"An intergovernmental agreement was signed in March this year on the construction of Vietnam's first NPP. Its creation will become a powerful impetus for developing cooperation in related fields, high technologies, as well as fundamental and applied scientific research," Chernyshenko said at the Russia-Vietnam Science and Technology Forum in Moscow. Russia sees significant potential for cooperation with Vietnam in advanced technologies, the official added. Therefore, a new joint grant competition by the Russian Science Foundation and Vietnam's National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED) will be launched as part of the forum, he also said. Russia and Vietnam signed…