Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

Vietnam's prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Tokyo Sunday on a four-day visit expected to promote Japan's export of nuclear power plants to his country and joint development of rare earths.

Among countries that have been exporting workers to Japan, the Japan International Manpower Development Organisation (IM Japan) has decided to only recruit female workers from Vietnam, the Board for Management of Vietnamese Workers in Japan has said.

HANOI - Le Vietnam a signé mercredi un accord avec une entreprise japonaise pour étudier la construction d'une centrale nucléaire dans le pays, malgré la récente catastrophe nucléaire au Japon.

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 August 29.

HANOI - Two Japanese banks signed a $95 million credit contract on Friday with state oil and gas group Petrovietnam, the final funding package to help build a $1.6-billion coal-fired power plant in central Vietnam.

HANOI - Vietnam has asked Japanese companies to guarantee food exports are radiation-free after disaster struck a Japanese nuclear power plant, official media reported Friday.

Vietnam is unlikely to be affected by radioactive dusts from the explosions of the Fukushima No 1 Nuclear Plant in Japan resulting from the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, affirmed a Vietnamese scientific official.

Japan will provide Vietnam cutting-edge technologies and soft loans for a joint rare-earth mining project and construction of the latter's second nuclear plant, Ambassador Tanisaki Yasuaki told Tuoi Tre.

Vietnam agreed to make Japan a partner in building its nuclear power plants as the two nations negotiate a broader deal on the development of rare-earth minerals to secure supplies after China cut exports.

Japan and Vietnam were set to launch their first negotiations in Vienna on Friday toward signing a bilateral pact on peaceful use of nuclear technology, the Foreign Ministry said.

HANOI - A plan to build a north-south high-speed railway to connect Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam has hit a snag following an unusual move by the parliament of a Communist state not to approve it for further study, but unbowed, the head of the railway operator is calling for continued support from Japan.

Japan is keen to export its special products and technologies like the bullet train, but Japanese officials have more than a few concerns about the feasibility of Vietnam’s ambitious north-south express railway.

Transport minister Seiji Maehara told Vietnamese officials that in return for Japan's financial support, they need to be flexible over an envisioned north-south high-speed railway project in their country.

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung on Monday that Japan is keen on offering technological cooperation for building nuclear power plants.