# Putin says Russia and Vietnam have solid groundwork for hydropower cooperation

https://mins.news/en/item/51777

- TASS, 2026-09-09 17:46 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2185045

> Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia and Vietnam have a solid basis for expanding cooperation in hydropower. He noted that Russian specialists helped design and build more than a third of Vietnam’s hydropower generation capacity, while RusHydro is working on joint projects to assess and modernize existing plants.

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