Russia and Vietnam will cooperate in the construction of Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant
BEIJING, Sept. 3, according to Xinhua reports the BBC on the 2nd, the president of Russia’s state nuclear company in Vietnam to celebrate the occasion of the 65th anniversary of independence on a working visit to Vietnam, Wednesday he discussed with Vietnamese officials in Vietnam, Russia to help build and develop nuclear industrial problems.
At the same time, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is also Independence Day in Vietnam to Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet cabled congratulations. He said he expects October visit to Vietnam will further promote Russian-Vietnamese relations.
President of the Russian state atomic energy company based in Silver Division this trip will also meet with Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet and Vietnamese Prime Minister Dung. He will also meet with senior officials of Vietnam’s energy sector, and the Minister for Trade and Industry and the Department of Science and Technology.
Russia and Vietnam will cooperate in the construction of Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant, which will be the future of Russia and Vietnam, the focus of discussions.
In November 2009 the Vietnamese National Assembly passed Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant construction plan, the planned nuclear power plant generating capacity of 2 million kilowatts a year.
Vietnamese Government hopes to begin building nuclear power plants in 2014, to start generating electricity in 2020. Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation is the project partners.
Vietnamese experts, chosen Russia as a partner mainly because of Russia’s nuclear power plants safe, and that Russia is willing to help Vietnam deal with nuclear waste.
In recent years, the United States, Japan, India and South Korea are offered with the Vietnamese to cooperate in nuclear energy development.
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