{"id":45252,"date":"2026-03-25T14:47:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/?p=45252"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:44:15","slug":"russia-is-using-construction-of-nuclear-power-plant-in-vietnam-to-expand-its-geopolitical-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/international-threats-en\/global-south\/russia-is-using-construction-of-nuclear-power-plant-in-vietnam-to-expand-its-geopolitical-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"russia is using construction of nuclear power plant in Vietnam to expand its geopolitical influence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>russian propaganda resources are actively spreading the news about the signing of an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of the first &#8220;russian-designed&#8221; nuclear power plant in Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>In russia this information is presented as a &#8220;breakthrough agreement&#8221; that will serve mutual development, but in reality, it&#8217;s another attempt by russia to use nuclear energy to strengthen its own influence in the countries of the Global South.<\/p>\n<p>Cooperation in nuclear energy is one of the tools with which the kremlin systematically tries to put the countries of the Global South in long-term dependence. For this, &#8220;rosatom&#8221; imposes comprehensive agreements that include the training of specialists, constant supplies of nuclear fuel, agreements on waste disposal, etc. Moreover, the kremlin actively provides loans for such projects.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow&#8217;s goal is to create Vietnam&#8217;s energy dependence on russian technologies and expand its geopolitical influence in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>russia&#8217;s &#8220;peaceful atom&#8221; is a cover for expansion and strengthening of russia&#8217;s geopolitical influence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>russian propaganda resources are actively spreading the news about the signing of an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of the first &#8220;russian-designed&#8221; nuclear power plant in Vietnam. In russia this information is presented as a &#8220;breakthrough agreement&#8221; that will serve mutual development, but in reality, it&#8217;s another attempt by russia to use nuclear energy to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","wds_primary_category":933,"footnotes":""},"categories":[933],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-south"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}