30/03/2010AFP
Vietnam and the United States signed a pact on Tuesday described as a key foundation for development of peaceful atomic power in the communist country.
US Ambassador to Vietnam Michael Michalak (R) and Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Le Dinh Tien (L) raise a toast after signing a memorandum of understanding on the cooperation in the nuclear energy field in Hanoi. Vietnam and the United States signed a pact on Tuesday described as a key foundation for development of peaceful atomic power in the communist country.
"This is an important moment in our bilateral relations," US ambassador Michael Michalak said before endorsing the memorandum of understanding (MOU) on nuclear energy cooperation.
"This MOU is a key step in furtherance of our common non-proliferation goals, and a significant building block in the development of Vietnam's peaceful, civilian nuclear power programme."
In November, Vietnam's communist-dominated parliament brushed aside criticism and approved construction of the country's first nuclear power stations. Initial plans call for four reactors, with a total capacity of 4,000 megawatts, at least one of which should be operational from 2020.
Vietnam and the United States have signed several deals to boost nuclear cooperation in the past few years, and Michalak said he expects Tuesday's memorandum will be a step towards a legally-binding agreement on peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
This "would allow even broader and deeper nuclear cooperation between our two countries and would facilitate the participation of the US companies in the Vietnamese nuclear sector," he said.
Vietnam and the United States this year mark 15 years since they re-established relations after the Vietnam War.
Sources last month said Vietnam has decided to award Russia's state atomic energy firm, Rosatom, a contract to build the country's first nuclear power plant.
Japan is also reportedly interested in helping to build future Vietnamese nuclear power plants.
Vietnam is rapidly modernising with average energy demand growing at about 10 percent per year, authorities say.
US Ambassador to Vietnam Michael Michalak (R) and Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Le Dinh Tien (L) raise a toast after signing a memorandum of understanding on the cooperation in the nuclear energy field in Hanoi. Vietnam and the United States signed a pact on Tuesday described as a key foundation for development of peaceful atomic power in the communist country.
"This is an important moment in our bilateral relations," US ambassador Michael Michalak said before endorsing the memorandum of understanding (MOU) on nuclear energy cooperation.
"This MOU is a key step in furtherance of our common non-proliferation goals, and a significant building block in the development of Vietnam's peaceful, civilian nuclear power programme."
In November, Vietnam's communist-dominated parliament brushed aside criticism and approved construction of the country's first nuclear power stations. Initial plans call for four reactors, with a total capacity of 4,000 megawatts, at least one of which should be operational from 2020.
Vietnam and the United States have signed several deals to boost nuclear cooperation in the past few years, and Michalak said he expects Tuesday's memorandum will be a step towards a legally-binding agreement on peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
This "would allow even broader and deeper nuclear cooperation between our two countries and would facilitate the participation of the US companies in the Vietnamese nuclear sector," he said.
Vietnam and the United States this year mark 15 years since they re-established relations after the Vietnam War.
Sources last month said Vietnam has decided to award Russia's state atomic energy firm, Rosatom, a contract to build the country's first nuclear power plant.
Japan is also reportedly interested in helping to build future Vietnamese nuclear power plants.
Vietnam is rapidly modernising with average energy demand growing at about 10 percent per year, authorities say.
23 comments:
I don't understand why USA keep cooperate with the enemies Vietcong for? I thought they were killing alots of American people in the Vietcong American war.
It's something the Khmers never understand, business is business.
The US never really considered the viets their foes. At time of war, they were targeting China and the former USSR, not the viets considered as surrogate to be crushed of course. Now they are courting vietnam, India,... to counter China's influence in the region. Cambodia beware.
Yes,watch out those who are worship vietnam, and determine to to anything to maintain own profits and killed own citizens.
These acts represent their ignorance and greed that fed them, in order to destroy cambodians and cambodia.
This indicates that vietnam is standing high and has a better outlook in indochina,where we are still embattle due to our own ignorance.
Wake up cambodians stop destroying your own country! in the name of materialisation.
Better brain will lead to better country.
Kaun Khmer
cambodian people should wake up and smell the coffee. keep mouthing off is useless. get with the program, southeast asia growing economically and we need a lot of electricity so cambodia should look into nuclear energy as well; it is clean and can produce more electricity and is harmless to the environment compare to coal power plant, damming the mekong river, etc... wake up already and stop fighting among yourself, ok! it goes to show the world is waiting for no one! yes, business is business. don't forget, the USA also have interest in singapore, taiwan, japan, s. korea, thailand, and perhaps cambodia, too, but get educated and change your way of thinking for a change, ok! stop being a frog in the well for too long already, get out there and see and learn from the big world, ok! there are more to cambodia than you and i, really!
and stop bitching this and that about cambodia's development, etc... some people can be so ignorant by their tone of voice about cambodia. grow up already. get modernized and developed while at the same time maintain our beautiful identity as khmer, etc... yes, there are more to cambodia then your stupid power hunger, good for nothing mentality. wake up already! think business and competitiveness, ok. be aggression. learn from everybody, your enemies, your friends, your family, your neighbors, your teachers, etc, etc... stop being a smarty pants, it is useless, to say the least, really!
That is messed up!
This will pave way for them to develop nuclear weapon.
OMG! What is USA doing? Should put pressure on them about respecting human rights and religious in VN now they are supporting this communist country to be more advance toward technology. Don't they know they will harm the neighbors?
Of course Cambodia need to wake up. If they don't invest in power plant they will not draw any investors into the country. Investors need electricity 24hrs to run their machine and Cambodia electricity power hardly have enough to support Phnom Penh in the hottest day.
Wake up Cambodia!!!
American is very smart country, you must remember, American do not wast time to deal with Cambodia or Lao goverment. Now American focuse on Vietname only beacuase why, American must change Vietname and Cambodia and Lao will follow easy. Because American know very well LAO and Cambodia is under Vietname policy. Khmer Soth, USA
Instead of dealing with human right and democracy abuses by the leaders of S/E, USA government is signing nuclear business to make communist countries even more powerful such as they did to China. Got the business now but will pay a big price later.
Chinese and VN Govt do anything without consulting shit Cambodia govt. But Cambodia is so unreasonably worry about her relation with US and care that bong china and bong Yourn angry. China do more aide both financial and military to Thailand than not just a shit to xcambodia.
how could the world allow this? it is an accident waiting to happen; all it takes is one stupid individual to make mistake in the nuclear power plant. the world was supposed to reduce nuclear arsenal and nuclear power plant, now they encourage youn to go nuclear for electricity? it's so ironic. i think they ought to debate more about this before all other nations wanted to do the same for energy usage and so on. on the other hand, if viet/youn is allowed to build nuclear power plant with assistance from the USA, japan, russia, etc, then cambodia should request the same nuclear power plant to be built in cambodia for the purpose of producing electricity, too. how could the world be so biased with cambodia when it comes to getting enought electrical energy for our country! i think cambodia should protest this; after all, the world was complaining about cambodia this or that when china and other was assisting cambodia to build dams for electricity usage. now, they don't say anything about viet/youn requesting assistance for nuclear power use for electricity! something is wrong with the picture, you know!
i wonder what the other nuclear power nations think about this unilateral move by a nation? do they support it or ok it? what if cambodia request the same for assistance in nuclear plant in cambodia, what would the world say?
yes, it is accidence waiting to happen. it's like playing with fire. that's not right. i think cambodia should request the same assistance for energy purpose as well. i wonder what asean nations have to say about this? only viet/youn get to build nuclear power plant, what about cambodia and so on? don't say cambodia doesn't need electricity as well. in fact, cambodia needs more than ever electricity with unlimited supply.
yes, it is accidence waiting to happen. it's like playing with fire. that's not right. i think cambodia should request the same assistance for energy purpose as well. i wonder what asean nations have to say about this? only viet/youn get to build nuclear power plant, what about cambodia and so on? don't say cambodia doesn't need electricity as well. in fact, cambodia needs more than ever electricity with unlimited supply.
yes, how is it going to impact the region? after all, there are 10 member states in asean, and how many of these member nations have nuclear power plant for producing electricity? i'm sure cambodia can use it too. why we have to buy it from viet/youn? why can't be build one in our own country by requesting for assistance from the nuclear power nations out there? another case of bias to cambodia? one has to wonder out loud! please explain.
ooohh, Mr. China, your move next...
maybe it's a blessing in disguish. maybe cambodia will get one too, given if viet/youn can get one.
it's an electricity race for cambodia, too! nuclear power plant for cambodia to produce electricity. god bless cambodia.
nope, there is no way Cambodia can compete with the Viets for Uncle Sam's love, attention, and devotion now...
they both are courting each other based on mutual, but selfish and separate interests...
why for many decades already that Thailand did not get this deal?
The Iranians have said their program is for peaceful energy development, too...
I know why American still helping Youn and still doing business with them.Cuz alots of American that working in the Goverment likes to date Mie Youn Sompong. Those Youn woman they're good in doing business in sex. Those bitch they don't care how old or ugly.
12:26pm that's true,same as cpp.yuon races are good at sucking cock.that's why hun sen ,va kim hong ,cheam yeap ,honam hong etc.. take care them in cambodia.
vietnamesekhmer
Vietnam and China cannot be allied.
Vietnam prefers to be friend with USA.
Cambodia would be friend with China.
That's an exit to come out from Vietnam control ?
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