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Activities21 November 2022

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

Field: Nuclear and radiological, Chemical Tiếng Việt

Unofficial translation from the Vietnamese original.

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 with the Internal Security Department/Ministry of Public Security and the Export Control and Related Border Security Programme of the United States Department of State (the EXBS Programme), organised a training course on the “Identification of goods related to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) weapons” for the focal point units on the prevention and combating of WMD proliferation (focal point units) of the centrally governed provinces and cities of the northern region.

Figure 1. A view of the training course

The training course was held in person under the co-chairmanship of Senior Colonel Nguyen Dinh Hien – Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Chemical Corps, Deputy Head of Standing Office 81, and Dr Tassos Coulaloglou – Regional Adviser for South-East Asia of the EXBS Programme. The course was attended by delegates from the focal point units of the northern region, together with highly experienced experts in CBRNE-related fields from Viet Nam and from the EXBS Programme.

Figure 2. Delegates attending the training course

Attending the training course, delegates from the focal point units of the northern region received useful knowledge shared by experts of Standing Office 81, the Chemicals Agency/Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Viet Nam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety/Ministry of Science and Technology, and experts from the EXBS Programme. With the objective of providing the specialised officials of the focal point units with knowledge of the identification, detection and interdiction of goods and materials related to CBRNE that may be used for the purpose of manufacturing weapons of mass destruction, the experts presented and shared experience on the following topics: (1) an overview of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive weapons; (2) methods of identifying goods and materials related to CBRNE; (3) ways to detect and prevent the production, trading and distribution of equipment and materials related to CBRNE; (4) Viet Nam’s regulations on chemical management, radiation and nuclear safety, and the prevention and combating of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Figure 3. Experts from Viet Nam and the EXBS Programme

delivering lectures at the training course

The contents presented at this training course will contribute to raising the awareness and the capacity of the focal point units to implement Decree No. 81/2019/ND-CP of the Government on the prevention and combating of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and will help advance the implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and of the international treaties on the prevention and combating of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to which Viet Nam is a party.

Centre 81 – Van Vuong

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