Training course on countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in Dien Bien province

On 4 October 2023, a working delegation of the Chemical Corps – the Standing Office of Vietnam’s National Focal Point for countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (Standing Office 81) – conducted a training course on countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction for officials of Dien Bien province at the invitation of the provincial Police.

Overview of the training conference in Dien Bien province, 2023

Senior Colonel Nguyen Xuan Dinh, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Chemical Corps,

member of Standing Office 81, attends the conference

The training course was attended by more than 200 officials, including leaders of the Provincial People’s Committee and the Provincial Steering Committee for Counter-Terrorism, leaders of provincial departments, Chairpersons of the People’s Committees of the city, towns and districts, and units of the Army, the Police and Aviation Security in the province, and was chaired by Mr Lo Van Tien, Vice-Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee.

The Chemical Corps working delegation was led by Senior Colonel Nguyen Xuan Dinh, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Corps and member of Standing Office 81, with Lieutenant Colonel Dang Huy Hiep, Deputy Director of Centre 81, as lecturer.

At the training course, the Deputy Director of Centre 81 gave an overview of Vietnam’s legal system on countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and introduced the organisational structure of the National Focal Point and Standing Office 81; in particular, he gave an in-depth presentation of the functions and tasks of the provincial-level focal point – the provincial Steering Committee for Counter-Terrorism, which also performs the task of countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction – and analysed in depth the implementation of work on countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in Dien Bien province in recent times; the Deputy Director of Centre 81 also gave a brief introduction to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents and cited a number of typical cases of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

At the end of the training course, the provincial leaders and course participants said that they had gained a great deal of useful, practical and new information from the presentation by the Chemical Corps lecturer, and they highly appreciated the content of the lecture; they expressed their wish to continue to receive the cooperation and support of the Chemical Corps – Standing Office 81 in the time ahead.

Huy Hiep - Centre 81