Hanoi has manpower advantage as nuclear centre site

Scientists want to build the nuclear center in Hanoi to take full advantage of human resources available in Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute.

There are three locations currently under consideration: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Lat.

"Building the centre near Hanoi shall attract skilled human resources, very few people want to go to far places , and work at places that do not have enough facilities. Not only the Soviet Union, but also France and many countries in the world have built Research institute or Center in the capital and have been very successful", said Prof Academcian Nguyen Van Hieu of the Vietnam Institute of Science and Technology.

Placing  the Nuclear Science and Technology Center in Hanoi will bring it close to the Hoa Lac high-tech zone and the National University of Hanoi, which is favorable for the development in long term.

The Nuclear training center will provide training, retraining and improvement of  qualifications for researchers and experts working in the facilities of the Institute in particular, and for the training needs of nuclear facilities nationwide in general. The center will join other training institutions and universities to train human resources of nuclear power technology for the National program on nuclear power.