Dalat Nuclear Reactor, current the first and only one in Vietnam, has so far reached 70,000 hours of safe operation, Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat told a meeting held to celebrate its 40th anniversary in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, on March 23.

The 14th Vietnam Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology (VINANST-14) opened on December 9 via videoconference, drawing a large number Vietnamese and foreign experts, scientists, researchers and management officials working in different fields of nuclear science and technology.