“Nuclear Renaissance”: Russia and Vietnam Are Restarting Their Strategic Partnership

This time, the stakes could not be higher: Vietnam’s energy security, a reset in the strategic partnership with Moscow and Russia’s prospects to cement its presence in Southeast Asia The idea of developing nuclear power in Vietnam began to take institutional form in the mid-2000s, as economic growth drove sustained demand for new sources of generation. In response to this strategic demand, ties with Russia were brought closer, and in 2010 Moscow and Hanoi ...