The MoU was inked inMoscow on June 2 by Deputy Director of Russia’s State Nuclear EnergyCorporation (ROSATOM) Vyacheslav Pershukov and General Director of theVietnam Atomic Energy Agency under the Ministry of Science andTechnology (MoST) Hoang Anh Tuan.
The MoU will replace the previous version signed in 2010 between ROSATOM and MoST, which is set to expire this year.
Accordingly,Russia will help train Vietnamese nuclear experts, develop legalfoundations for nuclear energy and prepare capable personnel forimplementing nuclear projects in Vietnam in terms of infrastructure,technical management, technology and communications from now to 2020.
Russia’s ROSATOM Group has provided training for 350Vietnamese students at nuclear technical universities in the country.
The signing of the MoU took place in the framework of the 7th ATOMEXPO International Forum in Moscow from June 1-3.-VNA