(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Ngo Huong Nam asked the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to help Vietnam improve its capability through the agency’s training activities.
 Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Ngo Huong Nam (L) and OPCW General Director Fernando Arias (Photo:baoquocte.vn) |
At a meeting with OPCW General Director Fernando Arias in The Hague on Monday, Nam asked the organization to provide Vietnam with new or used chemical analysis equipment when upgrading the Center for Chemistry and Technology (Chemtech) to help Vietnam improve the capacity of its laboratories.
The Ambassador also asked the organization to recruit Vietnamese staff to work at the OPCW and Chemtech.
Arias said he believes Ambassador Nam will fulfill his mission effectively, boosting relations between Vietnam and the Netherlands, and between Vietnam and the OPCW. He acknowledged Nam’s proposals and the possibility of providing chemical analysis equipment to laboratories in Vietnam.