Vietnam, India sign atomic power cooperation accord

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Vietnam, India sign atomic power cooperation accord

HANOI, Jan. 8 (Kyodo) - Vietnam and India on Monday signed an 
agreement to cooperate in the field of nuclear energy for peaceful 
purposes, Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai said. 

Khai made the announcement after a meeting with Indian Prime Minister 
Atal Behari Vajpayee, who arrived in Hanoi on Sunday for a four-day 
visit. 

Speaking at a news conference after the meeting, Vajpayee said India 
will provide technical assistance to Vietnam to build an atomic power 
research institute in Da Lat on Vietnam's central highland, in 
addition to a 100 million rupee ($2.38 million) grant to help Vietnam 
establish a computer software center. 

Vietnam plans to build the nation's first atomic power plant in 2020 
to meet growing electricity demand for industrialization and 
modernization 

Khai said Vietnam and India will take cooperation on sciences and 
technology as the key field to develop bilateral relations. 

Khai said developing countries should cooperate among themselves in 
face of chances and challenges created by globalization, and 
described Vajpayee's visit as a continuation of traditionally close 
relations between Vietnam and India. 

Khai said the two sides also signed agreements to promote tourism and 
bilateral cultural relations. 

Vajpayee is the first Indian prime minister to visit Vietnam since 
Narasinha Rao's visit in September 1994. 

Former Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet visited India in 1997. 

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