China help for Vietnam nuke power plant likely

China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPG), one of the two main nuclear power plant operators in the country, yesterday said it was in talks with Vietnam to help build its first nuclear power project.

The company has signed a letter of intent with Vietnam's main power company for the project, the Shenzhen-based company said on its website, without giving details.

The project is to be located in Ninh Thuan, a southern coastal province in Vietnam. It is designed to have two 1,000-mW reactors, said a CGNPG executive who declined to be named.