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(VietNamNet Bridge)-Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Dang Dinh Tien and US Ambassador Michael Michalak on March 30 signed a memorandum of understand (MoU) on nuclear energy cooperation.

(VietNamNet Bridge)-Chairman of the southern province of Bac Lieu, Vo Van Dung, has approved a wind power project in Bac Lieu Town.

(VietNamNet Bridge)-A Vietnamese delegation led by Minister of Science and Technology Hoang Van Phong attended the International Conference on Access to Civil Nuclear Energy in Paris on March 8-9.

(VietNamNet Bridge)-People working in the atomic energy field may get incentives equalling up to 70 per cent of their salary, plus travel and accommodation assistance, in a new move to attract a top quality workforce to the industry.

(VietNamNet Bridge)-The government has instructed the Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) to draft a project on wind power to submit to the government for consideration before May 2010.

(VietNamNet Bridge)-Atomic energy experts will enjoy preferential conditions in recruitment, working environment, accommodations and travel, according to a new decree guiding the implementation of the Law on Atomic Energy.

(VietNamNet Bridge)-Two new wind power plants to produce 74 megawatts of power will be constructed in Binh Thuan Province by year-end, raising the number of renewable energy projects in the province to three, said Dinh Huy Hiep, vice director of the province’s Department of Industry and Trade.

(VietnamPlus)-Construction of the An Khanh thermo-electric power plant in the northern province of Thai Nguyen started on January 30.

(VietNamNet Bridge)-Although the project will be challenging, Prof Pham Duy Hien explains how nuclear power will help supply efficient energy to the country and improve Viet Nam’s international standing.

(VietNamNet Bridge)-The Son La Hydro-power Plant, the biggest power plant in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, is taking shape. To have this plant, some areas will be submerged while new villages will be built.