Friday, December 10, 2021 |

(VOVWORLD) – A nuclear science and technology research center with a 10-MWt nuclear reactor will be built in Vietnam, according to the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute. 

The Dong Nai General Hospital uses nuclear technology in early diagnosis of cancer. (Photo: VNA)

Dr. Tran Chi Thanh, Director of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute, said procedures to build the research center started in 2019.

The project is part of an agreement between Vietnam and Russia signed in November, 2011. The new research center will replace a nuclear reactor in Da Lat in Central Vietnam to boost nuclear applications for socio-economic development.