Electricity of Vietnam is working with the Rosatom state-run nuclear holding to build the first nuclear power plant in the Southeast Asian nation, Vietnam’s government said Thursday in a statement.

Vietnam plans to build two nuclear power plants in the southern province of Ninh Thuan, near the resort city of Nha Trang, the statement said. The total capacity of the two plants will be 4,000 megawatts initially, it said.

Construction of the first plant will start in 2014 and will be operational from 2020, it said. Officials at Electricity of Vietnam were not immediately available for comment. 

(Bloomberg)