VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is ready to make a decision to establish a nuclear power programme, following careful research, said Head of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute Vuong Huu Tan.

At a workshop on nuclear power, which took place in Hanoi on Oct. 31, Tan affirmed that developing infrastructural facilities for a nuclear power programme needs to undergo three stages and that actually making the decision is the very first step.
According to participants at the workshop, to successfully begin construction of the country’s first nuclear power plant and carry out a long-term nuclear power development programme, Vietnam needs to develop human resources, an appropriate legal system and technical infrastructure, with the participation of related ministries and agencies.
This also forms part of the national energy development strategy, which runs until 2020, with a vision to 2050 which aims to produce nuclear electricity accounting for 15-20 percent of the country’s total power output.