Under the contract,JAPC will provide consultancy on Ninh Thuan 2 plant project for investorEVN within 18 months at the cost of almost 2 billion JPY funded by theJapanese government and disbursed by the Japanese Ministry of Economics,Trade and Industry.
Speaking at the ceremony, EVNGeneral Director, Pham Le Thanh said that as an important strategicpartner, Japan has so far financed 420 billion JPY for EVN’s powerprojects, adding that over the past more than 15 years, Japan hasactively supported Vietnam in supplying information, training andpublic relations in the field of nuclear power.
Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam , Tanizaki Yasuaki expressed his desireto help Vietnam apply the most modern and safest technologies todevelop its nuclear power plants.
As Vietnam’s firstnuclear power project under the National Electricity Development Planfor the 2011-2020 period and vision towards 2030, the Ninh Thuan 2 powerplant will have a designed capacity of nearly 2,000 MW annually./.