Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has been asked to review the power sources outlined in the Power Development Plan 8 and consider whether or not nuclear power can or should be added to the mix, VN Express has reported.
Of note, during Vladimir Putin’s brief two-day visit to Hanoi last week back in June, the Russian president oversaw the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Russia’s Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation and Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology. If realised, the agreement would see the former assist the latter to establish a Nuclear Science and Technology Center in Vietnam with a Russian nuclear reactor.
This has seen nuclear power becoming more common in public discourse. It is, however, still very early in a very long process and there is still a lot that will need to be done before nuclear power can be realised as a mainstream energy source in Vietnam.
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