The regular meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors is held this week from June 6-10 in Vienna, Austria.

Speaking at the event, as VOV News reported, Ambassador Kien highlighted Vietnam’s major policies and efforts to ensure nuclear security and safety and its atomic energy application for peaceful purposes and sustainable development, contributing to realizing the country’s international commitments.

Ambassador Nguyen Trung Kien, Governor - Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA)

He shared common interests in the potential of new technologies such as small modular reactors (SMRs), transportable nuclear power plant (TNPP), and floating nuclear power plants (FNPP) as well as assessments of their challenges to the international legal framework and their consequences for the environment, safety and security.

The ambassador affirmed that the research, development, licensing, operation and deployment of the new nuclear technologies should be approached carefully and gradually.

"It is necessary to soon form a legal framework that complies with international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, protects the environment, respects sovereign independence and territorial integrity, ensures transparency, and follows common procedures and practices," he said.

Ambassador Nguyen Trung Kien, Permanent Representative of Viet Nam (R) shakes hands with IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation Hua Liu after the signing ceremony. Photo: baochinhphu.vn.

According to vietnamplus, the Vietnamese representative also suggested the IAEA continue to support member countries, especially developing ones, in improving their capacity in nuclear research and application, and response to radiation and nuclear incidents, and in building and perfecting the domestic legal framework on nuclear law.

Cooperation with the IAEA also helps 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.

One of Vietnam's priorities in joining the IAEA Board of Governors for the 2022-2023 term is to cooperate with other members of the board to promote the IAEA's role in nuclear technology development for peaceful purposes, as Government News reported.

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