Last updated: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The area planned for Vietnam's first nuclear power plant in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan
Nearly 100 workers and engineers Thursday started seismic surveys at the location of Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant in the central province of Ninh Thuan, a local news website reported the same day.
VnExpress quoted...
Last updated: Thursday, August 4, 2011
PetroVietnam has awarded its subsidiary a contract to build a 1,200-megawatt coal-fired thermal power plant in southern Vietnam, which will use coal imported from Indonesia and Australia, a local newspaper said on Wednesday.
The unit, PetroVietnam Technical Services Corp (PTSC), would buy and install equipment,...
Last updated: Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Twelve foreign banks will join hands to lend more than $1.46 billion to Mong Duong 2 coal-fired power plant in northern Vietnam, the plant’s operator said on Monday.
The first disbursement is expected next month for the $1.95 billion 1,240-megawatt plant in the coal hub province of Quang Ninh, AES-VCM...
Last updated: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
A man paddles his wooden boat nearby the Bataan Nuclear Power plant in Morong town.
In a fresh but ambiguous take on ecotourism, travelers in the Philippines can visit a remote turtle sanctuary and then venture into the heart of a nearby nuclear power plant.
If tourists feel too weary to make the three-hour bus drive back...
Last updated: Monday, June 6, 2011
Vietnam needs some 3,000-5,000 field-trained experts by 2020. The country is scheduled to build 14 nuclear power plants, each of which needs at least 300 field-trained engineers.
Vietnam hopes to resolve its power shortages by developing a series of nuclear plants.
Since the Fukushima debacle, a number of safety concerns have...
Last updated: Monday, March 21, 2011
The damaged number three (L) and four reactors of the TEPCO Fukushima No. 1 power plant. A fresh fire broke out at the damaged the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, early on March 16.
Vietnam’s energy officials say that recent explosions at Japan’s Fukushima plant will not affect the country’s...
Last updated: Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Electricity of Vietnam and Rosatom Group, will sign a cooperation agreement on construction of Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Plant 1 during the Russian President’s visit to Vietnam in October.
The site allocated for the Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant 1.
VnnNews – Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) and its Russian partner,...
Last updated: Monday, October 4, 2010
Electricity of Vietnam and Rosatom Group, will sign a cooperation agreement on construction of Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Plant 1 during the Russian President’s visit to Vietnam in October.
The site allocated for the Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant 1.
VnnNews – Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) and its Russian partner,...
Last updated: Monday, August 23, 2010
Largest hydro-power plant progresses smoothly; Hanoi’s CPI increases slightly in August; Japan invests in five infrastructure projects in Vietnam; Vietnam, EU embark on forest product dialogue
Largest hydro-power plant progresses smoothly Engineers on August 20 successfully installed the rotor of the first turbine...
Last updated: Saturday, July 31, 2010
PetroVietnam is rising as a heavyweight investor in electricity production with a string of projects in hand.
VnnNews – PetroVietnam is rising as a heavyweight investor in electricity production with a string of projects in hand.
Site clearance delays projects to produce more electricityUS$470 million goes to Nhon Trach...
