Vietnam will need up to 2,400 nuclear power plant workers if its current nuclear power ambitions are to be realised, according to Ly Quoc Hung, head of the science and technology department at the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Currently, just 460 Vietnamese have been sent abroad to study nuclear power production and most of these workers are working in unrelated fields.
Furthermore, VN Express has pointed out that a plan was approved in 2010 for the development of human resources in the nuclear power space. This set a target of 2,400 nuclear power engineers by 2020–a deadline now well passed.
This is yet another challenge to add to the list with respect to pursuing nuclear power in Vietnam.
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