The governments of Vietnam and Japan will restart discussions in September on the provision of Japanese nuclear power technology to the Southeast Asian nation, it was revealed on Aug. 29. Government officials from both nations are scheduled to meet again on Sept. 8 and 9 in Tokyo to work out specific details of the nuclear [...]
Malaysia’s Jaks Resources last week took a major step to kicking-off Vietnam’s fourth foreign-invested build-operate-transfer power plant. The independent power producer last Friday signed build-operate-transfer (BOT) and government guarantee agreement contracts with ministries of Industry and Trade (MoIT), and Finance, respectively for the 1,200 megawatt plant. In addition, it also signed land leasing contract with [...]
Le Dinh Tien, Vietnam’s deputy minister of science and technology, said the country considers safety a priority in its nuclear energy development following the disaster in Japan earlier this year. Tien was commenting in Hanoi today on the challenges that the Southeast Asian nation may face when implementing its first nuclear projects. On Vietnam’s nuclear [...]
There will be not be any energy sources which could be used to replace nuclear power in Vietnam by the year 2050, said Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai. Vietnam continues to develop new energy sources as an alternative for nuclear power, but, according to the Vietnamese electricity development strategy, by 2050, the country will [...]
Vietnam persists in supporting efforts against proliferation of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction towards full disarmament, said Ambassador Le Hoai Trung. Ambassador Trung, Head of the Delegation of Permanent Representatives of Vietnam to the UN, was speaking at the July 27-28 UN General Assembly plenary meeting on revitalising the Conference on [...]
The Electric Power University Monday launched a new course on nuclear power, energy and environment for Southeast Asia countries. Southeast Asian countries are planning to introduce nuclear power plants but are handicapped with insufficient trained human resources in the field of nuclear power, energy and environment, particularly in universities and educational institutions. On October 31, [...]
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