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  1. 27 October 2023Activities

    Chemical Corps – Standing Office 81 conducts an exercise on investigating and responding to a radiological weapons proliferation situation

    With the authorisation of the Ministry of National Defence leadership, on 23 October 2023, Standing Office 81 – the Chemical Corps, in coordination with the Department of Domestic Security/Ministry of Public Security…

  2. 26 October 2023Activities

    Chemical Corps – Standing Office 81 holds an exercise on investigating and responding to a radiological weapon proliferation scenario

    With the approval of the leadership of the Ministry of National Defence, on 23 October 2023 Standing Office 81 – Chemical Corps joined the Department of Internal Security (Ministry of Public Security) and the Vietnam…

  3. 25 October 2023

    Exercise on investigating and responding to a radiological weapon proliferation scenario

    https://vtv.vn/video/dien-tap-dieu-tra-ung-pho-tinh-huong-pho-bien-vu-khi-phong-xa-646618.htm

  4. Vietnam calls for nuclear non-proliferation based on three pillars

    Vietnam, 6 October 2023, at the meeting of the Disarmament and International Security Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United…

  5. 26 September 2023Activities

    Vietnam attends the regular meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors in September 2023

    Ambassador Nguyen Trung Kien, Governor and Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the IAEA, led the Vietnamese delegation to the third regular meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors. The September 2023 session of the…

  6. 18 July 2023Activities

    Preventing and countering the risk of WMD proliferation

    Major General HA VAN CU, Commander of the Chemical Corps, Standing Deputy Head of the National Focal Point for countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Leaders of the General Staff of the Vietnam…

  7. 23 June 2023Activities

    Workshop on Vietnam’s legal framework for countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

    Continuing the series of advisory activities to improve Vietnam’s legal framework for countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), on 20–21 June 2023 in Hanoi, the Chemical Corps – the Standing…

  8. Nuclear disarmament amid complex global developments

    As we enter the twenty-first century, the vision of an ideal world free of nuclear weapons is becoming increasingly remote as political and military turbulence around the world escalates. Recent events have exacerbated…

  9. Proactively responding to the risk of biological incidents and biological weapons

    Proactively responding to bioterrorism and to warfare involving biological weapons (BW), and dealing with toxic chemicals, so as to meet the requirements of the task of defending the Fatherland in the new situation, is…

  10. 16 March 2023World news

    IAEA Director General Statement in Relation to AUKUS Announcement

    An announcement has been made by Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States (the AUKUS Parties) on Australia’s acquisition of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines. I also received separate…

  11. 7 March 2023Activities

    Vietnam attends the meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency

    From 6 to 10 March 2023 in Vienna, Austria, the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) held its regular meeting, attended by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, the 35 member states of the…

  12. 21 November 2022Activities

    Training on the identification of goods related to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive weapons for the focal point units of the northern region

    With a view to enhancing the capacity of officials specialising in the prevention and combating of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), from 9 to 11 November 2022 Standing Office 81, in cooperation…