Obama signs Vietnam nuclear agreement, pending Congress approval An artist’s impression of a proposed nuclear power plant in central Vietnam.Tuoi Tre U.S. President Barack Obama ratified on Monday an agreement for civilian nuclear cooperation with AP reported that U.S. Congress has 90 days to review the 123 Agreement that will go into effect if American lawmakers do nothing with it after the period. Under the agreement, Demand for energy has grown rapidly in the Southeast Asian country in response to domestic economic growth of around 5 percent a year. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said at a summit in Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said last month that the construction of Work on the nuclear power plant was expected to begin this year. The Vietnamese government has approved a plan to put five nuclear power plants into operation in the central region between 2020 and 2030, forecasting that the country will face a serious power shortage by 2020. TUOITRENEWS |
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