Reply #42: Vietnam reactor deal advances; Japan looks to accept caregivers [View All]

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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111101a1.html

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his Hanoi counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung, agreed Monday to move ahead with plans to construct atomic reactors in Vietnam using Japanese technology, despite the rethink of the national energy policy amid the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Noda met with Dung at the prime minister's office in Tokyo and signed an agreement promising the two nations will move ahead with plans to build two boiling water reactors in Vietnam's southeast Ninh Thuan Province.

The two also signed strategic partnership agreements to codevelop rare earths and allow qualified Vietnamese nurses and care workers to come to Japan.

"On the economic front, we have made progress on accepting qualified nurse candidates and certified care workers, as well as cooperation in the fields of nuclear energy and joint development of rare earths," Noda announced following the signing ceremony.