Vietnam

On December 8th, Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam, Toshio Ito, announced that Japan has officially abandoned the plan to build a large-scale nuclear power plant in Vietnam - the "Ninh Thuan 2" project. The main reason was that the construction schedule was too tight. This long-term Japanese-Vietnamese nuclear power cooperation plan thus came to an end quietly.

Toshio Ito said, "Japan currently has no plan to implement the 'Ninh Thuan 2' nuclear power plant project." According to a report by Reuters on December 8th, based on the roadmap of the Vietnamese government, the total installed capacity of the proposed nuclear power plant was 2 to 3.2 gigawatts, and it was originally planned to be put into commercial operation before 2035. It was a key component of Vietnam's strategy to enhance its national power generation capacity.

However, according to Toshio Ito, after meeting with Vietnamese government officials, Japan decided to withdraw in November. The reason was that the construction schedule was too tight. Neither the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade nor the Vietnamese partner of the "Ninh Thuan 2" project, Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, responded to requests for comment. According to a report by Nikkei Asian Review on June 6th, a Japanese official who visited Vietnam in February said, "At present, we do not have any reactor models to offer." He informed Hanoi that the project would not start operation until at least 2036, and the actual situation might be closer to 2040.