Vietnam lawmakers have tasked the government to resume the development of the Southeast Asian country’s nuclear power programme after a vote on 30 November, according to the official government news portal.
The programme will involve building two nuclear power stations with a combined capacity of 4000 MW in the central province of Ninh Thuan.
The company tasked with the project will be Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN), which has previously done work on the Ninh Thuan nuclear programme.
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