Vietnam partners with Japan to build nuclear plants

Japan to provide Vietnam with US$500 million to finance the projects.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung have agreed that their countries will cooperate closely to build nuclear power plants in Vietnam. Japan won an order for the building of a nuclear power plant scheduled for completion in 2020.

Under Abe, Japan is again on the road to utilizing nuclear power. Abe has hinted that the previous administration's policy of phasing out nuclear power will be reviewed.

Abe and Dung confirmed bilateral cooperation on the mining of rare earth minerals and the development of expressways and ports, also agreeing that Japan will promote its acceptance of Vietnamese nurses and care workers.