HANOI, July 23. /TASS/. Specialized personnel training forms the bedrock of nuclear industry cooperation between Russia and Vietnam, Dmitry Raspopin, head of Rosatom's representative office in Vietnam, told TASS in an interview.
Between 2017 and 2025, 400 Vietnamese students graduated from Russian universities, including Rosatom’s partner schools such as MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute -TASS), Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, and Tomsk Polytechnic University. Around 30 of them majored in fields directly tied to the nuclear industry. "This is the ultimate key to success. Without qualified personnel, it is incredibly difficult to roll out projects in this field," Raspopin noted.
Russia and Vietnam share a long history of nuclear cooperation. "Our nations have been friends, comrades, and partners in nuclear energy since the 1950s and 1960s. However, comprehensive cooperation kicked off in the 1980s with the upgrade of the Dalat research reactor, where Soviet nuclear experts played a hands-on role. We modernized the Dalat facility, which now has a capacity of about 500 kW," Raspopin said. Russia also provides the country with nuclear fuel. The most recent shipment was delivered last November by TVEL, Rosatom's fuel division.
