Vice President Nguyen Thi Lan Anh Welcomes CTBTO Executive Secretary to the Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam

08:39 15/08/2025

On the morning of August 12, 2025, at the Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan Anh, Vice President of the Academy, received and chaired an academic presentation by Dr. Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). The event, attended by the Academy’s research and teaching staff, was part of Dr. Floyd’s working visit to Viet Nam alongside a CTBTO expert delegation.

Welcoming Dr. Floyd and the delegation on behalf of the Academy, Dr. Lan Anh expressed appreciation for their visit and academic exchange with the Academy’s faculty and researchers. She praised the CTBTO’s growing role in advancing global nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, particularly amid profound global changes impacting international efforts against nuclear proliferation.

Reaffirming Viet Nam’s consistent policy, the Vice President underscored the country’s support for international efforts on comprehensive and thorough nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, and its advocacy for the implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) across its three pillars: nuclear disarmament, prevention of nuclear proliferation, and the peaceful use of nuclear energy. She further noted that Viet Nam has joined most major international treaties in this field and has strictly fulfilled its treaty obligations.

Dr. Robert Floyd and the Academy’s staff pose for a commemorative photo.

In his remarks, Dr. Floyd thanked the Academy’s leadership and staff for their warm reception and engaging discussions. He highlighted that although the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) has yet to enter into force, it represents a major success in global nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament efforts - a success demonstrated by clear figures: before the CTBT was signed in 1996, the world had seen around 2,000 nuclear tests; since then, there have been only 10.

Dr. Floyd also pointed to the CTBT’s establishment of a global verification system capable of detecting any nuclear test. Currently, around 90% of its monitoring stations are operational, enabling the detection of anomalies in seismic activity, sound, and radiation worldwide.

Emphasizing the importance of engaging the younger generation, Dr. Floyd stressed that while the CTBT has been signed, the responsibility for its full realization will pass to future leaders. He called for expanded efforts to raise public awareness - particularly among young people - about global initiatives to prevent nuclear proliferation and promote nuclear disarmament.

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