JAKARTA - Vietnam and Russia want to accelerate the construction of the first nuclear power plant (PLTN) in the Southeast Asian country.
"Both parties hope to start construction. Both parties agree that this process needs to be accelerated," Vietnam's Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi told RIA Novosti, quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 1.
The diplomat expressed his hope that the two countries would soon complete discussions on technical issues.
Russia and Vietnam signed an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of the Ninh Thuan-1 nuclear power plant in March 2026.
Russia's state nuclear company Rosatom said the project includes the construction of two Russian-designed VVER-1200 3+ generation reactors, each with a capacity of 1,200 megawatts.
Vietnam also hopes that Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Vietnam in 2027.
"We have started to prepare for the APEC Summit. We hope President Putin will visit and participate," said Dang.
Vietnamese official Le Minh Hung, met with Putin on the sidelines of the Russia-ASEAN Summit in Kazan on June 18 and conveyed an invitation from President To Lam to visit Vietnam.
Le Minh Hung also invited Putin to participate in the APEC Summit in 2027.
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