VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Pavel A. Belousov from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI) talks with Viet Nam News Agency about the importance of nuclear power for sustainable economic development.

  Crucial steps have been made, paving the way for Russia to construct Vietnam’s Ninh Thuan 1 Nuclear Power Plant, worth over $10 billion.

 Vietnam’s nuclear power development strategy and the construction of its first nuclear power plants in the central province of Ninh Thuan have been introduced to local residents in central Khanh Hoa province.

Vietnam will start the construction on its first nuclear power plant in Ninh Thuan in 2020, six years later than scheduled, to ensure safety and efficiency, said Hoang Anh Tuan, director general of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Agency.

 Japan will help Vietnam build nuclear power plants in the central province of Ninh Thuan with the highest level of international safety standards.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nuclear power will be cheaper than other power sources only if there are many power plants, said Dr. Le Van Hong from the Vietnam Energy Institute, when asked about production costs of nuclear power.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vuong Huu Tuan, director of the Viet Nam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety and Technology, tells Khoa hoc&Doi song (Science and Life) that a Fukushima-like disaster will not happen in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Lat University in Central Highlands Lam Dong Province will receive simulated equipment for nuclear education donated by the Republic of Korea (RoK) later this month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has made a number of recommendations, suggestions and proposals to develop Vietnam’s nuclear infrastructure.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There was a low possibility of a tsunami hitting the southern central province of Ninh Thuan that could threaten prospective sites of nuclear power plants planned for construction over the next two years,