Russia and Vietnam agreed to a deal on March 23 to build Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant, formalizing a major energy partnership between the two countries.
The agreement, signed in Moscow during an official visit by Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Russia, establishes the legal framework governing construction and cooperation on the Ninh Thuan 1 plant in central Vietnam.
Alexey Likhachev, director-general of Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom, and Tran Van Son, minister-chairman of the Government Office of Vietnam, signed the document in the presence of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Pham.
Rosatom said in a March 23 statement that the deal “will define the direction of Russian-Vietnamese cooperation in the nuclear sector for decades to come.”…
Russia, Vietnam Sign Deal to Build Ninh Thuan 1 Nuclear Power Plant
