Vietnam abandons plan for first nuclear power plants
Vietnam's National Assembly voted on Tuesday to scrap plans to build two multi-billion-dollar nuclear power plants with Russia and Japan, parliament delegates said, after government officials cited lower demand forecasts, rising costs and safety concerns.
The parliament vote was taken in a closed session after delegates discussed a government proposal to abandon the project earlier this month.
In November 2009 Vietnam approved the project to build the two plants and awarded construction to Russia's Rosatom and a consortium of Japanese firm led by private utility-led Japan Atomic Power. (Reporting by Hanoi bureau; Editing by John Chalmers)
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