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Russia to build Vietnam’s first nuclear plant

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Dmitry Medvedev

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MOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit Hanoi this weekend to agree the construction of Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant, a deal aimed at reviving ties with the Soviet-era ally, his aide said on Friday.

Russian and Vietnamese officials will ink an intergovernmental agreement to construct a nuclear power plant, part of an “extensive raft of bilateral agreements,” Medvedev’s top foreign policy aide Sergei Prikhodko said.

He also told reporters Moscow was willing to provide a loan to help Hanoi finance the plant’s construction.

“Such a large project as the construction of a nuclear power station naturally prompts our friends to make use of our financial resources,” Prikhodko said at the Kremlin in comments released on Friday

“We are ready to consider the issue of extending

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