They were slated to have a capacity of 4,000 megawatts, developed with assistance from Russia's Rosatom and a Japanese consortium, and would have been the first nuclear plants in Southeast Asia. But state-run media reported that the government has asked Vietnam's rubber stamp parliament, the National Assembly, to suspend the projects. Vietnam has said it will buy power from neighbouring countries and is also looking to boost its own energy production. The country of 93 million relies mostly on coal and hydropower but has said it wants to increase renewable energy production in the next 15 years. This week it announced a $2.2-billion deal with Ireland's Mainstream Renewable Power to build three wind farms in the country.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 11, 2016 06:06 UTC