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Japan pulls out of Vietnam nuclear project, complicating Hanoi’s power plans​

HANOI--Japan has dropped out of plans to build a major nuclear power plant in Vietnam because the time frame is too tight, Japanese ambassador Naoki Ito told Reuters, potentially complicating Vietnam’s long-term strategy to avoid new power shortages. Vietnam, home to large manufacturing operations for multinationals including Samsung and Apple, has faced major power blackouts as demand from its huge industrial sector and expanding middle class often outpaces supplies, strained by increasingly frequent extreme weather, such as droughts and typhoons. [...]

Ninh Thuan 2 is scheduled to come online by 2035 alongside Ninh Thuan 1, a plant with the same capacity, according to the government’s roadmap. Vietnam wants to increase electricity production from multiple sources, mostly renewables and gas, but projects have faced delays and uncertainty over regulatory and pricing issues. The announcement comes amid strains in usually close ties between Hanoi and Tokyo, including from a planned ban on petrol motorbikes in central Hanoi that has angered market-dominating Honda. [...]

Work on both nuclear plants in central Vietnam started in the early 2010s but was halted in 2016 when Hanoi suspended its nuclear power program over safety and budget concerns. Russia had been awarded the Ninh Thuan 1 project, and Japan the second plant.

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16208469

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