Vietnam, Russia Boost Ties With Nuclear MOU, Digital Deals

  • Deal underscores decades of close ties between the two nations
  • Vietnam is resuming nuclear program for energy security
Pham Minh Chinh, right, and Mikhail Mishustin in Hanoi on Jan. 14.Photographer: Luong Thai Linh/AFP/Getty Images
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Vietnam and Russia signed a non-binding agreement on nuclear energy and cooperation deals on maritime research and digital technology, during a visit by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin aimed at deepening ties between the two nations.

Russia’s nuclear energy company Rosatom and Vietnam’s state-owned power utility Vietnam Electricity Corporation, or EVN, inked a memorandum of understanding, according to Tass.Bloomberg Terminal Vietnam is already workingBloomberg Terminal with Rosatom to build a 10-megawatt microreactor at a planned nuclear science and technology research center in the southern province of Dong Nai.