Opening of the National Nuclear Science and Technology Conference

Executive Board at the plenary session of the 15th National Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology

On the morning of August 9, in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, the 15th National Nuclear Science and Technology Conference opened, with the participation of nearly 450 delegates, including scientists, leading experts, researchers in the nuclear field at home and abroad; postgraduates and students from domestic universities.

In his opening speech, Associate Professor, Dr. Huynh Thanh Dat - Minister of Science and Technology emphasized that in recent years, research, development, application and training in the field of nuclear energy in Vietnam have achieved many remarkable achievements.

Vietnam's nuclear energy industry has overcome many difficulties and challenges to achieve development goals, focusing on enhancing the potential of nuclear science and technology; supporting the acquisition, mastery, transfer and development of technology; creating many technologies, products and services to serve the cause of socio-economic development, meeting the requirements of the country.

Minister Huynh Thanh Dat said that this conference has grown in terms of organization scale, number of delegates, especially the content and quality of scientific reports, contributing to the orientation, construction and implementation of research and development programs, while strengthening and expanding international cooperation in the nuclear field of Vietnam.

Associate Professor, Dr. Huynh Thanh Dat, Minister of Science and Technology, delivered the opening speech at the Conference.

The 15th National Nuclear Science and Technology Conference selected nearly 200 reports from scientists and researchers to serve the content of exchange and discussion, of which 131 reports were presented at the plenary session and at the subcommittees.

After the opening session, the Conference proceeded to a plenary session with 20 presentations from guest speakers, scientists, leading experts from research institutes, universities, hospitals and prestigious organizations in the field of atomic energy in Vietnam and internationally.

Dr. In Cheol Lim - Executive Vice President of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Dr. Tran Chi Thanh - Director of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute and Professor, Dr. Jozef Misak (Czech Republic Nuclear Research Institute) discussed the history of activities, current research results and development orientation of the nuclear energy and technology industry of Korea, Vietnam and the Czech Republic.

Conference delegates

At the plenary session, there was also a roundtable discussion between the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute and the Dubna Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) on research results and cooperation prospects between the two sides; leading experts discussed issues such as radiation beam research at FLNR...

Within the framework of the conference, an IAEA Workshop was also held with the theme "Economic and social impact of Regional Cooperation Programs (RCA) and innovation initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region."

As planned, after the plenary session taking place on August 9, the 7 specialized subcommittees of the Conference will report on their own contents, focusing on areas such as reactor technology, nuclear power plant technology and safety issues of reactions and nuclear power plants; basic nuclear physics, nuclear data, accelerator technology and related nuclear techniques; Radiation and environmental recording issues in Vietnam, national radiation monitoring and warning network; Applications of radiation technology in social life; Radiation applications in medicine, radiation applications in industry and radiation applications in agriculture and the environment.

Initiated in 1996, the National Nuclear Science and Technology Conference is held every two years to announce new results in research, application, and teaching in the field of nuclear science and technology in Vietnam and internationally.

The conference will run until August 11.

According to Vietnam+