51.   Under the October agreement, the United States was expected to spend tens of millions of dollars to provide North Korea with oil until the reactors are built.

52.   Under the U.S.-North Korean deal, Washington also promised improved diplomatic ties and substitute oil until th new reactors are built.

53.   Washington insists that Seoul, the main financier of the project, must build the reactors.

54.   Vietnam is hoping that South Korea would build the reactors with its own money and technology, and then be paid back on long-term preferential terms, it said.

55.   Washington also promised conventional fuel while the reactors are built.

56.   First, however, they have to find an agreed formula for the wording of the roles played by the various parties in supplying and building the reactors.

57.   However, implementation has been blocked as the North refuses to let South Korea play a central role in providing and building the reactors.

58.   However, South Korea earlier said it would not pay for replacement crude oil to be supplied to North Korea until the reactors were built.

59.   In particular, Pyongyang refused to allow South Korea to play a key role in building the reactors, based on South Korean types.

60.   A recent poll among parliamentarians showed a slight majority in favour of building the reactor.