After eight years, the National Assembly has approved restarting the Ninh Thuận Nuclear Power Project to ensure energy security. Vietnam News Agency reporter speaks to Trần Quốc Nam, chairman of the Ninh Thuận Provincial People''s Committee, about this issue.
Vietnamese law-markers have approved the plan to resume the nuclear power project in the south – central province of Ninh Thuận after eight years of pause in an effort to ensure energy security while meeting Net Zero goal.
The development of nuclear power plays an important role in achieving energy security and arriving at net zero, but thorough study is needed to evaluate feasibility and ensure absolute safety, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyễn Sinh Nhật Tân...
Stopping the implementation of the Ninh Thuan nuclear power project is the right policy of historical significance by the Party Central Committee and Politburo led by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, said National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.
The National Assembly has adopted a resolution cancelling a project to build the Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant, said the Chairman of the Government Office, Mai Tien Dung, at a news conference yesterday.
Doosan Heavy Industries Viet Nam (Doosan Vina) has signed a contract to
fabricate and supply four tanks for the Korean 1,400Megawatt Shin Kori
Units 5 and 6 nuclear power plant.
The Government will not hold monopolies in electricity and petrol,
excluding power transmissions, distribution services, hydroelectric and
nuclear power.
US President Barack Obama early on February 25 approved the proposed
cooperation agreement between the US Government and the Government of
Viet Nam on peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
Construction of Viet Nam''s first nuclear power plant may not begin this
year, as earlier scheduled, Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen
Quan recently told the media.
Viet Nam and Russia worked together yesterday on how to speed up the
progress of building the first nuclear power plant in central Ninh Thuan
Province in 2014 as earlier scheduled.