Which two foreign companies have been selected by Vietnam to develop its first two nuclear power plants, and which plant is assigned to each?

Vietnam has selected Russia's state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom for the development of the Ninh Thuan 1 nuclear power plant, and South Korea's Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) is a potential partner for the Ninh Thuan 2 nuclear power plant, which Petrovietnam has been assigned to develop.

What progress has been made on land clearance for the Ninh Thuan 2 nuclear power project, and why is this significant?

Petrovietnam stated that about 97.5% of the land required for the Ninh Thuan 2 project has already been cleared, with the remaining work expected to be completed soon; this land clearance is described as an important condition for advancing the project.

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Petrovietnam and KEPCO are accelerating talks to build Vietnam's Ninh Thuan 2 nuclear plant, with 97.5% of land cleared. This collaboration supports Hanoi's strategy to revive nuclear energy capacity using Korean expertise.

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