Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

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, said vice president of the Viet Nam Association of Geophysicists under the Viet Nam Union of Science and Technology Association's, Cao Dinh Trieu.

HA NOI — Viet Nam is seeking more support from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and countries with advanced nuclear power industries to develop the infrastructure for its nuclear power programme.

A few decades ago, the two countries were on opposite sides in the Cold War era. Now, they are seeking ways for win-win business solutions.

About 20 young government technicians from Vietnam's incipient nuclear power industry kept on their winter jackets on the first morning of a 10-day workshop on radiation.

The design of Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant incorporates the most comprehensive safety factors, a spokesperson for the Russian company that will start building the plant in 2014 was quoted as saying Wednesday.

Vietnam has held a consistent view on peaceful and responsible use of nuclear power while ensuring power security and safety, said MST deputy minister and director of Nuclear Power Department, Le Dinh Tien.

Vietnam allocates top priority to safety in its nuclear energy development policy, a senior Vietnamese official said at the 12 th ministerial meeting of the Forum on Nuclear Cooperation in Asia (FNCA) in Tokyo on Dec. 16.

The only nuclear reactor in Da Lat on Thursday was completely converted from highly enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium fuel as part of Vietnam’s commitment to use atomic energy for peaceful purposes, VnExpress reported.

Vietnam agreed on Tuesday to seek greater nuclear energy cooperation with South Korea, opening the way for its participation in a project to build atomic power plants in energy-hungry Vietnam.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the Mainichi on Oct. 25 that Vietnam is set to form an agreement with the Japanese government over the construction of nuclear power facilities in Vietnam's Ninh Thuan province using Japanese technology - effectively giving the project the go-ahead.

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.

Vietnam's science and technology ministry has ordered a fresh study of the site where the country's first nuclear power station is supposed to be built after scientists warned there was an earthquake and tsunami risk, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

The Electric Power University Monday launched a new course on nuclear power, energy and environment for Southeast Asia countries.

HO CHI MINH CITY - Pervasive and ongoing power shortages represent perhaps the biggest hurdle to sustaining Vietnam's fast economic growth and attractiveness as a manufacturing base to foreign investors. The country will need to add an additional 4,600 megawatts of generating capacity per year from now to 2016 just to keep pace with demand, according to government estimates.