members of the board to promote the IAEA's role in nuclear technology development for peaceful purposes, he stated.
"Vietnam hopes that the IAEA will continue to focus on programmes to support developing countries to accelerate the application of nuclear technology, thus helping the process to be carried out effectively," Kien added. - Vietnam News/ANN
The CPF defines cooperation contents between the two sides in the 2022-27 period.
In his speech at the signing ceremony on March 10, Ambassador Nguyen Trung Kien, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to IAEA, emphasised that the CPF had special significance as Vietnam would be the president of the meeting of member countries of the Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology for Asia and the Pacific (RCA) in 2022-23.
The Vietnamese official thanked the IAEA for its technology transfer, equipment provision and training for Vietnam, saying that the support would not only help Vietnam improve its capacity in applying nuclear technology for development in general, but also create an important foundation for the South-East Asian nation.
Eventually this also allows the country to successfully respond to global issues such as food security, disease, and improving the quality of agricultural products, and water sources.
Cooperation with the IAEA would also help Vietnam successfully build a team of experts in many fields related to nuclear technology, and participate in more research programmes and projects hosted or initiated by the agency, Kien said.
One of Vietnam’s priorities in joining the IAEA Board of Governors for the 2022-23 term was to cooperate with other members of the board to promote the IAEA's role in nuclear technology development for peaceful purposes, he stated.
"Vietnam hopes that the IAEA will continue to focus on programmes to support developing countries to accelerate the application of nuclear technology, thus helping the process to be carried out effectively," Kien added. - Vietnam News/ANN
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