During the official visit of Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Tinh to Moscow, an intergovernmental agreement was signed on cooperation in the construction of the Ninh Thuan-1 NPP. The document was signed by Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev and the Minister-Chief of Vietnam’s Office of the Government of Vietnam Tran Van Son in the presence of the Chairman of the Russian Government Mikhail Mishustin and Pham Minh Tinh.
The agreement regulates the conditions and main directions of interaction between the parties within the framework of the implementation of the station construction project. This provides for the construction of two power units of Russian design with VVER-1200 reactors with a total installed capacity of 2400 MWe. Leningrad-II units 1&2 are the reference plant for project. The document creates the necessary legal framework for the construction of the station and will determine the Russian-Vietnamese nuclear in the coming decades.
“For us, this is not just an agreement on the construction of two nuclear power units. We see in it the basis for a long-term industrial partnership, which will mean strengthening Vietnam’s energy independence and new opportunities for economic growth,” said Likhachev.
In addition to the Ninh Thuan-1 project, Rosatom is continuing to support construction of a Nuclear Science & Technology Centre in Vietnam, which includes a Russian-designed research reactor. In April documentation for a feasibility study for the centre will be completed, and discussions on a construction contract will begin.
Vietnam’s Dalat Research Reactor, which runs on Russian fuel, provides Vietnam with medical isotopes. Vietnam is also showing interest in participating in the international consortium based on Russia’s MBIR reactor.
