Hanoi, Sept. 19 -- Nguyen Hoang Linh, Director of the Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety, has affirmed the country's consistent policy of developing and applying nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, serving socio-economic development, ensuring energy security and promoting sustainable development, at the plenary sitting of the 70th Regular Session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference in Austria. Held from September 14-18, the event is an important annual policy forum where IAEA member states review the agency's activities and discuss major issues concerning the peaceful use of nuclear energy, nuclear safety and security, safeguards and nuclear non-proliferation, technical cooperation, and the a...