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US company seeks to build solar energy plant in Can Tho

Can Tho, July 25 (VNA) – The Dragon Capital Management Limited of the US discussed its plan to build a solar energy plant with authorities of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho at a working session on July 25. 

The company’s investment director, Gavin Smith, said the city has favourable conditions for such a plant, adding that the company will begin feasibility studies in August, with construction to be started in the first quarter of 2018. 

According to him, the plant will be built in two phases, with the first phase having a capacity of 29 MW and the second – 100 MW, with an initial investment of 1 trillion VND (44 million USD). 

The city suggested two sites for the future plant, both in the O Mon industrial park, asking the company to submit detailed reports on the construction of radiation measurement stations, the plant’s technical data and safety.
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Top Vietnamese leader meets former Japanese PMs

Top Vietnamese leader meets former Japanese PMs

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam, during his official visit to Japan, met separately with former Japanese Prime Ministers Ishiba Shigeru and Kishida Fumio, and Aso Taro, who is also Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), in Tokyo on November 10, reaffirming their commitment to further advancing the Vietnam-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

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