France offers nuclear plant to Vietnam
France is willing to build an atomic plant for Vietnam, French lawmakers have told the visiting Vietnamese head of the house science committee.
French Senate President Christian Poncelet further told Chairman Ho Duc Viet of the National Assembly Committee for Science, Technology and Environment that he hoped bilateral cooperation would develop further.
He would visit Vietnam as soon as possible, he said.
Viet said Vietnam wanted to expand international cooperation in energy security while protecting the environment and ensuring safety.
While in France from Feb. 5 to 9, he also met other lawmakers and discussed development of bilateral ties in energy and environmental protection and creating a legal framework for them.
Vietnam News Agency - February 11, 2007.
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