Vietnam is having discussions with the US on negotiations about acivil nuclear cooperation agreement, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’sspokesperson said.
Nguyen Phuong Nga provided the information on August 10 in reply toreporters’ queries on Vietnam-US cooperation in nuclear energy.
Shesaid the agreement on civil nuclear cooperation, also called Agreement123, covers the US ’s transfer of information relating to nuclearmaterials, equipment and technology to other countries to ensure thatnuclear weapons are not proliferated.
The spokesperson recalledthat Vietnam signed with the US a memorandum of understanding onnuclear energy cooperation in March this year.
In Vietnam ,civil nuclear technologies and energy are being applied at a small scalein the fields of healthcare, agriculture, and scientific research, Ngasaid.
She noted that the country recently began deploying itsnuclear power programme and is willing to expand its cooperationinternationally.
Vietnam has so far inked bilateral nuclearcooperation agreements with Russia , China , France , India , theRepublic of Korea and Argentina , the spokeswoman said.
Sheaffirmed that as a member of the Nuclear Weapon Non-proliferationTreaty, Vietnam has strongly supported and actively contributed tothe international community’s efforts toward disarmament,non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, and promotion of nuclear energyuse for peaceful purposes for all nations’ benefits.
Ngareiterated that Vietnam has joined important international treatiesin the field and always committed to seriously and fully implementingits obligations as a treaty member, which has been highly valued byother countries and international organisations./.
Nguyen Phuong Nga provided the information on August 10 in reply toreporters’ queries on Vietnam-US cooperation in nuclear energy.
Shesaid the agreement on civil nuclear cooperation, also called Agreement123, covers the US ’s transfer of information relating to nuclearmaterials, equipment and technology to other countries to ensure thatnuclear weapons are not proliferated.
The spokesperson recalledthat Vietnam signed with the US a memorandum of understanding onnuclear energy cooperation in March this year.
In Vietnam ,civil nuclear technologies and energy are being applied at a small scalein the fields of healthcare, agriculture, and scientific research, Ngasaid.
She noted that the country recently began deploying itsnuclear power programme and is willing to expand its cooperationinternationally.
Vietnam has so far inked bilateral nuclearcooperation agreements with Russia , China , France , India , theRepublic of Korea and Argentina , the spokeswoman said.
Sheaffirmed that as a member of the Nuclear Weapon Non-proliferationTreaty, Vietnam has strongly supported and actively contributed tothe international community’s efforts toward disarmament,non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, and promotion of nuclear energyuse for peaceful purposes for all nations’ benefits.
Ngareiterated that Vietnam has joined important international treatiesin the field and always committed to seriously and fully implementingits obligations as a treaty member, which has been highly valued byother countries and international organisations./.
