US, Vietnam Sign Nuclear Deal
11/04/2013
US, Vietnam Sign Nuclear Deal
Hello, and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English.
I’m Christopher Cruise in Washington.
Today we have news from a part of the world where the number of people is expanding fast. The growth is putting demands on electric power stations and airline companies.
Asia’s growing middle class is creating a need for ever more electricity. It is also creating a demand for air travel. As we will hear today on As It Is, the power companies and the airlines are struggling to meet that demand.
“This massive increase in intra-Asian tourism and air travel is simply driven by the fact that so many more people are going into the so-called ‘middle-class’ status.”
But first, we take you to Vietnam, a country where, over 40 years ago, American troops were fighting and dying. Now, the United States has signed an agreement with Vietnam to sell the fast-growing Southeast Asian nation nuclear technology.
“I think there are two things that are at work here, one is potentially the economics and the jobs. The other is the U.S. has moved quite quickly to improve relations with Vietnam.”
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