In the afternoon of September 15, 2015, outside the 59th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienne, Austria took place the signing ceremony between Vietnam Agency for Nuclear Radiation and Safety (VARANS) and Korea Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC).

In the afternoon of September 15, 2015, outside the 59th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienne, Austria took place the signing ceremony between Vietnam Agency for Nuclear Radiation and Safety (VARANS) and Korea Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC). Director Vương Hữu Tấn and Mr. Un Chul Lee, NSSC’s President signed together the Memorandum of Understanding.

Participating in the signing ceremony were Mr. Moo Hwan Kim, President of Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS); Mr. Jae Young Son, President of Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation (KINAC); Mr. Jin Joo Ham, Director of the Department of International Cooperation, NSSC; Mr. Nguyễn Mạnh Tuấn, Minister Counselor of the Socialist Republic of Việt Nam in the Republic of Austria and Ms. Trần Bích Ngọc, Deputy Director of the Department of International Cooperation - MOST.



According to the MOU, the two sides would cooperate to share information, exchange experts in the field of radiation and nuclear safety, in which the focus would be on key topics as nuclear safety, security and inspection, control of import and export activities of nuclear related goods, radiation protection and incident preparation, security assessment, assessment of entity protection system, safety inspection of radiation and nuclear units, environmental monitoring, human resource development and education and training activities.



The MOU would be the basis for implementing cooperation activities of the two nuclear regulation agencies./.