By IANS,
Moscow : Russia would provide Vietnam a loan of $8 billion to build its first nuclear power plant, Russia’s first deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov has said.
The construction of the power plant will be completed in 2020, he said Wednesday.
Shuvalov recently met his Vietnamese counterpart Hoang Trung Hai in Moscow. During their meeting, they signed an inter-governmental agreement on creation of a centre for nuclear studies and technologies in Vietnam, Xinhua reported.
Vietnam plans to build up to eight nuclear power plants by 2030.
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